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Decades after the nuclear tests, Pacific people still endure many consequences

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Pacific lawmakers call for creation of human rights commissions to fight nuclear testing legacy

October 29, 2025

1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver

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Journalist Barbara Dreaver’s memoir on three decades reporting from the Pacific

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

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Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire edition

Kiribati President Taneti Maamau (left) and NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

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NZ-Kiribati fallout: Maamau govt minister says ‘impacts to be felt by the people’

Kiribati MP Ruth Cross Kwansing

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NZ-Kiribati fallout: A ‘Pacific way’ perspective on the Peters spat

Founding Kiribati president Sir Ieremia Tabai

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Kiribati exit from Pacific forum ‘out of order’, says founding president

July 11, 2022

Pacific Islands Forum flags

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More Pacific Islands Forum summit leaders pull out as crisis grows

July 12, 2022

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Tuna fishing deal dispute keeps US boats out of Pacific waters

January 18, 2016

Pasifika broadcasters

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‘Let’s tell our own stories’ – Pacific broadcasters seek sovereignty

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June 6, 2023

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Fear of reprisal puts limit on Pacific human rights journalism, say...

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April 21, 2016

New Zealand Reporter of the Year Barbara Dreaver

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Pacific journalists are strong and ‘it’s up to us’, says honoured...

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December 30, 2023

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American Samoa tuna cannery closure prompts fisheries gifts to Tokelau

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May 29, 2017

Covid-19 vaccinations being given in Vanuatu

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Vaccine inequity in the Pacific: ‘We need to support our neighbours’

January 30, 2022

Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama SIDS

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Covid pandemic blows world off course over climate crisis, says Bainimarama

August 31, 2021

Flags of the Pacific Islands Forum members

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Pacific leaders commit to Forum reforms and ‘family unity’

February 26, 2023

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COP21: What will become of us? – a message from young...

December 10, 2015

Bodies of papuan civilians being evacuated after an attack 160722

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‘Doorstops’ at the Pacific Forum – why no tough questions on...

July 22, 2022

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Pacific nations need to ‘weave together’ – act now over climate,...

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February 16, 2016

Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General Henry Puna

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Pacific Forum welcomes NZ climate aid boost, urges collective action

October 19, 2021

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Kiribati’s sacred sites storyteller – ‘I don’t hold the answer of...

January 13, 2016

Professor Pal Ahluwalia

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Professor Pal Ahluwalia on the future of USP: ‘I’m here to...

August 8, 2022

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Fifth Estate: ‘Bomber’ talks climate change and the impact on Pacific

March 30, 2016

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Key misses vital moment to step up over climate change –...

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September 24, 2015

Australia’s aid to the Pacific has been "greenwashed"

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Australia accused of ‘bullying’ Pacific over climate action, ‘buying silence’

November 4, 2021

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US withdrawal from Pacific tuna treaty will take effect January 2017

January 21, 2016

Coastal flooding in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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It’s time to deliver on Pacific climate financing, says Cook Is...

November 10, 2021

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Pacific journalists make human rights declaration for ‘voiceless’

April 16, 2016

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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

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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

Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

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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

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

Kiribati

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

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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

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

Analysis

West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

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

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) has expressed grave concern for the safety and well-being of human rights activists Palestinian Saif Abu Kishek and Brazilian Thiago Ávila, who were abducted by Israeli commandos

Asia Report

Global Sumud Flotilla calls on NZ govt to intervene after Israeli...

Global Sumud Flotilla boats have been intercepted illegally by Israeli Defense Forces

Asia Report

NZer in flotilla intercepted by Israel has concussion and possible broken...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Fiji journalists at the FMA's annual general meeting in March

Democracy

FMA praises Fiji media workers for press freedom climb but warns...

Global Sumud Flotilla boats have been intercepted illegally by Israeli Defense Forces

Asia Report

NZer in flotilla intercepted by Israel has concussion and possible broken...

"Hands up" . . . Global Sumud Flotilla protesters

Asia Report

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

Indonesian security forces crack down on a Papuan protest over the Puncak massacre

Analysis

West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak

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

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

Australia

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

Fiji journalists at the FMA's annual general meeting in March

Democracy

FMA praises Fiji media workers for press freedom climb but warns...

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) has expressed grave concern for the safety and well-being of human rights activists Palestinian Saif Abu Kishek and Brazilian Thiago Ávila, who were abducted by Israeli commandos

Asia Report

Global Sumud Flotilla calls on NZ govt to intervene after Israeli...

Fiji has climbed from 40th place in 2025 in the latest RSF World Press Freedom Index

Democracy

Political reforms drive Fiji’s big press freedom gains, says RSF