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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters in Palau for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting

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Peters blasts Solomon Islands cabinet ministers for move against PM Wale

September 1, 2026

The Beachcomber Island resort off Nadi in Fiji

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Pacific ‘catastrophe’ awaits if nations not alert to deep sea eco threat

Minuteman III test launch, California

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Jeremy Rose: The nuclear-free Pacific and hypersonic hypocrisy

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

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Notable absences loom ahead of PIF leaders’ meeting in Palau

TVNZ's 1News and Kiribati

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Mediawatch: NZ media in the middle of Asia-Pacific diplomatic drama

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PMC projects lure doco makers, politics writer and Fiji journalist

Pacific Media Watch -

March 15, 2018

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NZ to give $6m boost for USPNet telecommunications upgrade

March 27, 2018

Rev James Bhagwan

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Glasgow showdown: Pacific Islands demand global leaders bring action, not excuses,...

October 23, 2021

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi

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Top level Chinese delegation headed to Kiribati – questions over Kanton

May 25, 2022

US Vice-President Kamala Harris

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US tells Pacific leaders it will ‘deepen commitment’ to the region

July 13, 2022

Pacific flags -- Fiji and Tonga -- and protesters in support of Palestine at a rally in New Zealand's largest city Auckland

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Seven Pacific no votes in ‘historic’ UN General Assembly demand for...

September 19, 2024

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COP21: Politicians leading world to ‘very dangerous future’, says Naomi Klein

December 5, 2015

Tuvalu Foreign Minister Simon Kofe (left)

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Pacific leaders urged to look at Kiribati president’s concerns for unity

July 14, 2022

Performers from the Diversity Stage at the Auckland Polyfest 2024

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Auckland Polyfest 2024: Vibrant showcase of cultural diversity, youth empowerment

March 27, 2024

Pacific Aftershocks

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Aftershocks of covid-19 threaten to undo gains across Pacific, says report

October 18, 2021

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Pacific officials join global tactics workshop to combat illegal fishing

March 7, 2016

University of Papua New Guinea students protest against the US-PNG defence pact

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Memories of war haunt ‘slippery slope’ to a militarised Pacific

May 22, 2023

Pacific cyclones

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Fiji’s weather bureau predicts up to seven cyclones this season

October 24, 2022

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‘We prayed with them until they died’ – stories of Kiribati...

February 6, 2018

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Oceania Indigenous ‘guardians’ call for self-determination on West Papua day

December 1, 2022

Tuvalu Forum

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Relocation for ‘sinking islands’ cheaper but ‘we’re staying’, vows Tuvalu PM

August 14, 2019

Former Kiribati President Anote Tong

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Kiribati ‘cooking something with China’, says ex-Kiribati president

July 14, 2022

In the Eye of the Storm

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Climate crises in post-Paris Pacific – conference tackles key realities

February 13, 2016

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

Republic of Marshall Islands President David Kabua

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‘Our future looks secure’, says Puna on Pacific Islands Forum unity

February 21, 2023

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Joey Tau: Can the MSG bloc walk out on the PACER-Plus...

June 13, 2017

Pacific island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati and Marshall Islands face the worst of climate change

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Pacific leaders call on world to take urgent climate action for...

July 18, 2022

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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

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

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...

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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

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The stiff-right-arm salute and the phrase “Heil Hitler,” used to signify allegiance to Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, were captured in previously unseen 2007 footage involving Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt

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Samoan PM La’aulialemalietoa apologises for historical ‘Heil Hitler’ video

The US bombing of a school in Minab, Iran, on 28 February 2026 killed at least 156 people -- 120 of them children, 26 teachers, all women

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‘The school that became a grave’ – Jeremy Scahill on US...

The Fijian Health Ministry predicts more than 3000 new cases will be reported this year

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Fiji approves ‘lifeline’ needle exchange law to combat HIV emergency

Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt

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Media demand answers after Samoan PM’s security reportedly deletes journalist’s photos

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The stiff-right-arm salute and the phrase “Heil Hitler,” used to signify allegiance to Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, were captured in previously unseen 2007 footage involving Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt

Democracy

Samoan PM La’aulialemalietoa apologises for historical ‘Heil Hitler’ video

Students from the Mount St Mary Primary School at the Ecumenical and Interfaith

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Fiji PM Rabuka urges climate action as Pacific hosts pre-COP31 meeting

SCO's Nurlan Yermekbayev

Analysis

Eugene Doyle: The quiet general – and the fast growing Eurasian...

The US bombing of a school in Minab, Iran, on 28 February 2026 killed at least 156 people -- 120 of them children, 26 teachers, all women

Analysis

‘The school that became a grave’ – Jeremy Scahill on US...

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Australia

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

Jacinda Ardern

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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

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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The stiff-right-arm salute and the phrase “Heil Hitler,” used to signify allegiance to Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, were captured in previously unseen 2007 footage involving Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt

Democracy

Samoan PM La’aulialemalietoa apologises for historical ‘Heil Hitler’ video

Students from the Mount St Mary Primary School at the Ecumenical and Interfaith

Civil Society

Fiji PM Rabuka urges climate action as Pacific hosts pre-COP31 meeting

SCO's Nurlan Yermekbayev

Analysis

Eugene Doyle: The quiet general – and the fast growing Eurasian...

The US bombing of a school in Minab, Iran, on 28 February 2026 killed at least 156 people -- 120 of them children, 26 teachers, all women

Analysis

‘The school that became a grave’ – Jeremy Scahill on US...