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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

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Minerals, military strategy draw the eye of Trump to isolated atoll and its 230 people

September 3, 2026

Leaders at the round table for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting Plenary in Koror, Palau

Innovation

Pacific Islands Forum: Should outside nations be allowed at the leaders’ summit?

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

Innovation

Pacific leaders urged to be united behind 2050 climate action vision

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and the US Deputy State Secretary, Christopher Landau

Innovation

US pushes critical minerals agenda in Cook Islands with Penrhyn ‘lifeline’

"Alii - welcome to Palau"

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

The Green Party’s Ricardo Menéndez March (left) and Labour's Phil Twyford

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PSNA slams NZ’s ‘uncaring’ lack of signature on global Israeli settlements...

August 31, 2026

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

Innovation

Notable absences loom ahead of PIF leaders’ meeting in Palau

August 31, 2026

PSNA's Leeann Wahanui-Peters reading out Te Pāti Māori's statement for co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer

Innovation

NZ left parties condemn Luxon govt on lack of humanity, ‘complicity’...

August 29, 2026

Parliament Haus in Port Moresby

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Long time coming: After decades of struggle, is Bougainville on the...

August 27, 2026

RNZ's Morning Report

Innovation

RNZ tops trust survey, lifts radio and digital audiences

Pacific Media Watch -

August 26, 2026

A "I love China" cartoon on today's China Daily website

Innovation

China Daily, collaborations, media education and Pacific outreach

Pacific Media Watch -

August 24, 2026

Palestinian-American home owner Loui Ridi at Ben Gurion Airport . . . "I appreciate Mike Huckabee condemned it, called them terrorists. But I’ve been in contact with the embassy, that nothing has been done on the ground."

Innovation

Meet Loui Ridi, the Palestinian American in West Bank home besieged...

August 22, 2026

Cook Islands caretaker Prime Minister Mark Brown and US Ambassador Jared Novelly exchange gifts

Innovation

‘Teeming with life’: Cook Islands officials enthuse over NOAA deep dive

August 20, 2026

The Strait of Hormuz - closed

Innovation

Correcting the Trump delusions about the Strait of Hormuz

August 19, 2026

Education Minister Aseri Radrodro

Innovation

Chinese language to be taught in Fiji schools to strengthen educational...

August 18, 2026

AI slop: "Imagine a world where a British royal princess and a former Uruguayan guerrilla fighter shared their deepest reflections on life

Innovation

Jeremy Rose: AI-generated good ‘news’ floods social media

August 18, 2026

Journalist and sports marketing official Charlie Charters

Innovation

Fiji High Court orders release of seven devices seized from journalist...

Pacific Media Watch -

August 17, 2026

The author, Laurens Ikinia, with extended whānau - family (he is pictured fourth from left)

Innovation

Indonesia at 81 – who owns the Land of Papua’s...

August 17, 2026

"A reckless game of chicken” in the Middle East

Innovation

‘Menace to the world’: With Iran talks stalled, Trump vows to...

August 16, 2026

BlackRock spy satellites protest

Innovation

Palestine protesters told they are ‘rainbow people’ of hope after 150...

August 16, 2026

Auckland's new metro rail station Karanga-a-hape

Innovation

‘Just lovely’: Karanga-a-Hape train station delights locals and visitors on open...

August 15, 2026

This article will not only be about counting ships

Innovation

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

August 15, 2026

Carlile House in Auckland's Grey Lynn

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Church owning historic Carlile House talks with Auckland Council about demolishing...

August 14, 2026

The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre team

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Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre turns 42 – reflections on a milestone

August 13, 2026

The New Arab's report in Arabic with a photograph of a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland's Te Komititanga Square

Innovation

New Zealand faces lawsuit over technology use during Gaza war

August 13, 2026

Producer Victor Mambor of the documentary Pesta Babi (Pig Feast): Colonialism in Our Time accepts the award on behalf of the production team

Innovation

Pesta Babi documentary wins both Udin and Tasrif awards for ‘injustice’...

Pacific Media Watch -

August 10, 2026

The Free Palestine Party

Innovation

Free Palestine Party becomes latest political party in Aotearoa

August 10, 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

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

Innovation

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

Innovation

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

Innovation

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

Innovation

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 University of Sydney

Asia Report

Alumni revolt over Israel: 450 Sydney Uni staff, graduates accuse university...

Colonel Nochi Mendel ordered the Israeli drone strike that killed seven aid workers in April 2024

Asia Report

‘Not sorry’ – will international pressure mean justice for Zomi Frankcom?

Crowds gather in Tehran on March 9 to celebrate the appointment of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei

Analysis

Six months on, Iran is still standing but survival is becoming...

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and the US Deputy State Secretary, Christopher Landau

Innovation

US pushes critical minerals agenda in Cook Islands with Penrhyn ‘lifeline’

EDITOR'S PICKS

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

Innovation

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

Facilitators at a New Zealand public protest meeting in Auckland this week planning for a Global March for Palestine on October 10

Asia Report

Israel ready to ‘forcibly remove’ Gaza population but awaiting US approval

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

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

Innovation

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

Facilitators at a New Zealand public protest meeting in Auckland this week planning for a Global March for Palestine on October 10

Asia Report

Israel ready to ‘forcibly remove’ Gaza population but awaiting US approval