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Unity will be crucial if the Labour Party is to sell its proposed capital gains tax

Economics

Labour’s capital gains NZ tax gamble – from leak to launch

October 28, 2025

The New Caledonia Congress in session in November 2024

Economics

New Caledonia political crisis costs one third of multi-million French package

The Pacific Islands Forum's "Troika-Plus" leaders (right) hold a talanoa session with New Caledonia President Louis Mapou

Economics

Forum troika’s visit highlights value of regionalism for New Caledonia

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

Solomon Star's report on China visit 17July23

Economics

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

Economics

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

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November 6, 2015

Economics

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

June 22, 2018

Koniambo Nickel

Economics

Mothballed northern New Caledonia nickel company appoints new chair

January 13, 2025

Papua New Guinea

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

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August 8, 2016

Mark Brown and Jacinda Ardern

Economics

Cook Islands PM on travel bubble: ‘Today, we start to rebuild’

May 4, 2021

Russel Norman of Greenpeace Aotearoa

Economics

Russel Norman: Don’t be fooled by NZ greenwashing, the lack of...

August 12, 2022

PNG shipping of oil and hydrocarbons

Economics

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

July 16, 2024

Te Ipukarea Society's Kelvin Passfield

Economics

US elections: Cook Islands group warns of climate crisis pushback if...

November 6, 2024

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

May 22, 2025

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

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

Economics

Cook Islands needs to ‘stand on our own two feet,’ says...

February 27, 2025

Climate action

Economics

New Biden era heralds global climate politics switch with US rejoining...

November 9, 2020

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

NZ's major print media and radio company NZME

Economics

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

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March 6, 2025

Economics

Environmental damage, social conflicts overshadow Indonesia’s palm oil future

March 27, 2017

Rioting in Kukum Highway, Honiara,

Economics

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

November 25, 2021

Outspoken Rob Campbell, ousted as chair of two major government agencies

Economics

Rob Campbell: Public service bosses of ‘Pyongponeke’ forget who they’re supposed...

March 6, 2023

Economics

500 US marines arrive in PNG to bolster APEC summit security

November 15, 2018

PNG's APEC2018 official vehicles

Economics

PNG government launches recovery operation for APEC ‘on loan’ vehicles

October 4, 2021

Mayor Wayne Brown's backdown

Economics

Auckland Council fails to decide over controversial budget – reconvening...

June 9, 2023

Papua New Guinea

Don’t use force to resolve LNG shut down, warns PNG opposition

KINJAP Peter S. -

August 9, 2016

Fiji Parliament

Economics

Independent committee needed for Fiji MPs’ salaries, says parliament chief

June 3, 2024

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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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Fiji police talk to a Palestine protest organiser, Fiji Women's Crisis Centre coordinator Shamima Ali

Asia Report

Palestine supporters stage pickets in 3 cities in Fiji, NZ protesting...

A mini banner inspired and dedicated to Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network and the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre protests

Arts

Fijians for Palestine – an antidote to ‘Suva sycophancy’ over Israel

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (left) with Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Asia Report

Rabuka rules out military involvement with Israel in Mideast conflicts

FLNKS president Christian Téin

Civil Society

Case dismissed for pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin

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A mini banner inspired and dedicated to Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network and the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre protests

Arts

Fijians for Palestine – an antidote to ‘Suva sycophancy’ over Israel

FLNKS president Christian Téin

Civil Society

Case dismissed for pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin

Maher Nazzal

Analysis

Maher Nazzal: I walked through Palestine

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (left) with Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Asia Report

Rabuka rules out military involvement with Israel in Mideast conflicts

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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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A mini banner inspired and dedicated to Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network and the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre protests

Arts

Fijians for Palestine – an antidote to ‘Suva sycophancy’ over Israel

FLNKS president Christian Téin

Civil Society

Case dismissed for pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin

Maher Nazzal

Analysis

Maher Nazzal: I walked through Palestine

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (left) with Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Asia Report

Rabuka rules out military involvement with Israel in Mideast conflicts