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Indonesia’s development dilemmas – a green info gap and budget pressure

November 15, 2017

"Thousands of casual academic staff were laid off during covid-19 pandemic closures

Economics

‘Shameful wage stealing’ endemic at Australian universities, says report

Sugar Minister Charan Jeath Singh

Economics

Fiji’s sugar minister condemns ‘disappearance’ of FICAC abuse allegation files

PM Fiame Naomi Mata'afa in Parliament yesterday

Economics

Samoan PM Fiamē advises dissolution of parliament, calls for snap elections

Pong Para-atman Spongtanyo

Economics

Making sense of the scary Philippines election – 10 seconds into the future?

New Zealand's news media have been warned

Economics

NZ elections: Where are much-needed party policies on media?

September 15, 2026

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

Islanders in outrigger canoes selling tropical fruits off Dobu in the Solomon Sea

Economics

Debt in the Pacific – systemic and current threats to regional...

September 8, 2026

Economics

#COP21: Expert warns climate crisis worse than we think, scientists self-censoring...

December 9, 2015

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Attorney-General Siromi Turaga

Economics

Rabuka’s ‘wasteful spending’ spotlight now turns onto FBC, Fiji Sun

Pacific Media Watch -

January 9, 2023

Economics

American Samoa tuna cannery closure prompts fisheries gifts to Tokelau

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May 29, 2017

Economics

Scott Waide: How China is several moves ahead in Port Moresby

November 17, 2018

New Zealand's first Emissions Reduction Plan ... car critics

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NZ’s focus on private vehicles an ‘off-track’ climate change plan, say...

May 17, 2022

Economics

Māori lead massive TPP democracy protest in NZ + video, photos

February 4, 2016

PM Fiame Naomi Mata'afa in Parliament yesterday

Economics

Samoan PM Fiamē advises dissolution of parliament, calls for snap elections

May 28, 2025

Pharmaceutical supplies

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PNG auditor calls for ‘sanctions’ in private probe over medicines row

October 22, 2020

"Tanah Papua", Biak Elok's version

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Papuan aspirations at stake in divided Melanesian Spearhead Group politics

September 17, 2024

Investigative journalist Nicky Hager

Economics

Dirty Work – shining a light on the machinery of NZ’s...

Pacific Media Watch -

September 27, 2026

The aftermath of Indonesian forces burning temporary shelters in the Star Mountains, West Papua

Economics

Indonesia’s bullion banks, new mining policies pose threat to West Papuan...

March 2, 2025

Papua New Guinea . . . on the "grey list"

Economics

PNG one step away from blacklist, warns global money laundering watchdog

February 18, 2026

Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape greeted by Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Jakarta

Economics

Marape flags Pertamina fuel deal amid trade, bilateral talks in Indonesia

April 1, 2022

Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Kalani Kaneko (second from right) has been leading advocacy for island US military veterans

Economics

Health services for US veterans from Freely Associated States remain elusive

May 25, 2026

PNG Communications Technology Minister Tmothy Masiu

Economics

A role for Pacific media in charting a pragmatic global outlook

July 20, 2024

NZ Prime Minister Chris Hipkins (pictured) and Finance Minister Grant Robertson announce a $50 million support package

Economics

Cyclone Gabrielle: Hipkins announces recovery taskforce, $50m support

February 20, 2023

Some Americans are fighting every day to save the babies of Cuba

Economics

Why US sanctions are deadlier for children than Tomahawk cruise missiles

August 9, 2026

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka speaks to the Fijian community in Sydney

Economics

Rabuka calls for Pacific peace zone – ‘We don’t want to...

October 20, 2023

Economics

Tarcisius Kabutaulaka: Logging bonanza hasn’t helped Solomon Islands landowners

May 30, 2019

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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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$A fractious campaign in NZ heralds a cliffhanger election – what to watch$

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A fractious campaign in NZ heralds a cliffhanger election – what...

Israel’s apologists point to the treatment of a Palestinian minority inside Israel

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Israel’s election shows its democracy is a sham, but the West...

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‘A colossal mistake’ – Media Minister rules out coming to RNZ’s...

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Elections

NZ election day weather turns sour with lightning, heavy rain and...

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The public broadcaster RNZ this week announced a $11.8 million ﬁscal blowout

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Journalism educators call on crisis-hit RNZ not to slash newsroom staff

Tending to vegetable crops with use of water from a nearby urban creek in Waigani, Port Moresby

Climate

Pacific faces water security challenges during a searing El Niño

Climate

Pacific journalists to amplify island voices at COP31 in Türkiye

British Council representative Natasha Beckman (left) and photographer Faaiuga Vaialia

Climate

Pacific artists use photography and storytelling to challenge global leaders at...

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Australia

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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Tending to vegetable crops with use of water from a nearby urban creek in Waigani, Port Moresby

Climate

Pacific faces water security challenges during a searing El Niño

Climate

Pacific journalists to amplify island voices at COP31 in Türkiye

British Council representative Natasha Beckman (left) and photographer Faaiuga Vaialia

Climate

Pacific artists use photography and storytelling to challenge global leaders at...

Julian Assange's 2017 prediction

AI

Caitlin Johnstone: They want to use AI to re-centralise control of...