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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Economics

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

June 13, 2024

Economics

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

Chinese sulky silence with Pacific media

Economics

How China’s creeping influence undermines Pacific media freedom

Vietnam today is united and free and millions of ordinary people have achieved security, health, education and prosperity

Economics

50 years after the ‘fall’ of Saigon – from triumph to Trump

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

Economics

Marshall Islands govt slashes income tax as living costs skyrocket

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

Economics

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

February 9, 2025

The “sponge city” concept is gaining traction as a way to mitigate extreme weather

Economics

Creating ‘sponge cities’ to cope with more rainfall needn’t cost billions...

August 19, 2023

US Vice-President Kamala Harris

Economics

US tells Pacific leaders it will ‘deepen commitment’ to the region

July 13, 2022

Mark Brown and Jacinda Ardern

Economics

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

May 4, 2021

The University of Papua New Guinea

Economics

Mass eviction back on again near UPNG as police give green...

January 28, 2022

Economics

Philippines suspends deployment of overseas workers to ‘isolated’ Qatar

June 7, 2017

Economics

Papuan landowners in PNG to receive first LNG project royalties of...

September 13, 2017

Azerbaijian’s National Assembly Chair Sahiba Gafarova (left) and pro-independence New Caledonia Congress member Omayra Naisseline

Economics

Controversial Azerbaijan deal sparks fresh row in New Caledonia

April 26, 2024

Rioting in Kukum Highway, Honiara,

Economics

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

November 25, 2021

Economics

Tax havens among biggest foreign owners of NZ, says CAFCA

April 9, 2016

Russel Norman of Greenpeace Aotearoa

Economics

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

August 12, 2022

Fiji's 2023 Budget

Economics

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

July 1, 2023

Mayor Wayne Brown's backdown

Economics

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

June 9, 2023

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

NZ PM Jacinda Ardern

Economics

Trust in government is high in NZ, but will it last...

April 15, 2020

Recent aid arrangements are emblematic of the geopolitical tussle playing out in the Pacific between China and the US and its allies

Economics

Superpower rivalry makes Pacific aid a bargaining chip – vulnerable nations...

December 17, 2024

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) with PNG Prime Minister James Marape

Economics

‘We’re victims of global power play’ – Pacific backs India, says...

May 22, 2023

Davao City’s Chinatown is a popular shopping street

Economics

China railway for Davao dream dashed as Marcos tilts towards the...

March 27, 2024

Economics

500 US marines arrive in PNG to bolster APEC summit security

November 15, 2018

The United States bombed Iran over a toll

Economics

Lim Tean: The Hormuz ‘guardian’ turns pirate – 20% for tribute

July 14, 2026

Tuvalu Foreign Minister Simon Kofe (left)

Economics

Pacific leaders urged to look at Kiribati president’s concerns for unity

July 14, 2022

Economics

Labor’s climate policy too little, too late – we must run...

February 25, 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

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

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"

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...

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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 Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuk

Democracy

Pacific media must bring remote communities into the conversation, says Rabuka

The Al Jazeera Media Network has repeatedly and vehemently condemned the “unfounded allegations” by the Israeli military - and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Asia Report

Al Jazeera rejects Netanyahu’s attack on journalists in UN speech

A Greenpeace deep-sea mining protester dressed as US President Donald Trump

Civil Society

Greenpeace seabed mining activists protest on board NZ research vessel Tangaroa

Te Ao With Moana

Asia Report

Māori delegates defend controversial ‘Indigenous’ trips to Israel

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A section of the cover of the new book Polynesian People’s Union designed by Kahu Fowler

Culture

From Resistance to the Ponsonby People’s Union, a courageous tale of...

The new president of PINA, PNG's Neville Choi

AI

New PINA president pledges to strengthen Pacific newsrooms

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

Asia Report

Pacific leaders urge Jakarta to allow UN rights visit to West...

Manolos Aviation in Papua New Guinea carried out an emergency medical evacuation

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Mother rescued after triplets die in remote PNG community

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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

A section of the cover of the new book Polynesian People’s Union designed by Kahu Fowler

Culture

From Resistance to the Ponsonby People’s Union, a courageous tale of...

The new president of PINA, PNG's Neville Choi

AI

New PINA president pledges to strengthen Pacific newsrooms

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

Asia Report

Pacific leaders urge Jakarta to allow UN rights visit to West...

Manolos Aviation in Papua New Guinea carried out an emergency medical evacuation

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Mother rescued after triplets die in remote PNG community