CLOSE
  • News
  • Analysis
  • Reportage
    • Pacific Report
    • Asia Report
    • APJS newsfile
    • Climate
  • Country
    • Pacific Report
      • Australia
      • Cook Islands
      • Federated States of Micronesia
      • Fiji
      • Kiribati
      • Marshall Islands
      • Nauru
      • New Caledonia
      • New Zealand
      • Niue
      • Palau-Belau
      • Papua New Guinea
      • Rapanui
      • Samoa
      • Solomon Islands
      • Tahiti
      • Timor-Leste
      • Tokelau
      • Tonga
      • Tuvalu
      • Vanuatu
      • West Papua
    • Asia Report
      • Brunei
      • Cambodia
      • China
      • Indonesia
      • Lao
      • Malaysia
      • Myanmar
      • Philippines
      • Singapore
      • Vietnam
      • Thailand
      • Other
  • Editor’s Picks
  • Multimedia
    • Multimedia
    • PMC on Demand
    • Audio
    • Gallery
    • Video
  • PMC on Demand
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
  • Login
  • About Asia Pacific Report
  • Contact
  • EveningReport.nz
  • Pacific Media Centre
Asia Pacific Report
Asia Pacific Report Asia Pacific Report
  • News
  • Analysis
  • Reportage
    • Pacific Report
    • Asia Report
    • APJS newsfile
    • Climate
  • Country
    • Pacific Report
      • Australia
      • Cook Islands
      • Federated States of Micronesia
      • Fiji
      • Kiribati
      • Marshall Islands
      • Nauru
      • New Caledonia
      • New Zealand
      • Niue
      • Palau-Belau
      • Papua New Guinea
      • Rapanui
      • Samoa
      • Solomon Islands
      • Tahiti
      • Timor-Leste
      • Tokelau
      • Tonga
      • Tuvalu
      • Vanuatu
      • West Papua
    • Asia Report
      • Brunei
      • Cambodia
      • China
      • Indonesia
      • Lao
      • Malaysia
      • Myanmar
      • Philippines
      • Singapore
      • Vietnam
      • Thailand
      • Other
  • Editor’s Picks
    • The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader
      Opinion

      ‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

      Author Shana Chandra
      Opinion

      Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

      Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin
      Analysis

      As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own…

      The US-Israeli war against Iran on hold . . . who really has the cards? I
      Opinion

      Martyn Bradbury: Why Iran is winning and will continue to win

      Starlink green light . . . good news for many Papua New Guineans
      Disasters

      Starlink set to return to PNG after court quashes ban, clearing…

  • Multimedia
    • Multimedia
    • PMC on Demand
    • Audio
    • Gallery
    • Video
  • PMC on Demand
Home Opinion

Opinion

Random
  • Latest
  • Featured posts
  • Most popular
  • 7 days popular
  • By review score
  • Random
Independent writer Eugene Doyle
Opinion

Eugene Doyle: Writing in the time of the Gaza genocide

APR editor -
June 2, 2025
Outspoken Rob Campbell, ousted as chair of two major government agencies
Opinion

Rob Campbell: Public service bosses of ‘Pyongponeke’ forget who they’re supposed to serve

Peace Action cover detail
Opinion

Lessons from peace activists – and action is up to the readers

An UNRWA school in Gaza destroyed by Israeli bombing
Opinion

Rebuilding Gaza begins in the classroom and with dignity

Canadian billionaire James Grenon and NZME
Opinion

Gavin Ellis: Canadian billionaire must explain his designs on NZME – now

From the very start of his papacy, Pope Francis seemed determined to do things differently
Opinion

Pope Francis has died, aged 88. These were his greatest reforms...

APR editor -
April 22, 2025
0
Samoan PM Fiame Naomi Mata'afa and former PM Tuilaepa
Opinion

Samoa Observer: A feminist plot? No, just refusal to accept the...

APR editor -
August 26, 2021
0
Digital platforms
Opinion

The Conversation’s submission to the Australian Senate Inquiry into the News...

Pacific Media Watch -
January 20, 2021
0
Indonesians demonstrate in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta to show solidarity with Palestinians on the second anniversary of the war on Gaza on 7 October 2025
Opinion

Indonesia’s Gaza peacekeeping mission risks enforcing a ‘broken’ status quo

APR editor -
November 27, 2025
0
Theo Hesegem
Opinion

Dear President Widodo, be honest with Papua about the military...

APR editor -
March 16, 2021
0
Opinion

No Nauru election visa for SBS journalist despite presidential handshake

Pacific Media Watch -
July 10, 2016
0
video
Opinion

Walden Bello: When we defied China over the Spratlys

APR editor -
April 17, 2017
1
By April 2024 Israel had dropped over 70,000 tonnes of bombs on Gaza
Opinion

John Minto: International Court of Justice says BDS against Israel is...

APR editor -
September 14, 2024
0
Flooding on the corner of Seabrooke and Margan avenues in New Lynn
Opinion

Nick Rockel: When the public’s important at election time, but not...

APR editor -
January 28, 2023
0
Opinion

It’s all about trust – and why I trust Jacinda over...

Sri Krishnamurthi -
May 5, 2020
0
James Marape
Opinion

Scott Waide: Open letter to PM James Marape: Treat our people fairly

Scott Waide -
January 2, 2021
0
Blazing house in the attack on Pai Police Barracks
Opinion

Post-Courier blasts Marape for Jakarta junket ‘while Tari burns’

Pacific Media Watch -
March 31, 2022
0
Opinion

Neoliberalism poisoned climate action and renewables are the antidote

APR editor -
August 3, 2016
0
Dogiyai regency, Papua, protest
Opinion

The Jakarta Post: New deal, old approach over West Papua

APR editor -
July 21, 2021
0
Opinion

Dan McGarry: The future of media freedom – we can’t take...

APR editor -
January 24, 2017
1
Opinion

John Minto: Barack Obama – ‘Yes, We Can’ champion of the...

APR editor -
March 24, 2018
0
"The terrible news that the Americans and Israelis had killed more than 150 children this week"
Opinion

Minab school massacre – hands off the children of Iran, Donald...

APR editor -
March 2, 2026
0
Most mainstream NZ media - with few exceptions - have been focused on getting scared Kiwi tourists back home
Opinion

Martyn Bradbury: Shallow NZ media coverage of Kanaky crackdown focused on...

APR editor -
May 27, 2024
0
Opinion

The presidential leak, PNG’s bid for Bougainville Copper and the policy...

Pacific Media Centre -
January 21, 2016
0
Sodelpa’s negotiation team chair, Anare Jale, announcing the result of the votes for a coalition government in 2022
Opinion

Richard Naidu: It’s your freedom – so speak up and step...

APR editor -
February 5, 2023
0
Opinion

Marshall Islands v Big Nuclear – will Pacific people get the...

APR editor -
March 19, 2016
0
Charlotte Bellis at Kabul International Airportvideo
Opinion

‘I’ll stay in Afghanistan as long as I can,’ says reporter...

Pacific Media Watch -
September 1, 2021
0
123...58Page 1 of 58

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
Opinion

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

Load more

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

Load more

BEARING WITNESS

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
Opinion

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
Opinion

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"
Opinion

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...

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

Tweet to @DavidRobie
Tweets by DavidRobie

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

Starlink green light . . . good news for many Papua New Guineans
Disasters

Starlink set to return to PNG after court quashes ban, clearing...

A protester at the Anzac Day rally in Auckland Tamaki Makaurau today
Asia Report

PSNA calls on McKee to condemn Israel’s bulldozing of NZ war...

A decision on the waste-to-energy proposal can only be issued following the completion of the full technical and regulatory review
Environment

Fiji PM Rabuka gives govt support for controversial waste-to-energy project

Indonesian military forces conduct operations in Intan Jaya, Papua province
Asia Report

Stop selling arms to Indonesia, West Papuans urge Netherlands

EDITOR'S PICKS

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader
Opinion

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra
Opinion

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin
Analysis

As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

The US-Israeli war against Iran on hold . . . who really has the cards? I
Opinion

Martyn Bradbury: Why Iran is winning and will continue to win

Load more

MOST COMMENTS

Australia

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

Jacinda Ardern
Opinion

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
Opinion

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Indonesian police launch a brutal crackdown against Papuan protesters
Asia Report

Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader
Opinion

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

Author Shana Chandra
Opinion

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin
Analysis

As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

Editor's Picks

The narrative being delivered through our “Western-centric” media lens is that Ukrainians are legitimately resisting and defending their homeland from an evil invader

‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media

April 29, 2026
Author Shana Chandra

Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

April 28, 2026
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

April 28, 2026
The US-Israeli war against Iran on hold . . . who really has the cards? I

Martyn Bradbury: Why Iran is winning and will continue to win

April 28, 2026
Starlink green light . . . good news for many Papua New Guineans

Starlink set to return to PNG after court quashes ban, clearing...

April 27, 2026
Load more

Popular Reports

Winners of the Goldman Environmental Award winners, 2026

Bougainville advocate among all-women lineup winning Goldman Environmental prize

April 25, 2026
PSNA secretary Neil Scott

Public praise for High Court ruling on NZ Superfund policies on...

April 25, 2026
Southern Lebanon journalist Amal Khalil

Israel’s diabolical killing machine and how it targets journalists

April 25, 2026
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...

April 28, 2026
Starlink green light . . . good news for many Papua New Guineans

Starlink set to return to PNG after court quashes ban, clearing...

April 27, 2026
Load more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

  • Pacific Report8212
  • Politics5991
  • Human Rights4667
  • Syndicate4516
  • Global3932
  • New Zealand3528
  • Indigenous2904
  • RNZ Pacific2562
  • Media2257
  • Pacific Media Watch1974
  • Asia Report1961
  • Security1882
  • Democracy1879
  • Military1726
  • Justice1665
CREATIVE COMMONS
Creative Commons LicenseCopyright: Content on Asia Pacific Report is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Contact us: newseditor@AsiaPacificReport.nz
FOLLOW US
© Site Copyright 2021 - AsiaPacificReport.nz