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Solomon Islands University vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau

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

March 29, 2023

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins

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Prime Minister Chris Hipkins defends cost-of-living record, promises more action

Economics

US President Obama Insists TPP means America will write the rules of the road in the 21st century

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Quill award winner Adele Ferguson slams Fairfax media job cuts

New Zealand's first Emissions Reduction Plan ... car critics

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NZ’s focus on private vehicles an ‘off-track’ climate change plan, say critics

PNG Communications Technology Minister Tmothy Masiu

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A role for Pacific media in charting a pragmatic global outlook

July 20, 2024

May Day rally in Jakarta 2022

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

May 2, 2022

Guarding Panguna mine

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Panguna share value doubles overnight after landowners opt to reopen mine

February 15, 2022

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters (left) and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

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Mark Brown on China deal: ‘No need for NZ to sit...

February 9, 2025

China's regional Pacific ambitions

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

May 27, 2022

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Murray Horton: Hey, Jacinda, let’s do this – be truly independent

October 23, 2017

Prime Minister of Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

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NZ to provide $15m to support Samoa over climate change action

August 2, 2022

Protesters in New Zealand's "mega strike" today

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

October 23, 2025

Air NZ aircraft

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

March 26, 2020

Outgoing New Caledonia President Louis Mapou

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‘Bloc’ resignation over riots recovery plan topples New Caledonia’s government

December 27, 2024

Flags from most of the Micronesian islands participating in the regional summit this week fly outside the International Conference Center

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Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week aims to be ‘one step...

July 1, 2025

Rioting in Kukum Highway, Honiara,

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

November 25, 2021

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Indonesia risks ending up with a doomed ‘can’t-do’ climate plan

July 17, 2018

Chinese oil supplies from Iran in Washington's sights

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Trump’s naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz actually targets China

April 16, 2026

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Quill award winner Adele Ferguson slams Fairfax media job cuts

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March 19, 2016

East Sepik Governor Allan Bird . . . similar risks to last year in this year's budget with overly optimistic revenue forecasts

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East Sepik Governor Bird slams Marape’s ‘risky’ 2026 Budget overspend

November 27, 2025

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

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

November 30, 2024

The gas and diesel price sign at Ace's One Stop fuel station in Majuro

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Marshall Islands govt slashes income tax as living costs skyrocket

March 22, 2026

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

June 22, 2018

Huge container ships carrying import and export marine cargo loads

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UN shipping agency endorses 1.5 degrees plan after ‘relentless Pacific lobbying’

July 8, 2023

Economics

Chinese banks provide 40 percent of Fiji’s foreign loans

May 24, 2017

Guam Governor Leon Guerrero welcomes Taiwan's President Lai to Guam

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Northern Marianas leaders meet Taiwan President Lai Ching-te in Guam

December 5, 2024

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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

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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

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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"

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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

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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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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

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Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

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Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

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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)

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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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

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Indonesian police launch a brutal crackdown against Papuan protesters

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Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

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