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Earthjustice attorney David Henkin (left) and Rudy Bartley, a member of the nonprofit groups Faasao Amerika Samoa and Puipui Measina a Amerika Samoa

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American Samoa environmental group sues US govt over deep sea mining plans

October 1, 2026

Every time a Fiji student misses school because the river that she crosses is flooded or at risk of flooding, that student is denied the full enjoyment of this right

Fisheries

Climate change and human rights demands telling our Pacific stories with clarity and impact

US Vice-President Kamala Harris

Fisheries

Fiji police evict two Chinese defence attaches amid Pacific Forum tensions

Tuvalu police inspecting the bridge of the arrested Chinese longliner Lu Rong Yuan Yu 138

Fisheries

Tuvalu deploys conservation NGO to arrest Chinese longliner

The Beachcomber Island resort off Nadi in Fiji

Fisheries

Pacific ‘catastrophe’ awaits if nations not alert to deep sea eco threat

An educational in-depth view of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monumen

Fisheries

Trump’s fishing decision threatens Pacific communities, NGO warns

June 15, 2026

Global action to protect oceans from climate change

Fisheries

Apia Ocean Declaration to be ‘crown jewel’ of CHOGM climate ‘fight...

October 23, 2024

Fisheries

Pacific delegates warn against US fast-tracking seabed mining

January 28, 2026

An Odysseus 6K remotely operated vehicle

Fisheries

Vanuatu fights for marine protection at key UN deep-sea mining summit

July 30, 2024

The Gambier Islands

Fisheries

French Polynesia president announces huge highly protected marine area

June 11, 2025

RNZN divers surveying the area around HMNZS Manawanui

Fisheries

‘We’re eating tinned fish’ – Samoa villagers plead for Manawanui wreckage...

October 19, 2025

Trump's Pacific fisheries executive order

Fisheries

Trump executive orders roll back ocean fisheries protections in Pacific

April 19, 2025

Domestic airline Air Calédonie’s ATR 72-600 to fly biweekly to Port Vila from October 2024

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New Caledonia crisis: Unrest-hit Air Calédonie in search of new markets

September 11, 2024

A Pacific protester against the Fukushima nuclear wastewater discharge plan

Fisheries

Countdown starts as Japan poised to release first batch of treated...

August 23, 2023

PNG Jackson Kiakari

Fisheries

Jackson Kiakari: What happened to the PNG dream? How did paradise...

April 3, 2021

Fisheries

Tuna fishing deal dispute keeps US boats out of Pacific waters

January 18, 2016

Tuvalu from the air

Fisheries

World’s ‘smallest university’, but Tuvalu campus has big local impact

January 29, 2024

The Rainbow Warrior III in action against industrial longlining fishing in the South Pacific

Fisheries

Greenpeace activists aboard Rainbow Warrior disrupt Pacific industrial fishing operation

June 12, 2025

Fisheries

Rainbow Warrior campaign pushes spotlight on Pacific fish ‘laundering’

September 26, 2015

Fisheries

Ocean at ‘breaking point’: Pacific angst at latest climate report

October 3, 2019

The CIVICUS Monitor report

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Crackdown on environmental activism as climate crisis worsens, says report

November 10, 2021

Fisheries

Pillagers of the Pacific – tuna fishing out of control

Pacific Media Centre -

August 4, 2015

Fisheries

US, Pacific countries resolve treaty deadlock – fleet fishing again

March 8, 2016

Fisheries

Landmark report into illegal fishing will boost control efforts in Pacific

March 22, 2016

Nalati Ragolea (standing) with other Malake Villagers on their way to cast their vote at the Island

Fisheries

Fiji elections: Voting villagers say they ‘want a government that can...

December 8, 2022

Fisheries

Poisonous starfish threatens survival of Pacific coral reefs

April 21, 2016

Fisheries

Australia funds fisheries surveillance, new long-range patrol vessel

July 19, 2016

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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

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

POPULAR POSTS

The Greens have made history

Commentary

Sean Ackland: Chin up. There’s still a lot to celebrate over...

Türkye is hosting the COP31 climate talks from 9-20 November in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya

Climate

COP31 opens in Türkiye as global temperature flirts with 1.5°C line

Fiji's Professor Biman Prasad outside the Suva courtroom after the no case to answer ruling

Democracy

Professor Prasad to be sworn back into Fiji Cabinet after no...

Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong

Democracy

From Lautoka to NZ parliament – the remarkable journey of Qiulae...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Fiji's Professor Biman Prasad outside the Suva courtroom after the no case to answer ruling

Democracy

Professor Prasad to be sworn back into Fiji Cabinet after no...

This NZ general election had it all

Democracy

NZ elections: The people have spoken, we just aren’t sure what...

Cook Islanders Koro Tuarae (left) and Rua Rio who are both from Glen Innes

Civil Society

Voters in areas with large Pacific populations clear on who should...

Fuel price caps in the South Pacific have risen sharply

Climate

Pacific fuel crisis cost region nearly $1 billion in six months,...

MOST COMMENTS

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

Potential new prime minister Gadi Eisenkot

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Gaza and West Bank status quo – a new Israeli PM...

COP31 in Türkiye . . . US missing

Climate

COP31: Climate action must continue even if ‘US not here’, say...

The Naoero Parliament in Yaren

Culture

No opposition left in Naoero after all MPs join ‘united’ government

Climate activist Bianca Ranson

Climate

Ngāpuhi activist Mike Smith’s case spotlighted at UN’s COP31 climate summit