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NZ Climate Change Minister James Shaw

Economics

COP26: New Zealand’s new climate pledge is a step up, but not a ‘fair share’

November 2, 2021

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, and New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters mark the announcement of the Penrhyn port project in Palau

Economics

US expected to announce major fuel security deal at Pacific Islands Forum

NZ Budget 2022

Economics

NZ Budget 2022: Record $11.1 billion post-covid boost for health system

Economics

Indonesia reviews Papua special funds – why $7.4bn since 2002 hasn’t helped

Labour Day in NZ

Economics

Bryan Bruce: Labour Day … eroded by neoliberalism and selfishness

The world spent 40 years building an oil reserves shock absorber for exactly this war

Economics

The illegal US war on Iran – and now the economic...

July 23, 2026

NZ Climate Change Minister James Shaw

Economics

COP26: New Zealand’s new climate pledge is a step up, but...

November 2, 2021

Senior ministers from Australia and Vanuatu initialled the Nakamal Agreement at the top of Mount Yasur. (ABC News: Lillyrose Welwel) Photo: ABC News / Lillyrose Welwel

Economics

New Australia-Vanuatu deal won’t replicate Falepili-style pact, says analyst

August 18, 2025

Level 3 takeaways

Economics

Long queues for takeaways as many NZers return to work after...

April 28, 2020

China flag

Economics

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

January 4, 2021

Former Kiribati President Anote Tong

Economics

Kiribati ‘cooking something with China’, says ex-Kiribati president

July 14, 2022

PNG shipping of oil and hydrocarbons

Economics

PNG oil and LNG shipments face foreign waters ban if waste...

July 16, 2024

Operation Earnest Will, 1987, when the US Navy escorted Kuwaiti oil tankers for free

Economics

The toll-keeper of Hormuz – how the US just buried its...

July 15, 2026

Economics

New Timor treaty will finally set borders to resolve oil, gas...

March 7, 2018

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

Rioting in Kukum Highway, Honiara,

Economics

Solomon Islands riots push nation into slippery slide of self-implosion

November 25, 2021

Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama

Economics

Pacific Islands Forum launches new 2050 strategic blueprint

July 14, 2022

Economics

Climate change hits low-lying islands in Bougainville

November 10, 2016

NZ's climate National Adaptation Plan

Economics

NZ’s new climate crisis plan: ‘Blueprint for more resilient communities’

August 4, 2022

Economics

Contribution by Pacific community more than money, says academic

Rahul Bhattarai -

November 21, 2018

Fiji Finance Minister and DPM Dr Biman Prasad

Economics

Fiji’s Dr Prasad unveils $4.8b budget as deficit widens

June 30, 2025

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

Economics

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

December 8, 2015

Economics

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

May 29, 2018

Bougainville's Panguna mine . . .

Economics

Bougainville Copper Limited takes stock after Panguna licence setback

June 23, 2026

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...

April 30, 2025

Economics

Xanana Gusmão opposes extending state of emergency in Timor-Leste

April 30, 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

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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The United Kingdom, France and Canada announced they would ban imports of Israeli products which originated from the illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank

Asia Report

Peters’ ‘hot air’ over Israeli settlement trade ban rules out of...

Thai protesters gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok condemn the behaviour of Israeli tourists

Asia Report

‘Take Thailand Back’ – Thais protest against ‘disrespectful’ Israeli tourists in...

West Papuan activist Paula Makabory (centre, holding banner) at a protest in Auckland in 2011

Asia Report

West Papua activist calls on Pacific leaders to pressure Indonesia over...

Vandalised Nikao Cemetery

Cook Islands

Cook Islands war veterans’ graves vandalised at historic Rarotonga cemetery

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"Affirmed, noted, endorsed" at the 55th Pacific Islands Forum leaders summit media conference in Koror

Analysis

Pacific Islands Forum leaders in Koror – heavy on reaffirming but...

Thai protesters gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok condemn the behaviour of Israeli tourists

Asia Report

‘Take Thailand Back’ – Thais protest against ‘disrespectful’ Israeli tourists in...

Vandalised Nikao Cemetery

Cook Islands

Cook Islands war veterans’ graves vandalised at historic Rarotonga cemetery

TSIMA reporting from Palau - today's story in the Torres News

Australia

Australia snubs Torres Strait in Melanesian Spearhead Group bid

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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

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"Affirmed, noted, endorsed" at the 55th Pacific Islands Forum leaders summit media conference in Koror

Analysis

Pacific Islands Forum leaders in Koror – heavy on reaffirming but...

Thai protesters gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok condemn the behaviour of Israeli tourists

Asia Report

‘Take Thailand Back’ – Thais protest against ‘disrespectful’ Israeli tourists in...

Vandalised Nikao Cemetery

Cook Islands

Cook Islands war veterans’ graves vandalised at historic Rarotonga cemetery

TSIMA reporting from Palau - today's story in the Torres News

Australia

Australia snubs Torres Strait in Melanesian Spearhead Group bid