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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (left) with Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Rabuka rules out military involvement with Israel in Mideast conflicts

Pacific Media Watch -

June 3, 2026

Fiji

Vakatawa approached by Les Bleus coach for Six Nations

Dr Shailendra Singh (left) and Dialogue Fiji executive director Nilesh Lal

Fiji

Journalism training and development vital for better Fiji elections reporting

It was 2019 when a group of law students at the University of the South Pacific’s campus in Port Vila, the harbourside capital of Vanuatu, were set a challenge

Fiji

How Pacific students took their climate fight to the world’s highest court. And won

USP student journalists Yukta Chand (left) and Viliame Tawanakoro jointly won the FBC-sponsored Most Outstanding Journalism Student of the Year award

Fiji

PNG’s Masiu warns USP journalism students to defend free press

Nabouwalu jetty

Fiji

More than 800 new Fiji covid cases, 26 deaths in 48...

August 17, 2021

A Fiji Meteorological Service media liaison officer

Fiji

Climate data from Pacific has deteriorated, says new report

February 9, 2023

Professor Pal Ahluwalia

Fiji

Professor thrilled over USP return – Fiji to pay $90m university...

December 27, 2022

Lionel Aingimea

Fiji

Nauru president defends Samoa contract decision for USP chief

June 9, 2021

Fiji

EJN awards grants for investigative ‘green’ reporting in Asia-Pacific

Pacific Media Watch -

May 27, 2020

An Odysseus 6K remotely operated vehicle

Fiji

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

July 30, 2024

350.org's Fiji community organiser George Nacewa

Fiji

Pacific climate activists join 180+ groups calling on COP30 hosts Brazil...

April 12, 2025

Shin Ok-ju, founder of Grace Road Church

Fiji

Senior figures question Fiji government’s close links with ‘doomsday’ cult

July 29, 2022

Professor Vijay Naidu

Fiji

Fiji universities criticised for ‘great shame’ of ignoring coup impacts

July 22, 2026

Brig-Gen Jone Kalouniwai

Fiji

RSF challenges Fiji over general’s ‘stifle criticism’ views on virus

Pacific Media Watch -

April 29, 2020

USP campus at Laucala Bay

Fiji

Fiji funding threat over Pacific-wide university draws ire in New Zealand

August 20, 2021

Former prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) and caretaker PM Voreqe Bainimarama in January 2018

Fiji

Sodelpa youth arm begs party to rule out coalition with ‘dictator’...

December 19, 2022

Fiji Immigration Minister Pio Tikoduadua (left) and Grace Road group Fiji president Daniel Kim

Fiji

Fiji immigration officials detain Grace Road cult leader Daniel Kim

September 8, 2023

Some of the flags of the 16-nation regional University of the South Pacific

Fiji

USP student body welcomes Fiji’s commitment to settle grant dues

January 26, 2023

Hundreds of people marched in Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands, on March 1

Fiji

70 years on from tests, Marshallese women still fight for nuclear...

July 26, 2024

PACNEWS masthead

Fiji

Remembering broadcaster and journalist Shiu Singh

June 22, 2021

Fiji

New tech downgrades reading, harms critical thinking, says Fiji academic

May 26, 2016

Fiji

Pacific corruption-fighters worry over online database future

Pacific Media Watch -

May 27, 2016

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Fiji

Fiji’s economic summit addresses ‘daunting’ challenges, says Rabuka

April 20, 2023

Salababa rescue, Fiji

Fiji

Intensity of Cyclone Ana hammering of Fiji catches many by surprise

February 1, 2021

The historic signing of the nuclear-free pact, also known as the Treaty of Rarotonga, took place in Majuro during the observance of the Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day on 3 March 2025

Fiji

Marshall Islands signs treaty banning nuclear weapons in the South Pacific

March 5, 2025

Fiji

Amnesty calls on Fiji election parties, candidates to uphold human rights

November 11, 2018

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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

Fiji

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

Fiji

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

Fiji

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

Fiji

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

Fiji

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

Fiji

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

Fiji

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)

Fiji

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

The Cook Islands Parliament

Cook Islands

Polling booths open in Cook Islands election

Solomon Islands journalist George Atkin

Editor's Picks

Pacific media figures pay tribute to Solomons legend George Atkin

Daily Post editor and political commentator Martyn Bradbury and revealed complainant Ani O’Brien

Democracy

Free Speech Union board member revealed in Daily Blog editor Martyn...

Iranian Kiwi Seyed Derhany

Asia Report

‘Triple tap’ in Gaza, Iran and the Hind Rajab atrocities condemned...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Carlile House in Auckland's Grey Lynn

Civil Society

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

The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre team

Fiji

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

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

Asia Report

New Zealand faces lawsuit over technology use during Gaza war

Daily Post editor and political commentator Martyn Bradbury and revealed complainant Ani O’Brien

Democracy

Free Speech Union board member revealed in Daily Blog editor Martyn...

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

Fiji

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

The Fiji Women's Crisis Centre team

Fiji

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

An Auckland protest against Rocket Lab's implication in the Gaza genocide earlier this year

Asia Report

Palestinian Kiwis, Māori doctor file claim against NZ govt over Gaza...

Australian Antiosemitismn Commission Jillian Segal (centre) with husband John Roth (right)

Asia Report

The Segal State 2 – the mask, the children, the money...

Solomon Islands journalist George Atkin

Editor's Picks

Pacific media figures pay tribute to Solomons legend George Atkin