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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

New Zealand's "Voice of Oceania" Dame Jacinda Ardern at the COP3 climate summit in Brazil

Economics

Jacinda Ardern: Why NZ’s tiny group of hysterical haters can’t face the facts

Economics

Trans-Tasman bubble – Ardern hopeful of eased travel ‘when safe’

Air NZ aircraft

Economics

Lockdown: Airline crew ‘very anxious, worried’ as NZ redundancies loom

The author, Joe Hendren, stands in Martyr's Square, Beruit

Economics

Kia kaha Lebanon: NZ media only tell half your story of struggle

Economics

Despite Trump, 2017 should be another top year for global wind

January 19, 2017

Economics

Time for Xanana Gusmao to step up and fix Timor-Leste’s problems

May 26, 2018

Economics

Chinese president meets PNG’s O’Neill, pledging ‘deepening cooperation’

June 22, 2018

Rioting in Kukum Highway, Honiara,

Economics

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

November 25, 2021

Economics

Indonesia’s development dilemmas – a green info gap and budget pressure

November 15, 2017

Pacific island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati and Marshall Islands face the worst of climate change

Economics

Pacific leaders call on world to take urgent climate action for...

July 18, 2022

Drone footage of Atafu, a low-lying motu of Tokelau

Economics

Tokelau airport project scrapped despite multi-million dollar design

January 23, 2026

Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown (left) in Harbin

Economics

China deal ‘complements, not replaces’ NZ relationship, says Cook Islands PM

February 15, 2025

Economics

Shaping sustainable finance – a roadmap for NZ’s future

November 11, 2020

Economics

Brexit referendum asked the wrong questions, says AUT academic

January 22, 2019

PNG's Trade Minister Richard Maru

Economics

PNG’s trade minister pledges China, Indon free trade deals are ‘in...

October 18, 2023

Economics

#COP21: Climate insurgency after Paris

January 14, 2016

NZ Prime Minister Chris Hipkins (pictured) and Finance Minister Grant Robertson announce a $50 million support package

Economics

Cyclone Gabrielle: Hipkins announces recovery taskforce, $50m support

February 20, 2023

Protesters in New Zealand's "mega strike" today

Economics

Thousands of nurses, teachers and doctors take part in NZ’s ‘mega...

October 23, 2025

New Zealand's "Voice of Oceania" Dame Jacinda Ardern at the COP3 climate summit in Brazil

Economics

Jacinda Ardern: Why NZ’s tiny group of hysterical haters can’t face...

November 18, 2025

May Day rally in Jakarta 2022

Economics

Indonesia’s Labour Party calls for ‘fair elections’ on time at May...

May 2, 2022

New Zealand's new energy fund initiative underpins the government’s aspirational goal of having 100 percent of electricity generated by renewable sources by 2035

Economics

10 smart ways NZ can be strategic about addressing climate change...

August 11, 2023

Economics

American Samoa tuna cannery closure prompts fisheries gifts to Tokelau

Mackenzie Smith -

May 29, 2017

Economics

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

February 4, 2016

Economics

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

January 30, 2018

Pacific election promises in NZ

Economics

NZ election 2023: Growing Pasifika population equals greater electoral power

September 14, 2023

Manila lockdown

Economics

State must fund urgent Filipino health, social needs now, say economists

University of Santo Tomas Journalism -

March 23, 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

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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Moana Pasifika head coach Tana Umaga sings and dances along to a cultural song after Saturday's Super Rugby Pacific Round 15 match

Editor's Picks

‘We always stay hopeful’, says Umaga on Moana Pasifika’s future

"The world has the right to defend itself from Israel"

Analysis

Why the Middle East needs a strong Iran-Turkey alliance to foil...

The AI-generated fake footage on Instagram shared by an Indonesian nationalist account @bersamaastacita showing Koteka Wenda speaking out

Asia Report

‘Digital colonisation’ – West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel

Australian protesters condemn the torture of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails at a demonstration in Adelaide, South Australia, in December 2025

Analysis

US-built ‘torture ship’ and US funding played role in kidnapping, torture...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar

Asia Report

Pro-Palestine groups plan coordinated protests in Fiji and NZ over Israel’s...

"The face of courage vs the face of evil"

Analysis

‘He’s Māori!’ Hāhona Ormsby – a New Zealander in the Israeli...

"The end of the US Empire, led by an impetuous and clueless President Donald Trump, is irreversible."

Analysis

Chris Hedges: Gaza and Iran – the rise of the Global...

Al Jazeera English’s Open Source Unit reports on the land Illegally in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria taken over by the Israeli military

Asia Report

How the Israeli military is illegally grabbing land ‘everywhere’

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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

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar

Asia Report

Pro-Palestine groups plan coordinated protests in Fiji and NZ over Israel’s...

"The end of the US Empire, led by an impetuous and clueless President Donald Trump, is irreversible."

Analysis

Chris Hedges: Gaza and Iran – the rise of the Global...

Al Jazeera English’s Open Source Unit reports on the land Illegally in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria taken over by the Israeli military

Asia Report

How the Israeli military is illegally grabbing land ‘everywhere’

Joseph Vaa, 27, admitted gunning down suspected "Coconut Cartel" ringleader Lorenzo Lemalu Tovia outside a restaurant last week. Vaa's associate, Steve Tofa, 23, has confessed to being his accomplice in the shooting

Crime

Samoan nationals could face death penalty over ‘Coconut Cartel’ killing in...