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Fiji Parliament . . . big salary increases for the President, Speaker, Ministers, Assistant Ministers, and MPs

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The Fiji Times: Public outcry over Fijians’ MPs pay rise

May 26, 2024

The new New Zealand investment bill is convoluted and would significantly reduce effective scrutiny of foreign investments

Economics

Why has a bill to relax NZ foreign investment rules had so little scrutiny?

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Indonesia prone to cyber attacks up to the year 2025, says digital expert

The People's National Congress (PNC) campaigning ahead of the PNG general election

Economics

PNG elections and the economy: Marape vs O’Neill

Pacific Elders Voice group's chair Anote Tong

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Pacific at a crossroads amid growing geopolitical tension, says former leaders’ group

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

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Caitlin Johnstone: The US keeps openly admitting it deliberately caused the...

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February 7, 2026

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

September 22, 2020

Belden Namah

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PNG opposition’s Namah calls for end to ‘martial law-like’ restrictions

September 28, 2020

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US President Obama Insists TPP means America will write the rules...

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November 6, 2015

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China plans ‘greener, cleaner’ industry but faces complex challenges

June 20, 2016

The new sign for Kaipātiki Hot Springs

Economics

Popular Auckland hot springs gets name change to Kaipātiki

January 10, 2026

NZ's Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins

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

September 12, 2023

China's regional Pacific ambitions

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Kiribati ‘forced’ to allow China visit on Pacific mission, says journalist

May 27, 2022

China flag

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

January 4, 2021

Pacific Affairs Minister Aupito William Sio

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Aupito heads to Fiji as government faces pressure over China strategy

May 31, 2022

Finance Minister Grant Robertson

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NZ’s ‘no frills’ cost-of-living Budget centres on cheaper childcare

May 18, 2023

A personal perspective on USAID as an organisation

Economics

Powerless – another Asia-Pacific angle on the long siege of USAID

February 12, 2025

Maseratis for APEC

Economics

‘We made a terrible mistake’ over Maseratis, admits PNG’s Pundari

October 2, 2021

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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

June 27, 2026

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka speaks to the Fijian community in Sydney

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Rabuka calls for Pacific peace zone – ‘We don’t want to...

October 20, 2023

All smiles FTimes

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

March 1, 2021

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TPPA national interest analysis criticised as flimsy and biased

January 27, 2016

A US protester holds placards reading ‘’war making is a crime’’

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‘Maniacal tyrant’ Trump and Iran trade threats to energy infrastructure over...

March 23, 2026

The Kiribati Parliament House

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What are the issues facing Kiribati as it prepares for elections?

August 5, 2024

"Corrupt by nature" - Fast Track Bill.

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‘Greedy lying racists’, ‘Kill the bill’, say thousands of NZ protesters...

June 8, 2024

Recent aid arrangements are emblematic of the geopolitical tussle playing out in the Pacific between China and the US and its allies

Economics

Superpower rivalry makes Pacific aid a bargaining chip – vulnerable nations...

December 17, 2024

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#COP21: Expert warns climate crisis worse than we think, scientists self-censoring...

December 9, 2015

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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

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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"

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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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Deir el Balah in 2024

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The United States bombed Iran over a toll

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Vanuatu to take decades-long dispute with France to international court

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PNAG's Joey Tau in Honiara

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Has the Pacific’s Ocean of Peace concept been hijacked?

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It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to...

An AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile supplied by the Australian Defence Force drops from an RNZ Air Force Poseidon patrol aicraft during a love fire exercise

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Jeremy Rose: New Zealand joins the arms race to climate calamity

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

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Australia

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

Jacinda Ardern

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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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PNAG's Joey Tau in Honiara

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Has the Pacific’s Ocean of Peace concept been hijacked?

In her evidence before the Bondi Royal Commission, the antisemitism envoy Jillian Segel claimed

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It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to...

Fiji's Labour Party leader and a former prime minister Mahendra Chaudhry

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‘Race was used as a weapon’ – Fiji coup frontman urged...

An AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile supplied by the Australian Defence Force drops from an RNZ Air Force Poseidon patrol aicraft during a love fire exercise

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Jeremy Rose: New Zealand joins the arms race to climate calamity