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Ponsonby Post Office in Three Lamps

Economics

Ponsonby community up in arms over impending post office closure

June 7, 2025

New Zealand's "Voice of Oceania" Dame Jacinda Ardern at the COP3 climate summit in Brazil

Economics

Jacinda Ardern: Why NZ’s tiny group of hysterical haters can’t face the facts

Economics

Lack of confidence in US leadership adds to coronavirus panic

ISA's Secretary-General Leticia Carvalho

Economics

Pacific nations shaping future of seabed mining rules, says ISA chief

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

Huge container ships carrying import and export marine cargo loads

Economics

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

July 8, 2023

The March for Peace in Auckland, New Zealand, on June 20

Economics

The new Middle East: How the Old Order died and what...

June 21, 2026

Economics

Indonesia prone to cyber attacks up to the year 2025, says...

Pacific Media Watch -

January 30, 2018

Vulupindi Haus, Port Moresby

Economics

Hackers hit PNG financial hub, fail in bid to hold state...

October 30, 2021

This article will not only be about counting ships

Economics

Strait of Hormuz: It’s not just the numbers – it’s the...

August 15, 2026

Port Moresby housing

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Rebecca Kuku: No end in sight for Port Moresby’s unaffordable rental...

January 6, 2021

New Zealand's super city Auckland

Economics

Super city Auckland’s council financial results signal tough times ahead

August 31, 2022

China flag

Economics

China enters 2021 a stronger, more influential power — and Australia...

January 4, 2021

Economics

West Papua: Mining in an occupation forgotten by the world

December 16, 2015

PNG Prime Minister’s Special Envoy and Minister for Environment Conservation and Climate Change Minister Wera Mori

Economics

Almost K6m COP26 bill for PNG climate delegation shocks nation

November 6, 2021

Economics

Housing trust chief slams ‘short cuts’ approach to NZ homes crisis

Rahul Bhattarai -

October 26, 2018

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

Merauke Archbishop

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Papuan landowner advocate condemns diocese link to palm oil companies

January 13, 2021

PM Fiame Naomi Mata'afa in Parliament yesterday

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Samoan PM Fiamē advises dissolution of parliament, calls for snap elections

May 28, 2025

Economics

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

May 12, 2020

SPREP’s Director-General Sefanaia Nawadra

Economics

High Seas Treaty welcome news for SPREP in uncertain times

January 21, 2026

A big gathering of West Papuans in support of full West Papuan membership of the MSG took place peacefully this afternoon in the capital Jayapura

Economics

Senior MSG official calls for Melanesia to remain neutral in geopolitical...

August 22, 2023

NZ Finance Minister Nicola Willis

Economics

Budget 2025: Pacific Ministry faces major cuts, yet new initiatives aim...

May 22, 2025

ISA's Secretary-General Leticia Carvalho

Economics

Pacific nations shaping future of seabed mining rules, says ISA chief

May 27, 2026

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Economics

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

April 20, 2023

Fiji's 2023 Budget

Economics

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

July 1, 2023

Fiji Parliament . . . big salary increases for the President, Speaker, Ministers, Assistant Ministers, and MPs

Economics

The Fiji Times: Public outcry over Fijians’ MPs pay rise

May 26, 2024

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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

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...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Bearing Witness

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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Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis outside federal court in Adelaide in July 2025

Asia Report

Australian Zionists drop case against ‘truth’ journalist Mary Kostakidis

Palestinian media political prisoners

Asia Report

37 Palestinian journalists imprisoned in Israeli jails, says prisoner rights group

A pro-Palestine protest against Israeli genocide in Gaza and the illegal settlements in the West Bank in Auckland

Analysis

The case for NZ joining the UK in sanctioning Israel over...

NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (left) and Foreign Minister Winston Peters

Democracy

‘Treasury can write what it likes’, says Peters defending Pacific Islands...

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TUC unions back motion demanding boycotts and sanctions to oppose the "catastrophic destruction of Gaza"

Asia Report

Palestine Forum calls on NZ unions to follow TUC sanctions lead...

"Put the greens last"

Analysis

Australia’s social cohesion, far-right astroturfers and the Bondi Royal Commission

Labour's Deputy Leader Carmel Sepuloni

Civil Society

Labour promises visa-free travel for Pacific as overstayer rates rise

Zionist quartet

Analysis

Israel funded the legal assault on Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis

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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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TUC unions back motion demanding boycotts and sanctions to oppose the "catastrophic destruction of Gaza"

Asia Report

Palestine Forum calls on NZ unions to follow TUC sanctions lead...

"Put the greens last"

Analysis

Australia’s social cohesion, far-right astroturfers and the Bondi Royal Commission

Labour's Deputy Leader Carmel Sepuloni

Civil Society

Labour promises visa-free travel for Pacific as overstayer rates rise

Zionist quartet

Analysis

Israel funded the legal assault on Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis