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

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PNG elections and the economy: Marape vs O’Neill

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

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Pacific Islands Forum: Is Australia out of touch with the Pacific and climate?

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

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

The port of Noumea in New Caledonia . . . unions had sought an across-the-board pay increase of 6 percent in the private sector to offset inflation

Economics

New Caledonia unions win pay rise for lowest earners

Customers waiting to be served at the Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF) building

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Rabuka clarifies on retirement savings in bid to stem Fiji’s ‘brain drain’

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

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meets with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

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New Zealand and Singapore add climate to partnership priorities

April 19, 2022

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

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Some see NZ’s invite to the NATO summit as a reward...

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Bryan Bruce

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Bryan Bruce: Economics and the NZ election – unpacking neoliberal...

July 17, 2020

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Biman Prasad: COP23 presidency — facing the gravity of the task...

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Resource rich economies dwarf the region, ADB conference told

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Joey Tau: Can the MSG bloc walk out on the PACER-Plus...

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NZ's incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and deputy Carmel Sepuloni

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NZ’s incoming PM Chris Hipkins singles out ‘global inflation pandemic’ as...

January 23, 2023

Previous tariff announcements by the Trump administration dropped sand into the cogs of international trade

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New modelling reveals full impact of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs –...

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Cuban doctors arriving back from Italy following the covid outbreak in 2020

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The world owes Cuba a debt – and the US a...

May 25, 2026

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

Professor Biman Prasad addressing the Pacific Update conference

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‘Other people’s wars’, climate crisis – South Pacific not in good...

June 21, 2023

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

Solar panels on the rooftop of the Greenpeace Aotearoa office

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Greenpeace backs Greens’ ‘solar homes’ policy, but warns over NZ post-election...

August 13, 2023

PNG Communications Technology Minister Tmothy Masiu

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A role for Pacific media in charting a pragmatic global outlook

July 20, 2024

Tahiti's President Moetai Brotherson

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‘I’m not begging’, Tahiti’s Brotherson tells France in prep for independence

June 8, 2023

Fiji's 2023 Budget

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Fiji’s 2023 Budget: Major spending and projects but high debt ‘on...

July 1, 2023

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Philippines suspends deployment of overseas workers to ‘isolated’ Qatar

June 7, 2017

NZ Finance Minister Grant Robertson

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NZ budget 2021: What does $108m mean for Pasifika ‘wellbeing’?

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

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PNG elections and the economy: Marape vs O’Neill

July 5, 2022

Palau's Surangel S. Whipps Jr addresses the Climate Summit 2025, a high-Level special event on Climate Action, at COP30 in Brazil

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Palau’s leader urges stronger climate action after New Zealand lowers methane...

November 14, 2025

During the visit of the USS Cincinnati to Majuro in July, Marshallese veterans were honoured with a dinner and programme on board the US Navy vessel

Economics

Pacific Islands military veterans hope for US action over benefits

July 28, 2025

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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

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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...

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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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