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Pacific ‘hub’ Fiji keen to join NZ-Australia travel bubble

May 12, 2020

Small island developing states facing the lowest global ODA level since 2014

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Pacific nations among hardest hit as global aid drops, says OECD

The UN General Assembly

Economics

Call for UN sanctions on Israel to implement ICJ ruling on illegality of Palestine occupation

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and the US Deputy State Secretary, Christopher Landau

Economics

US pushes critical minerals agenda in Cook Islands with Penrhyn ‘lifeline’

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaking at the opening of COP30, yesterday

Economics

COP30: Pacific nations call for world to act as 1.5C threshold nears

Opposition National Party leader Christopher Luxon

Economics

NZ has bigger problems than a social media post while in...

July 27, 2022

Economics

Bryan Bruce: Staring into the face of the TPPA ‘shamocracy’

April 10, 2016

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Economics

Fiji’s economic summit addresses ‘daunting’ challenges, says Rabuka

April 20, 2023

Operation Earnest Will, 1987, when the US Navy escorted Kuwaiti oil tankers for free

Economics

The toll-keeper of Hormuz – how the US just buried its...

July 15, 2026

NZ PM Jacinda Ardern

Economics

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

April 15, 2020

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...

May 17, 2022

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Labour and National leaders contest debate ‘draw’ but sharply different

September 22, 2020

NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta

Economics

‘Don’t put all eggs in one basket with China,’ warns Mahuta

April 20, 2021

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

Climate provisions in New Zealand's Budget 2023

Economics

Budget 2023: NZ’s climate and science sectors react to wins and...

May 19, 2023

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters in Palau for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting

Economics

Peters blasts Solomon Islands cabinet ministers for move against PM Wale

September 1, 2026

PNG Prime Minister James Marape reshuffles cabine

Economics

Marape reshuffles PNG cabinet – Treasurer demoted, Tkatchenko back

January 19, 2024

Economics

‘Heavy handed’ NZ clamps down on Tokelau spending

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March 15, 2017

An artists' impression of the controversial Southland AI "data factory"

Economics

Time to pull plug on power-hungry ‘bludger’ AI data centres, says...

June 29, 2026

Solar panels on the rooftop of the Greenpeace Aotearoa office

Economics

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

August 13, 2023

Isolation hasn't been the greatest enemy for the people of Tongareva; arguably, it's engagement with the outside world that's done them more harm

Economics

Minerals, military strategy draw the eye of Trump to isolated atoll...

September 3, 2026

Protesters at Molodoï, Strasbourg, demanding the release of Kanak indigenous political prisoners being detained in France

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UN experts ‘alarmed’ by Kanaky New Caledonia deaths as Pacific fact-finding...

October 26, 2024

The High Court ruled the fund's policy documents and procedures were "unreasonable and unlawful"

Economics

NZ’s $86 billion Super Fund failed to properly address human rights,...

April 16, 2026

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

June 12, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Brown says the New Zealand-Cook Islands relationship is too strong

Economics

Mark Brown rejects talk of ‘strategic shift’ in Cook Islands-New Zealand...

August 6, 2025

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

Economics

#COP21: The Paris climate agreement: The real work starts now

December 14, 2015

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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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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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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) national coordinator John Minto and another protester at the New Zealand aerospace summit

Asia Report

Police arrest two as protesters accused of blocking NZ aerospace summit

Students from the Mount St Mary Primary School at the Ecumenical and Interfaith

Civil Society

Fiji PM Rabuka urges climate action as Pacific hosts pre-COP31 meeting

Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt

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Media demand answers after Samoan PM’s security reportedly deletes journalist’s photos

Human rights lawyer Muhammad Dahleh

Asia Report

Palestinian-led parties in Israel face ‘institutional discrimination’, says lawyer

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Fiji Justice Minister Siromi Turaga

Culture

Jale Moala: Words matter in politics, especially at a time like...

Palestinian journalists work with cameras, laptops and limited equipment from makeshift press areas

Analysis

Palestinian researcher exposes Israel’s list of so-called ‘terrorist’ journalists slain in...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (left) invited New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon

Economics

New Zealand walks away from multi-billion dollar Defence Bank

The Greens "Zionism is racism" motion was passed by an overwhelming majority

Asia Report

UK Greens celebrate landmark ’Zionism is racism’ policy adoption

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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

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Fiji Justice Minister Siromi Turaga

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Jale Moala: Words matter in politics, especially at a time like...

Palestinian journalists work with cameras, laptops and limited equipment from makeshift press areas

Analysis

Palestinian researcher exposes Israel’s list of so-called ‘terrorist’ journalists slain in...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (left) invited New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon

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New Zealand walks away from multi-billion dollar Defence Bank

The Greens "Zionism is racism" motion was passed by an overwhelming majority

Asia Report

UK Greens celebrate landmark ’Zionism is racism’ policy adoption