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NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

Economics

NZ’s Luxon briefly stopping over to see Marape in Port Moresby

June 16, 2024

Economics

NZ media chiefs warn desperate times ahead faced with advertising nadir

NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta

Economics

‘Don’t put all eggs in one basket with China,’ warns Mahuta

Economics

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

Economics

Chinese president bound for PNG as controversy mounts over APEC 2018

Air NZ aircraft

Economics

Lockdown: Airline crew ‘very anxious, worried’ as NZ redundancies loom

March 26, 2020

Economics

Critics question motives behind O’Neill takeover on Bougainville affairs

February 7, 2016

Association of South Pacific Airlines (ASPA) president George Faktaufon

Economics

Fiji ‘bully of the region’ under former government, claims airlines chief

January 14, 2023

The flag of Hawai'i waves beside a sign reading "Tourist(s) Keep Out" in the aftermath of the Maui wildfires

Economics

Anger in Hawai’i over threat of land grabs after wildfire disaster

August 22, 2023

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

Economics

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

May 17, 2022

Economics

Savu border unsolved, but Timor-Leste leader praises ‘amazing’ Indonesia link

May 29, 2018

Bougainville President Ishamel Toroama speaking at the launch of the Bougainville Digital Democracy Project earlier this year

Economics

Progress reported out of Bougainville independence talks at Burnham

June 12, 2025

Grant Robertson NZ

Economics

NZ’s new covid action: $50bn rescue fund in ‘once in a...

May 14, 2020

Economics

Has the new world order failed? UN calls for new global...

July 20, 2020

Fresh fish at a wet market

Economics

How Fukushima wastewater into Pacific will disrupt seafood trade

April 15, 2023

Chinese oil supplies from Iran in Washington's sights

Economics

Trump’s naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz actually targets China

April 16, 2026

James Marape

Economics

Post-Courier: PNG presence must reflect climate change solutions

November 8, 2021

Prime Minister Mark Brown says the New Zealand-Cook Islands relationship is too strong

Economics

Mark Brown rejects talk of ‘strategic shift’ in Cook Islands-New Zealand...

August 6, 2025

Professor Biman Prasad addressing the Pacific Update conference

Economics

‘Other people’s wars’, climate crisis – South Pacific not in good...

June 21, 2023

Economics

American Samoa tuna cannery closure prompts fisheries gifts to Tokelau

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May 29, 2017

PNG Prime Minister James Marape reshuffles cabine

Economics

Marape reshuffles PNG cabinet – Treasurer demoted, Tkatchenko back

January 19, 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

Economics

Murray Horton: Hey, Jacinda, let’s do this – be truly independent

October 23, 2017

Elite 1 percenters

Economics

We are the 1% – the wealth of many Australians puts...

January 27, 2021

Economics

PACER Plus not final – PNG says no, Fiji lukewarm, Vanuatu...

August 31, 2016

Much of what the politicians are offering is extremely grim

Economics

NZ election 2023: Bryce Edwards: The most hollow campaign in living...

September 25, 2023

President of the Congress of New Caledonia Roch Wamytan

Economics

Pro-independence Kanaks sign pact with West Papuan movement

July 25, 2022

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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

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...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

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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

POPULAR POSTS

A protester at the Anzac Day rally in Auckland Tamaki Makaurau today

Asia Report

PSNA calls on McKee to condemn Israel’s bulldozing of NZ war...

A decision on the waste-to-energy proposal can only be issued following the completion of the full technical and regulatory review

Environment

Fiji PM Rabuka gives govt support for controversial waste-to-energy project

PSNA secretary Neil Scott

Asia Report

Public praise for High Court ruling on NZ Superfund policies on...

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

Analysis

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

EDITOR'S PICKS

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

Analysis

West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

Analysis

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra

Culture

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Analysis

As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

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Australia

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

Jacinda Ardern

Analysis

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

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

Analysis

West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

Indonesian police launch a brutal crackdown against Papuan protesters

Asia Report

Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

Analysis

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra

Culture

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel