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Vietnam today is united and free and millions of ordinary people have achieved security, health, education and prosperity

Economics

50 years after the ‘fall’ of Saigon – from triumph to Trump

April 30, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Economics

The reckoning – what the US-Iran MOU means in reality for Israel

Association of South Pacific Airlines (ASPA) president George Faktaufon

Economics

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

May Day rally in Jakarta 2022

Economics

Indonesia’s Labour Party calls for ‘fair elections’ on time at May Day rally

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

Economics

Sitiveni Rabuka takes Fiji campaign trail to Aotearoa New Zealand

PNG former prime minister Peter O'Neill speaks to media

Economics

PNG chief secretary’s complaint prompted arrest of former PM O’Neill

June 13, 2023

NZ Finance Minister Grant Robertson

Economics

NZ budget 2021: What does $108m mean for Pasifika ‘wellbeing’?

May 21, 2021

During the visit of the USS Cincinnati to Majuro in July, Marshallese veterans were honoured with a dinner and programme on board the US Navy vessel

Economics

Pacific Islands military veterans hope for US action over benefits

July 28, 2025

Economics

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

November 17, 2018

Economics

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

November 15, 2017

Bryan Bruce

Economics

Bryan Bruce: Economics and the NZ election – unpacking neoliberal...

July 17, 2020

James Marape

Economics

Post-Courier: PNG presence must reflect climate change solutions

November 8, 2021

Economics

500 US marines arrive in PNG to bolster APEC summit security

November 15, 2018

Economics

A toilet paper run is like a bank run – economic...

March 9, 2020

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

Economics

Cook Islands needs to ‘stand on our own two feet,’ says...

February 27, 2025

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

Attitudes such as ignoring the suffering of Gaza yield the same harvest everywhere: dehumanisation, insecurity, and the corrosion of civic trust

Economics

Academics call for divestment from NZ pensions fund implicated in Gaza

February 3, 2026

A little-known arrangement that puts proceedings of New Zealand's Parliament on the air has been cited as a threat to AM broadcasting's future

Economics

Mediawatch: Signal to noise – is NZ’s AM radio really under...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 5, 2023

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

Economics

NZ foreign minister Peters calls for ‘calm wise heads’ in New...

June 1, 2024

China flag

Economics

China enters 2021 a stronger, more influential power — and Australia...

January 4, 2021

Prime Minister of Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

Economics

NZ to provide $15m to support Samoa over climate change action

August 2, 2022

PNG Prime Minister James Marape reshuffles cabine

Economics

Marape reshuffles PNG cabinet – Treasurer demoted, Tkatchenko back

January 19, 2024

French President Emmanuel Macron and Papua New Guinea PM James Marape meeting

Economics

PNG prime minister visits France, plans to open Paris embassy

May 26, 2026

A two-year investigation by Inland Revenue

Economics

Rich-lister supports NZ capital gains tax as new research opens fresh...

April 27, 2023

NZ climate action protest

Economics

Climate Change Commission calls on NZ to take ‘immediate, decisive action’

February 3, 2021

Chinese diplomacy in the Pacific

Economics

Steven Ratuva: Pacific agency: A devalued political capital?

June 27, 2022

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

Economics

New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...

May 16, 2026

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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

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...

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

Bearing Witness

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

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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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Australian Antiosemitismn Commission Jillian Segal (centre) with husband John Roth (right)

Asia Report

The Segal State 2 – the mask, the children, the money...

Producer Victor Mambor of the documentary Pesta Babi (Pig Feast): Colonialism in Our Time accepts the award on behalf of the production team

Asia Report

Pesta Babi documentary wins both Udin and Tasrif awards for ‘injustice’...

Pacific Islands Forum member flags

Climate

Pacific foreign ministers to discuss Solomons’ idea for regional security treaty

The Democrat voters chose Dr Abdul El-Sayed because he’s a fighter

Analysis

El-Sayed’s Michigan primary win against tyranny a good omen for a...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Daily Post editor and political commentator Martyn Bradbury and revealed complainant Ani O’Brien

Democracy

Free Speech Union board member revealed in Daily Blog editor Martyn...

An Auckland protest against Rocket Lab's implication in the Gaza genocide earlier this year

Asia Report

Palestinian Kiwis, Māori doctor file claim against NZ govt over Gaza...

Australian Antiosemitismn Commission Jillian Segal (centre) with husband John Roth (right)

Asia Report

The Segal State 2 – the mask, the children, the money...

Solomon Islands journalist George Atkin

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Pacific media figures pay tribute to Solomons legend George Atkin

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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

An Auckland protest against Rocket Lab's implication in the Gaza genocide earlier this year

Asia Report

Palestinian Kiwis, Māori doctor file claim against NZ govt over Gaza...

Australian Antiosemitismn Commission Jillian Segal (centre) with husband John Roth (right)

Asia Report

The Segal State 2 – the mask, the children, the money...

Solomon Islands journalist George Atkin

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Pacific media figures pay tribute to Solomons legend George Atkin

The same officials colluding in Israel’s current crimes by shipping arms to Israel

Analysis

Britain’s Big Brother state is already here – we just don’t...