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Chinese banks provide 40 percent of Fiji’s foreign loans

May 24, 2017

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

Economics

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

A "Netanyahu wanted for child killing" placard at a Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland this month

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ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders ‘wake up call’ for NZ, says Minto

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Joey Tau: Can the MSG bloc walk out on the PACER-Plus trade deal?

True cost of covid pandemic

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Covid-19 cost more in 2020 than the world’s combined natural disasters in any of the past 20 years

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Bryan Bruce: Poll dancing in NZ election – the choice is...

September 23, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron and Papua New Guinea PM James Marape meeting

Economics

PNG prime minister visits France, plans to open Paris embassy

May 26, 2026

Propped up economy

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Brendon Blue: Non-homeowners are paying the cost of the covid-19 recovery

March 26, 2021

Professor Kishore Mahbubani

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Drop Western ‘mental maps’ for Asian new order, says Mahbubani

August 27, 2020

Professor Biman Prasad (left) and Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka in December 2022

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‘Political chaos’ – Fiji PM Rabuka confirms Biman Prasad’s resignation

October 29, 2025

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Climate Change Commission plan ‘big challenge’ for New Zealand

February 1, 2021

"Thousands of casual academic staff were laid off during covid-19 pandemic closures

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‘Shameful wage stealing’ endemic at Australian universities, says report

March 1, 2023

New Zealand is hurtling towards a sharply divided country of extreme wealth and extreme poverty

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Govt should defuse NZ’s social timebomb – but won’t

May 22, 2025

French police fire teargas during clashes with Union Calédonienne pro-independence protesters in central Nouméa

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Pro-independence protesters, French police clash in New Caledonia

February 22, 2024

PNG Police Commissioner David Manning

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PNG police chief demands covid-19 emergency funding reports from UN

April 11, 2022

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

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Tokelau airport project scrapped despite multi-million dollar design

January 23, 2026

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Philippines suspends deployment of overseas workers to ‘isolated’ Qatar

June 7, 2017

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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‘Let’s talk’ – Rabuka hints at ‘national unity’ government for Fiji

June 13, 2024

The Kiribati Parliament House

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

August 5, 2024

NZ Climate Change Minister James Shaw

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COP26: New Zealand’s new climate pledge is a step up, but...

November 2, 2021

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A toilet paper run is like a bank run – economic...

March 9, 2020

Solomon Star's report on China visit 17July23

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

July 18, 2023

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Brexit referendum asked the wrong questions, says AUT academic

January 22, 2019

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New Timor treaty will finally set borders to resolve oil, gas...

March 7, 2018

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

James Shaw and Marama Davidson

Economics

How the Greens have changed the NZ language of economic debate

October 9, 2020

Incumbent prime minister Manasseh Sogavare

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Solomon Islands political chess begins with Manasseh Sogavare re-elected in East...

April 20, 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"

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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

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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

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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

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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Elected New Caledonia's Congress President (Speaker) Virginie Ruffenach

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Three inmates, who scaled the fence at Baisu Prison, were shot dead

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

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Three inmates, who scaled the fence at Baisu Prison, were shot dead

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Dilapidated infrastructure blamed for fatal PNG prison escape attempt