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Teachers from Otahuhu Primary School among the thousands at today's "mega strike" rally

Economics

Thousands march through streets as part of NZ’s ‘mega strike’

October 23, 2025

Pharmaceutical supplies

Economics

PNG auditor calls for ‘sanctions’ in private probe over medicines row

Papua New Guinea

PNG landowners shut down the LNG project with ‘no hope’ to negotiate

Solomon Islands University vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau

Economics

‘Big picture vision’ conversations missing in Pacific, says Aqorau

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Attorney-General Siromi Turaga

Economics

Rabuka’s ‘wasteful spending’ spotlight now turns onto FBC, Fiji Sun

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 Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

Economics

New Zealand and European Union secure historic free trade deal

July 1, 2022

Tahiti's President Moetai Brotherson

Economics

‘I’m not begging’, Tahiti’s Brotherson tells France in prep for independence

June 8, 2023

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...

August 22, 2023

Freeport smelter

Economics

Jokowi breaks ground on Freeport Indonesia’s $3b gold smelter

October 15, 2021

Guarding Panguna mine

Economics

Panguna share value doubles overnight after landowners opt to reopen mine

February 15, 2022

Retired academic Professor Vijay Naidu and Fonu Emberson-Bain -- wearing the Fiji Anti-Nuclear Group (FANG) tee-shirt

Economics

Rabuka’s nuclear wastewater discharge stance splits Fiji coalition opinion

August 28, 2023

James Shaw and Marama Davidson

Economics

How the Greens have changed the NZ language of economic debate

October 9, 2020

PNG Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey

Economics

PNG Treasurer explains K2.6b ‘miscellaneous’ budget costs

December 13, 2022

Papua New Guinea

PNG landowners shut down the LNG project with ‘no hope’ to...

KINJAP Peter S. -

August 8, 2016

Economics

Marshall Islands president narrowly survives no-confidence vote

November 13, 2018

Dr Biman Prasad

Economics

Prasad condemns Fiji AG’s attack on FRIEND as ‘shameful, disgraceful’

June 3, 2021

Economics

Joe Biden edges closer to White House, but faces climate policy...

November 7, 2020

The port of Noumea in New Caledonia . . . unions had sought an across-the-board pay increase of 6 percent in the private sector to offset inflation

Economics

New Caledonia unions win pay rise for lowest earners

December 20, 2022

Economics

Philippines suspends deployment of overseas workers to ‘isolated’ Qatar

June 7, 2017

The Newcastle coal port 24-hour blockade protest 2023

Economics

Rising Tide climate crisis ‘Protestival’ to go ahead despite court ruling

November 11, 2024

Economics

Solomons academic calls for caution over Taiwan/China decision

June 14, 2019

Opposition National Party leader Christopher Luxon

Economics

NZ has bigger problems than a social media post while in...

July 27, 2022

NZ Finance Minister Grant Robertson

Economics

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

May 21, 2021

Pacific verdict on COP29

Economics

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

November 25, 2024

Who next, after the US kidnapping of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, incurs the Don’s displeasure?

Economics

Trump’s gift-wrapped Maduro package has done the world a favour –...

January 4, 2026

Economics

Housing trust chief slams ‘short cuts’ approach to NZ homes crisis

Rahul Bhattarai -

October 26, 2018

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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

"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

Professor David Robie

Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

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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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New UK Green Party member Hannah Spencer

Decolonisation

Local plumber Hannah Spencer beats both Reform and Labour to win...

Port Moresby's Bomana Correctional Facility . . . nine inmates injured in an confrontation with jail guards. Image: RNZ/Johnny Blades

Crime

Inmates in critical condition after alleged attack by PNG corrections officers

Sports consultant and journalist Charlie Charters

Democracy

Fiji critic’s whistleblower case escalates anti-corruption crisis

If the US can install another puppet in Tehran as obedient as the Shah after the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s refineries will once again be at the mercy of US oil companies

Analysis

Gordon Campbell: Why the US has no credible reason or credible...

EDITOR'S PICKS

"Trouble is brewing in the West, as people realise just how controlled their rulers are."

Analysis

12 reasons why a huge split is opening up in the...

Solomon Islands National University's vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau

Asia Report

Solomon Islands academic warns Pacific economies at risk from US-Israel-Iran conflict

If the US can install another puppet in Tehran as obedient as the Shah after the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s refineries will once again be at the mercy of US oil companies

Analysis

Gordon Campbell: Why the US has no credible reason or credible...

The first satellite image of the bombing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound in Tehran on the opening day of the surprise and illegal US-Israeli attack on Iran

Analysis

Neither preemptive nor legal, US-Israeli strikes on Iran have blown up...

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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

"Trouble is brewing in the West, as people realise just how controlled their rulers are."

Analysis

12 reasons why a huge split is opening up in the...

Opposition Labour leader Chris Hipkins

Asia Report

NZ’s opposition leader Chris Hipkins says US-Israel strikes illegal

Solomon Islands National University's vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau

Asia Report

Solomon Islands academic warns Pacific economies at risk from US-Israel-Iran conflict

If the US can install another puppet in Tehran as obedient as the Shah after the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s refineries will once again be at the mercy of US oil companies

Analysis

Gordon Campbell: Why the US has no credible reason or credible...