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PNG Prime Minister’s Special Envoy and Minister for Environment Conservation and Climate Change Minister Wera Mori

Economics

Almost K6m COP26 bill for PNG climate delegation shocks nation

November 6, 2021

"Housing is a human right"

Economics

John Minto: Where are the journalists to tackle NZ’s prime ministerial spin on state housing?

Kiribati President Taneti Maamau (left) and NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

Economics

NZ-Kiribati fallout: Maamau govt minister says ‘impacts to be felt by the people’

Fiji's first coup leader and former prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka with RNZ

Economics

Sitiveni Rabuka takes Fiji campaign trail to Aotearoa New Zealand

Climate provisions in New Zealand's Budget 2023

Economics

Budget 2023: NZ’s climate and science sectors react to wins and losses

The March for Peace in Auckland, New Zealand, on June 20

Economics

The new Middle East: How the Old Order died and what...

June 21, 2026

Economics

Agnes Masoe: Accounting and the Pacific advantage

April 30, 2016

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

Economics

New Zealand and European Union secure historic free trade deal

July 1, 2022

Hawai'i Governor Josh Green talks to Face the Nation

Economics

Struggling Maui residents now ‘pleading’ for tourists to return

August 25, 2023

Economics

Reconciling New Caledonia: A vote to clear the air on independence?

July 29, 2018

Cook islanders protest in the streets of Avarua today

Economics

Cook Islanders march in Avarua against Mark Brown government

February 18, 2025

Need work

Economics

Bryan Bruce: Unemployment isn’t working – we need universal job creation

August 20, 2020

An AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile supplied by the Australian Defence Force drops from an RNZ Air Force Poseidon patrol aicraft during a love fire exercise

Economics

Jeremy Rose: New Zealand joins the arms race to climate calamity

July 16, 2026

Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown (left) in Harbin

Economics

China deal ‘complements, not replaces’ NZ relationship, says Cook Islands PM

February 15, 2025

Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

Economics

Graham Davis: Fiji’s great ‘crash through or crash’ budget is counting...

July 19, 2020

New Zealand's super city Auckland

Economics

Super city Auckland’s council financial results signal tough times ahead

August 31, 2022

Economics

US President Obama Insists TPP means America will write the rules...

Evening Report -

November 6, 2015

Just over half of New Zealanders surveyed - including Pacific Islanders - reported they were financially stressed

Economics

More than half of New Zealanders struggling financially, says survey

August 15, 2023

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown (centre) during his trip to China

Economics

China confirms ‘in-depth exchange’ with Cook Islands as New Zealand faces...

February 14, 2025

Economics

Abrupt increase in minimum wage may hit Fiji economy, warns academic

May 17, 2017

Economics

#COP21: ‘Counting the Cost’ – constructive conference or a waste of...

December 8, 2015

Economics

Quill award winner Adele Ferguson slams Fairfax media job cuts

Pacific Media Watch -

March 19, 2016

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Climate change costs at-risk countries $525 billion in damage, says report

June 13, 2022

East Sepik Governor Allan Bird . . . similar risks to last year in this year's budget with overly optimistic revenue forecasts

Economics

East Sepik Governor Bird slams Marape’s ‘risky’ 2026 Budget overspend

November 27, 2025

Economics

500 US marines arrive in PNG to bolster APEC summit security

November 15, 2018

Propped up economy

Economics

Brendon Blue: Non-homeowners are paying the cost of the covid-19 recovery

March 26, 2021

Economics

Pacific ‘hub’ Fiji keen to join NZ-Australia travel bubble

May 12, 2020

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

Economics

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

Economics

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate

Analysis

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

Coronavirus

NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants

Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

BEARING WITNESS

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

Analysis

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

Analysis

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"

Analysis

Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem "Navi" Pillay

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A triumph for global justice – why Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace...

Fiji teachers union leader Paula Manumanunitoga

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Fijian Teachers Association head’s threat to ‘roast’ critics in earth ovens...

French Polynesia territorial President Moetai Brotherson

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French Polynesia proposes ‘pathway to independence’ process at UN

Yue Lai Hotel in Suva and the Overseas Chinese Service Center located within it

China

US designates prominent Fiji businessman for advancing ‘China-based interests

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem "Navi" Pillay

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A triumph for global justice – why Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace...

The Reichstag Fire 1933

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Donald Trump – in search of a 1933 ‘Reichstag Fire’ moment...

Fiji teachers union leader Paula Manumanunitoga

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Fijian Teachers Association head’s threat to ‘roast’ critics in earth ovens...

Local Fiji journalists conduct an interview at the Pacific Peace and Security Dialogue in Suva

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Fiji’s Online Safety Act – why it poses risks for journalism

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Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

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Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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The Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem "Navi" Pillay

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A triumph for global justice – why Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace...

The Reichstag Fire 1933

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Donald Trump – in search of a 1933 ‘Reichstag Fire’ moment...

Local Fiji journalists conduct an interview at the Pacific Peace and Security Dialogue in Suva

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Fiji’s Online Safety Act – why it poses risks for journalism

The shunning of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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Jonathan Cook: The West wants Netanyahu gone – so Palestinians can...