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John Taukave (left) from the Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport and Miss Samoa Litara Ieremia-Allan (second from left) at COP29

Economics

COP29: Pacific takes stock of ‘baby steps’ global climate summit

November 30, 2024

All smiles FTimes

Economics

Graham Davis: Fat-cat leaders laughing in the face of Fiji’s suffering

Economics

PNG aims to ‘unlock potential’ by hosting APEC leaders summit

New Zealand is hurtling towards a sharply divided country of extreme wealth and extreme poverty

Economics

Govt should defuse NZ’s social timebomb – but won’t

A big gathering of West Papuans in support of full West Papuan membership of the MSG took place peacefully this afternoon in the capital Jayapura

Economics

Senior MSG official calls for Melanesia to remain neutral in geopolitical battle

Cuban doctors arriving back from Italy following the covid outbreak in 2020

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The world owes Cuba a debt – and the US a...

May 25, 2026

PNG Prime Minister James Marape reshuffles cabine

Economics

Marape reshuffles PNG cabinet – Treasurer demoted, Tkatchenko back

January 19, 2024

Koniambo Nickel

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Mothballed northern New Caledonia nickel company appoints new chair

January 13, 2025

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‘Flight of the myna’ – behind the smiles in post-coup Fiji...

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September 12, 2018

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Michael Powles: ‘Recolonising’ the Pacific would stir security backlash

January 30, 2018

PNG shipping of oil and hydrocarbons

Economics

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

July 16, 2024

Decades after the nuclear tests, Pacific people still endure many consequences

Economics

Pacific lawmakers call for creation of human rights commissions to fight...

October 29, 2025

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500 US marines arrive in PNG to bolster APEC summit security

November 15, 2018

Al Jazeera's senior political and media analyst Marwan Bishara

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Media analyst criticises Trump for applying ‘strategic coercion, economic blackmail’ policy

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February 22, 2025

The new sign for Kaipātiki Hot Springs

Economics

Popular Auckland hot springs gets name change to Kaipātiki

January 10, 2026

Propped up economy

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Brendon Blue: Non-homeowners are paying the cost of the covid-19 recovery

March 26, 2021

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Bryce Edwards: Ardern’s Labour government stands by as NZ social problems...

November 13, 2020

James Shaw and Marama Davidson

Economics

How the Greens have changed the NZ language of economic debate

October 9, 2020

Economics

Reconciling New Caledonia: A vote to clear the air on independence?

July 29, 2018

PNG Post-Courier

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PNG Post-Courier: Census fiasco – why the poor planning, poor vision?

June 19, 2024

The author, Laurens Ikinia, with a well-preserved mummy from the Hubula tribe in Wamena

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Jakarta at crossroads – can President Prabowo connect with Papuan hearts?

January 27, 2026

Dr Biman Prasad

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Biman Prasad: Is our Fiji democracy really working?

February 2, 2016

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Labour and National leaders contest debate ‘draw’ but sharply different

September 22, 2020

A "Netanyahu wanted for child killing" placard at a Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland this month

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ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders ‘wake up call’ for NZ,...

November 22, 2024

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

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

August 18, 2025

Cook islanders protest in the streets of Avarua today

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Cook Islanders march in Avarua against Mark Brown government

February 18, 2025

NZ's Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins

Economics

NZ election 2023: Better ways than taxation to bring down living...

September 12, 2023

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

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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

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Trillionaire Elon Musk (right) hobnobbing with billionaires

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The whistleblowing soldiers of 1967 admitted their job was not to “fight the enemy” – or “eradicate the terrorists”, as Israeli leaders now term it. It was to kill and terrorise Palestinian civilians

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Fiji human rights advocate Shamima Ali

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Political commentator appointed The Post chief editor Matthew Hooton

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

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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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Fiji human rights advocate Shamima Ali

Crime

Calls to dismantle joint taskforce rejected by Fiji govt despite brutality...

"You blow up a girls' school."

Asia Report

Tucker Carlson: Facing up to the Iran war irony – who...

The whistleblowing soldiers of 1967 admitted their job was not to “fight the enemy” – or “eradicate the terrorists”, as Israeli leaders now term it. It was to kill and terrorise Palestinian civilians

Analysis

Jonathan Cook: How Israel planned the Gaza genocide decades ago

Political commentator appointed The Post chief editor Matthew Hooton

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Stuff stuns with ‘bold’ call on new Post editor