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PNG's K1 billion Provincial and District Services Improvement Programme

Economics

PNG rural agency condemns ‘ghost projects’ in K1 billion delivery cash cow

January 29, 2023

Protesters at Molodoï, Strasbourg, demanding the release of Kanak indigenous political prisoners being detained in France

Economics

UN experts ‘alarmed’ by Kanaky New Caledonia deaths as Pacific fact-finding mission readies

New Zealand's super city Auckland

Economics

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

Economics

PNG’s opposition blasts O’Neill over ‘fake budget, fake revenues’

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 threat?

Solomon Star's report on China visit 17July23

Economics

NZ govt says it ‘honoured’ Solomons support, rejects Sogavare’s claims

July 18, 2023

Vulupindi Haus, Port Moresby

Economics

Hackers hit PNG financial hub, fail in bid to hold state...

October 30, 2021

Economics

American Samoa tuna cannery closure prompts fisheries gifts to Tokelau

Mackenzie Smith -

May 29, 2017

President Donald Trump

Economics

Friend or foe? How Trump’s threats against ‘free-riding’ allies could backfire

January 22, 2025

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

Economics

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

May 30, 2019

Bryan Bruce

Economics

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

July 17, 2020

Chinese diplomacy in the Pacific

Economics

Steven Ratuva: Pacific agency: A devalued political capital?

June 27, 2022

Fiji Deputy Prime Minuster Dr Biman Prasad

Economics

‘Decolonise’ aid urgent call from Fiji’s Prasad to face Pacific climate...

January 23, 2025

Iran’s navy successfully launched the Sayyad-3G naval air defence missile

Economics

How a US-Israeli attack on Iran could crash UK, German, NZ...

February 23, 2026

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

The Marshalls Energy Company and its power plant has faced a near doubling of its diesel fuel costs since the US/Israel attacked Iran on February 28

Economics

Marshall Islands government shuts down at 3pm daily amid fuel crisis

April 17, 2026

Economics

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

December 8, 2015

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

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

February 4, 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

Economics

Resource rich economies dwarf the region, ADB conference told

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July 18, 2016

NZ's major print media and radio company NZME

Economics

Union wary of Canadian billionaire Jim Grenon’s NZ media influence

Pacific Media Watch -

March 6, 2025

Cook Islands says bulk-buying and stockpiling places pressure on supply for everyone and is not necessary

Economics

A timeline of how the fuel crisis impacted on the Pacific

June 25, 2026

Economics

Quill award winner Adele Ferguson slams Fairfax media job cuts

Pacific Media Watch -

March 19, 2016

Three flags in Tahiti

Economics

French Polynesia’s economy on ‘good path’, says Paris-based institute

May 9, 2023

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

Economics

NZ-Kiribati fallout: Maamau govt minister says ‘impacts to be felt by...

January 28, 2025

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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

POPULAR POSTS

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’...

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...

Iranian Kiwi Seyed Derhany

Asia Report

‘Triple tap’ in Gaza, Iran and the Hind Rajab atrocities condemned...

Contesting the Cook Islands elections

Cook Islands

Two-way battle – no clear majority as Cook Islands prepares for...

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Former FICAC Commissioner Barbara Malimali

Democracy

Fiji court rules COI report into Malimali appointment was unlawful, null...

Lawyer Juleen Fatiaki, counsel for Charlie Charters

Democracy

Fiji judge orders motion seeking return of journalists’ devices seized by...

Carlile House in Auckland's Grey Lynn

Economics

Church owning historic Carlile House talks with Auckland Council about demolishing...

The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre team

Civil Society

Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre turns 42 – reflections on a milestone

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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

The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre team

Civil Society

Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre turns 42 – reflections on a milestone

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