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The Beachcomber Island resort off Nadi in Fiji

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

August 26, 2026

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

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Trump’s fishing decision threatens Pacific communities, NGO warns

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

Fisheries

Tuvalu deploys conservation NGO to arrest Chinese longliner

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

Trump's Pacific fisheries executive order

Fisheries

Trump executive orders roll back ocean fisheries protections in Pacific

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

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Greenpeace activists aboard Rainbow Warrior disrupt Pacific industrial fishing operation

June 12, 2025

Tuvalu from the air

Fisheries

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

January 29, 2024

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

PNG Jackson Kiakari

Fisheries

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

April 3, 2021

RNZN divers surveying the area around HMNZS Manawanui

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

October 19, 2025

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Pacific delegates warn against US fast-tracking seabed mining

January 28, 2026

Fisheries

Fiji’s climate change patterns hit pristine coral reefs hard

Anuja Nadkarni -

April 19, 2016

New Zealand's planned fisheries laws changes "spell disaster for the already struggling ocean around us"

Fisheries

Greenpeace condemns NZ’s ‘dodgy reforms’ plan weakening ocean protection

August 7, 2025

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Tuna fishing deal dispute keeps US boats out of Pacific waters

January 18, 2016

twin catastrophic threats of climate change and a pandemic

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Australians are 3 times more worried about climate change than covid....

August 7, 2021

Fisheries

Pacific officials join global tactics workshop to combat illegal fishing

March 7, 2016

Greenpeace activists, along with representatives of Taranaki iwi Ngāti Ruanui, disrupted the annual general meeting of Manuka Resources

Fisheries

Norway halts seabed mining, putting more pressure on NZ to do...

December 3, 2024

The CIVICUS Monitor report

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Crackdown on environmental activism as climate crisis worsens, says report

November 10, 2021

Fisheries

American Samoa tuna cannery closure prompts fisheries gifts to Tokelau

Mackenzie Smith -

May 29, 2017

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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

Fisheries

Pacific Ocean: ‘We cannot let history repeat itself – we’re not...

June 8, 2017

The Indonesian fishing boats reportedly seized by the PNG Defence Force

Fisheries

Post-Courier: Border patrol by soldiers or navy must be taken seriously

Pacific Media Watch -

August 29, 2022

US Vice-President Kamala Harris

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Fiji police evict two Chinese defence attaches amid Pacific Forum tensions

Pacific Media Watch -

July 13, 2022

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

Fisheries

Landmark report into illegal fishing will boost control efforts in Pacific

March 22, 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

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

POPULAR POSTS

"Alii - welcome to Palau"

Climate

Missing leaders won’t derail Pacific Islands Forum outcomes, says secretariat

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, and New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters mark the announcement of the Penrhyn port project in Palau

Climate

US expected to announce major fuel security deal at Pacific Islands...

Himalayan Tsunami . . . Kirti Tamang, 5, was in her classroom in Betrawati on the morning when the flood arrived with a roar

Analysis

Nepali Times: Not if, but when next?

President Surangel Whipps talking over the chairmanship of the PIF, making his remarks at the opening of the 55th PIFLM in Palau

Climate

Pacific leaders urged to be united behind 2050 climate action vision

EDITOR'S PICKS

A Chinese strategic nuclear submarine launched a warhead-carrying missile in July

Asia Report

Pacific Islands Forum winds up by condemning China nuclear test

The coastline on Futuna Island in southern Vanuatu

Analysis

Two small Pacific islands creating one big stink with France over...

Himalayan Tsunami . . . Kirti Tamang, 5, was in her classroom in Betrawati on the morning when the flood arrived with a roar

Analysis

Nepali Times: Not if, but when next?

Sacked Solomon Islands Finance Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo

Democracy

Sacked Solomon Islands finance minister says Cabinet revolt is imminent

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

A Chinese strategic nuclear submarine launched a warhead-carrying missile in July

Asia Report

Pacific Islands Forum winds up by condemning China nuclear test

Himalayan Tsunami . . . Kirti Tamang, 5, was in her classroom in Betrawati on the morning when the flood arrived with a roar

Analysis

Nepali Times: Not if, but when next?

Sacked Solomon Islands Finance Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo

Democracy

Sacked Solomon Islands finance minister says Cabinet revolt is imminent

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

Analysis

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