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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

June 15, 2026

The Beachcomber Island resort off Nadi in Fiji

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

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

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Tuvalu deploys conservation NGO to arrest Chinese longliner

RNZN divers surveying the area around HMNZS Manawanui

Fisheries

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

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

Tuvalu from the air

Fisheries

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

January 29, 2024

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Indian Ocean’s Smartfish wins global award for fight against illegal fishing

March 11, 2016

PNG Jackson Kiakari

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

April 3, 2021

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Pacific delegates warn against US fast-tracking seabed mining

January 28, 2026

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

October 3, 2019

The Gambier Islands

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French Polynesia president announces huge highly protected marine area

June 11, 2025

Australian anti-nuclear activist Nat Lowrey (left) joined activists from Japan, Tonga and Fiji in Sapporo, Japan,

Fisheries

Japan’s Fukushima nuclear waste plan stirs ‘Pacific Chernobyl’ risk protests

June 29, 2023

Arrested Chinese ships

Fisheries

Michael Field: Murky background to Vanuatu’s Chinese fishing boat arrests

January 27, 2021

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

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

August 7, 2025

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

June 8, 2017

An Odysseus 6K remotely operated vehicle

Fisheries

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

July 30, 2024

Fisheries

Pacific officials join global tactics workshop to combat illegal fishing

March 7, 2016

The CIVICUS Monitor report

Fisheries

Crackdown on environmental activism as climate crisis worsens, says report

November 10, 2021

Trump's Pacific fisheries executive order

Fisheries

Trump executive orders roll back ocean fisheries protections in Pacific

April 19, 2025

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

Tuna fishing deal dispute keeps US boats out of Pacific waters

January 18, 2016

twin catastrophic threats of climate change and a pandemic

Fisheries

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

August 7, 2021

Global action to protect oceans from climate change

Fisheries

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

October 23, 2024

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (centre)

Fisheries

China’s whirlwind Pacific tour a slight success with several signed deals

June 3, 2022

Fisheries

Push to ban transhipments in ‘out of control’ Pacific tuna fishery

Michael Neilson -

September 25, 2015

Fisheries

USP journo students return from Solomons climate storytelling project

Michael Andrew -

July 2, 2019

US Vice-President Kamala Harris

Fisheries

Fiji police evict two Chinese defence attaches amid Pacific Forum tensions

Pacific Media Watch -

July 13, 2022

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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

Maltese authorities must implement the long overdue measures protecting journalists and media freedom

Commentary

RSF slams ‘outrageous’ failure to bring justice 9 years after killing...

Analysis

Māori delegation’s Israel trip under scrutiny over funding and itinerary

Australian Green Senator David Shoebridge seeking information from the Department of Home Affairs

Australia

‘New level of bastardry’ – Australia releases NZYQ agreement with Naoero

Gaza and West Bank atrocities by Israel

Asia Report

Palestine Forum condemns NZ for talk, no ‘meaningful action’ over illegal...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson . . . “Te reo Māori is a taonga."

Culture

Greens promise $200m boost for te reo Māori initiatives

The Vanuatu ferry MV Matui

Disasters

Vanuatu ferry disaster: ‘It’s a miracle anyone survived,’ says rescuer

The Panguna mine arson attack

Bougainville

Mining company’s equipment targeted in Panguna arson attack

A banner at today's rally in Auckland's Te Komititanga Square

Asia Report

Pioneer of Palestine protest in NZ warns against the IDF ‘obscenity’...

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

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson . . . “Te reo Māori is a taonga."

Culture

Greens promise $200m boost for te reo Māori initiatives

The Panguna mine arson attack

Bougainville

Mining company’s equipment targeted in Panguna arson attack

Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis

Analysis

Journalist Mary Kostakidis stared down the Zionist lobby – and courage...

Witness Papali'i Mele Maualaivao

Disasters

Pacific remembering September 11 . . . 25 years on