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The Fiji HIV crisis

Fiji

‘We’re doing something about it’ – Fiji’s health minister defends HIV response

March 31, 2026

Baron Waqa

Fiji

Baron Waqa ‘more than able’ to lead Pacific Islands Forum, says Rabuka

Sacked Fiji Bureau of Statistics Kemueli Naiqama

Fiji

Fiji government sacking of chief statistician branded ‘shameful’

Fijians in the capital Suva celebrate the end of 16 years of authoritarian rule - eight years of military dictatorship followed by a rigid "democracy".

Fiji

David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano

Fiji

Australia accused of ‘bullying’ Pacific neighbours out of climate compo

Fiji

Telecom Vanuatu sold to company with 35% Fiji government ownership

February 2, 2017

Communications Fiji Ltd (CFL) chair William Parkinson

Fiji

Repeal Fiji’s media law and start with ‘clean slate’, says CFL...

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March 24, 2023

Fiji

Solar panels the way to go for Pacific, says USP physics...

April 18, 2018

Fiji

Fiji climate lead challenged Western consultants’ influence before losing job

Pacific Media Watch -

March 9, 2018

McDonalds Fiji managing director Marc McElrath

Fiji

‘Drunkards urinating, fights – Nadi is like Beirut’, says McDonalds Fiji...

April 30, 2023

A Fijian meke wau (club dance)

Fiji

Quality of iTaukei language under threat, says Fiji scholar

October 5, 2022

USP Laucala Campus 140621

Fiji

USP ranked 11th in world for ‘crisis management’ over covid response

June 14, 2021

Sports consultant and journalist Charlie Charters

Fiji

Fiji critic’s whistleblower case escalates anti-corruption crisis

February 26, 2026

Press Freedom poster

Fiji

Slippery slope for Fiji’s media in politically charged climate

September 14, 2021

NGO Coalition on Human Rights in Fiji chair Shamima Ali

Fiji

Fiji human rights activists pay tribute to slain Gaza journalists, but...

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January 14, 2024

A jubilant Fiji crowd in Suva last night celebrates the change of government to a coalition after last week's general election

Fiji

72 hours of talks ends Bainimarama era and opens door to...

December 21, 2022

Fiji

‘Nothing stopping investigative journalism,’ claims Khaiyum

Pacific Media Watch -

March 28, 2017

Taeri MP and former journalist Ingrid Leary

Fiji

Fiji coup culture and political meddling in media education given airing

Pacific Media Watch -

June 4, 2025

9/11 from Suva

Fiji

Two decades on from 9/11 and a Pacific newsroom sense of...

Pacific Media Watch -

September 11, 2021

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

Fiji

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

Pacific Media Watch -

August 12, 2024

Dr Robbie Robertson

Fiji

Former USP academic and author of Fiji coup books Robbie Robertson...

June 11, 2021

Wansolwara

Fiji

USP Journalism dedicates awards to media ‘champion’ David Robie

Pacific Media Watch -

January 7, 2021

Malolo Island in western Fiji

Fiji

Fiji court fines Malolo developers in nation’s first ‘environmental crime’

April 28, 2022

Fiji

Merdeka: Media and the case for Papuan civil resistance

January 9, 2016

People's Alliance leader Sitiveni Rabuka

Fiji

Fiji elections: Rabuka – ‘What I’m doing now is a vision’

December 11, 2022

Fiji

‘Hurricane’ Winston – we’re lucky catastrophe didn’t strike Suva

Pacific Media Watch -

March 7, 2016

Jone Vakarisi . . . asked if he was planning a coup

Fiji

‘His life mattered’: Family of man who died in Fiji military...

April 23, 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

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

Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only does its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear

Analysis

The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel – and about itself...

Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman

Democracy

Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman ‘hounded’ into...

A drone view of the Marshalls Energy Company's main power plant in Majuro

Analysis

Majuro reels from huge power rate increase, as govt steps up...

The New Caledonian freighter MV Karaka

Business

New Caledonian freight vessel begins service to Vanuatu despite diplomatic row

EDITOR'S PICKS

A photo of Indigenous West Papuan civilians in Distrik Tembagapura, Mimika, Central Papua, allegedly wounded by use of excessive force by Indonesian military

Asia Report

‘They’re wiping us out’ – church leader warns about young West...

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

Analysis

New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

Analysis

Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...

"Hands off Iran" . . . New Zealand protesters make their voices heard in opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza and the war on Iran near Devonport Naval Base in Auckland

Analysis

Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on...

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

A photo of Indigenous West Papuan civilians in Distrik Tembagapura, Mimika, Central Papua, allegedly wounded by use of excessive force by Indonesian military

Asia Report

‘They’re wiping us out’ – church leader warns about young West...

Prime Minister-elect Matthew Wale

Analysis

New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...

Fiji media workers of the Fijian Media Association celebrate a belated World Press Freedom Day in the capital Suva

Fiji

Fiji’s journalists celebrate belated World Press Freedom Day – but warn...

A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

Analysis

Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...