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Fiji Women's Crisis Centre coordinator Shamima Ali and fellow activists at the Morning Star flag raising in solidarity with West Papua

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Fiji women condemn Bainimarama government’s ‘silence’ on West Papua

July 15, 2022

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Fiji reports record 522 new cases of covid-19 – three more deaths

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NZ journalists arrested in Fiji now free but no new era of press freedom

A Japanese Greenpeace protest against the planned Fukushima treated nuclear wastewater discharge

Fiji

NZ women’s peace group protests over imminent Fukushima nuclear wastewater release

Fiji

Pacific ‘smart’ thinking grows creative tension between policy and research

Nauru's Baron Divavesi Waqa

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Barbara Dreaver: Pacific leaders’ poor choice for top Forum job an...

February 28, 2023

Vanuatu's Climate Change Minister Ralph Regenvanu

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Sad Regenvanu condemns MSG for ‘failing’ people of West Papua

August 30, 2023

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Free lunch for some Fiji schools, cyclone classroom damage $42m

March 1, 2016

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Attorney-General Siromi Turaga

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Rabuka’s ‘wasteful spending’ spotlight now turns onto FBC, Fiji Sun

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January 9, 2023

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Pacific media internship offers chance to follow regional issues

May 22, 2017

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Cyclone Zena weakens and quickly passes western Fiji

April 7, 2016

Fiji Journalists and media workers during the World Press Freedom day celebration

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Fiji criticised for legal ‘criminalisation’ of journalism in big drop in...

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May 8, 2022

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Fiji University vice-chancellor banned after breaking Covid-19 cordon

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March 25, 2020

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Report fake page to Facebook plea from Fiji Times editor

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November 13, 2018

University of the South Pacific protesting in black

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‘All talk and no action’ say USP protesters calling for fair...

November 27, 2023

Fiji SRU police unit

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More power for Fiji’s police force – draft bill enables eavesdropping

March 5, 2021

New Fiji Prime Minister leader Sitiveni Rabuka singing at church ahead of announcing the formation of a coalition government

Fiji

Christmas gift for Fiji: New political era balanced on a knife-edge

December 25, 2022

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

Fiji

Aukus ‘going against’ Pacific nuclear free treaty – Cook Islands leader

March 28, 2023

The Pacific Explorer

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NZ’s first cruise ship since beginning of pandemic arrives – next...

August 12, 2022

The University of the South Pacific's Laucala campus in Fiji

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Claims of ‘issues, concerns and breaches’ emerge at USP

May 31, 2023

Flooding along the Sabeto to Waimalika Road, Fiji

Fiji

Heavy rain causes school closures, over 200 in evacuation centres in...

March 18, 2024

Climate

Climate change report confirms ‘worst fears’ for Pacific nations

August 9, 2016

The USAID controversy featured on New Zealand's 1News tonight

Fiji

Trump’s foreign aid freeze throws independent journalism into chaos

Pacific Media Watch -

February 8, 2025

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Tide of Change – documentary by USP students explores climate action

March 26, 2018

Fiji's Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad

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Fiji’s Prasad reaches out to the NZ diaspora to help rebuild...

September 1, 2023

The fire at Tappoos warehouse

Fiji

Fiji police, fire agency jointly probe two separate urban fires

August 2, 2021

Fiji's Distinguished Professor Steven Ratuva

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Canterbury appoints Ratuva as first Te Amorangi in Pacific leadership team

February 27, 2023

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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

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...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

Fiji

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

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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

Kidnapped protesters Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila

Asia Report

Gaza flotilla organisers subjected to ‘extreme brutality’ in illegal Israeli detention

"Hands up" . . . Global Sumud Flotilla protesters

Asia Report

Former Greek minister slams ‘Western complicity’ over brutal Israeli kidnap...

Reporters Without Borders says for the first time in the Index's history, more than half of the world's countries now fall into the "difficult" or "very serious" categories for press freedom

Fiji

Fiji climbs to 24th in World Press Freedom Index, biggest gain...

Indonesian police launch a brutal crackdown against Papuan protesters

Asia Report

Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests

EDITOR'S PICKS

"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"

Analysis

Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal...

Julien Blondel’s face . . . bloodied but unbowed

Analysis

After Israel’s brutal attack on Kiwis the NZ government does nothing

PINA president Kalafi Moala addresses the Media Council of Papua New Guinea

Fiji

Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index

Kidnapped protesters Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila

Asia Report

Gaza flotilla organisers subjected to ‘extreme brutality’ in illegal Israeli detention

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

"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"

Analysis

Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal...

PINA president Kalafi Moala addresses the Media Council of Papua New Guinea

Fiji

Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index

Kidnapped protesters Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila

Asia Report

Gaza flotilla organisers subjected to ‘extreme brutality’ in illegal Israeli detention

Reporters Without Borders says for the first time in the Index's history, more than half of the world's countries now fall into the "difficult" or "very serious" categories for press freedom

Fiji

Fiji climbs to 24th in World Press Freedom Index, biggest gain...