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Prime Minister Pōhiva submits his cabinet lineup to the Tongan king

January 4, 2018

Samoan Parliament

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Fuimaono Dylan Asafo: Samoan ruling an unfortunate case of judicial overreach

People Power in Manila 1986

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A martial law ghost of the dark years – is history returning in the Philippines?

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Changing politics trigger predictions for Fiji’s first woman prime minister

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‘I was coerced into the 1987 coup,’ admits Sitiveni Rabuka

Bougainville woman politician Elizabeth Tako Palin

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‘I believe I can’: Elizabeth Palin runs for Bougainville North women’s...

August 15, 2025

About 200 protesters in the Vallée-du-Tir yesterday marked the second anniversary of the pro-independence protests that erupted into riots in Nouméa

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Two years after New Caledonia’s violent uprising, tensions remain high

May 14, 2026

More than 200,000 voters are going to the polling booths for the first time in NZ

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First-time Asian voters embrace New Zealand’s democratic process

August 30, 2023

Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

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Solomon Islands PM challenges court order to face no-confidence vote within...

April 15, 2026

Samoa's Electoral Commissioner Toleafoa Tuiafelolo Alexander Stanley briefing the media on election day

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Samoa snap election: No results just yet, says electoral commissioner

August 30, 2025

Ousted Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

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Solomon Islands PM Jeremiah Manele ousted after just over two years...

May 8, 2026

Assisting the elderly at Samoan pre-polling

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Samoa general election: Pre-polling kicks off

August 27, 2025

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

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Prime Minister Manele holds firm as opposition claims majority in Solomon...

March 23, 2026

Incumbent Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama

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Bougainville’s President Ishmael Toroama candid and relaxed a week out from...

August 27, 2025

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

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Solomon Islands opposition alleges ‘millions’ offered by govt lobbyists to buy...

April 22, 2026

Pro-Palestine protesters set off a blood-red flare outside the US Consulate in the peaceful March for Peace demonstration in Auckland

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Paul Hopkinson: Why NZ’s ‘Free Palestine’ party seeks to put Gaza...

June 23, 2026

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

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Solomons PM refuses to convene parliament amid political crisis

March 19, 2026

Voting in the last Kanaky New Caledonian provincial elections in 2019 - before the covid pandemic

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French Constitutional Council approves changes to New Caledonia’s electoral roll

June 1, 2026

The Iran fiasco is only the latest in a host of examples revealing how to defeat US President Donald Trump

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Robert Reich: Lessons on how to defeat Donald Trump every time

April 10, 2026

Incumbent Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama

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Bougainville election: More than 400 candidates vie for parliament

July 16, 2025

New UK Green Party member Hannah Spencer

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Local plumber Hannah Spencer beats both Reform and Labour to win...

February 27, 2026

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

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Manele calls parliament for Thursday to face no confidence motion

May 6, 2026

Tavini’s historic leader Oscar Temaru (from left), French Polynesia’s current President Moetai Brotherson, and Tematai Le Gayic

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Rift widens within French Polynesia’s ruling party following municipal election losses

March 27, 2026

Fauono Ken Laban

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Ken Laban makes history as Pasifika candidates win across Aotearoa

October 12, 2025

Holy Shit. Cartoon by Mr Fish

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Chris Hedges: The political dysfunction of Trump as God

April 24, 2026

Nouméa bus operator Tanéo

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Greater Nouméa bus service to be maintained on election day

June 21, 2026

Presentation of the UC-FLNKS candidates among the 24 party lists presented to contest the Kanaky New Caledonian provincial elections

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New Caledonia’s political parties finalise line-up for provincial elections

June 12, 2026

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

Asia Report

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

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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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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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Greenpeace Aotearoa held a dawn ceremony on board the Rainbow Warrior III 10 July 2025 commemorating the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior and the death of photographer Fernando Pereira

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Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 41 years on

Pacific Elders Voice group's chair Anote Tong

China

Pacific at a crossroads amid growing geopolitical tension, says former leaders’...

Regional Pacific media "locked out" of an Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese media conference in Honiara in 2025

Australia

Press freedom: holding the MEAA line on the public’s right to...

Tonga's Permanent Representative to the UN Viliami Va'inga Tōnē (left)

China

Tonga ratifies nuclear test ban treaty amid China missile debacle

EDITOR'S PICKS

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

Crime

Dilapidated infrastructure blamed for fatal PNG prison escape attempt

The United States bombed Iran over a toll

Analysis

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

Children in Gaza have paid tribute to Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

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Sheikh Hamad: The Arab leader who broke Israel’s siege on Gaza

The only sensible stance is to stand against the carnage

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Saige England: Call out the Zionist hypocrisy – genociders are settler...

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Australia

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

Jacinda Ardern

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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

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

Crime

Dilapidated infrastructure blamed for fatal PNG prison escape attempt

The United States bombed Iran over a toll

Analysis

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

Children in Gaza have paid tribute to Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

Analysis

Sheikh Hamad: The Arab leader who broke Israel’s siege on Gaza

The only sensible stance is to stand against the carnage

Asia Report

Saige England: Call out the Zionist hypocrisy – genociders are settler...