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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

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Notable absences loom ahead of PIF leaders’ meeting in Palau

August 31, 2026

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

The Beachcomber Island resort off Nadi in Fiji

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

Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama (left) with Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General Henry Puna in Suva

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Pacific Islands Forum ‘on course’ as China issue casts shadow

Founding Kiribati president Sir Ieremia Tabai

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

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Pacific’s role and history of nuclear suffering boosted treaty success

October 25, 2017

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Pacific public health warning over Zika virus infection

January 30, 2016

Former Kiribati President Anote Tong

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

July 14, 2022

Rival flags of China and Taiwan

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China has ‘whittled down’ key Taiwan support with Nauru move, says...

January 16, 2024

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

December 5, 2015

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Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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February 19, 2020

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

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US worried about losing out in South Pacific to Chinese influence

February 6, 2022

Nauru's Baron Divavesi Waqa

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

February 28, 2023

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PMC projects lure doco makers, politics writer and Fiji journalist

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March 15, 2018

Nauru President Lionel Aingimea

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Covid-19 in the Pacific – Nauru reports first two cases in...

April 3, 2022

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Pacific officials join global tactics workshop to combat illegal fishing

March 7, 2016

Professor Pal Ahluwalia

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

August 8, 2022

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi

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Top level Chinese delegation headed to Kiribati – questions over Kanton

May 25, 2022

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Pacific Islanders debate paradox of ‘Oceanianism’ and global citizens

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January 29, 2016

Pacific cyclones

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

October 24, 2022

US Vice-President Kamala Harris

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

July 13, 2022

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COP21: Forum’s Meg Taylor makes Pacific video plea to world leaders

December 5, 2015

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American Samoa tuna cannery closure prompts fisheries gifts to Tokelau

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May 29, 2017

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

June 13, 2017

Emalus USP protest

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Pacific leaders call for ‘common sense’ to prevail in USP impasse

June 13, 2020

TVNZ's Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver with Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro at Government House

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TVNZ Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver awarded ONZM for investigative journalism

Pacific Media Watch -

May 10, 2024

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Images: Asia-Pacific delegates make their mark at global media conference

July 21, 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

Kiribati

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

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

Kiribati

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

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

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, and New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters mark the announcement of the Penrhyn port project in Palau

Climate

US expected to announce major fuel security deal at Pacific Islands...

All smiles for Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

Development

Solomon Islands PM Wale rushes home from Palau after confidence challenge...

Crowds gather in Tehran on March 9 to celebrate the appointment of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei

Analysis

Six months on, Iran is still standing but survival is becoming...

"Gaza is not for sale" . . . the spray painted slogan at President Trump’s Turnberry golf resort

Asia Report

Palestine Action activists face ‘terror’ charges over Trump golf resort spray-painting

EDITOR'S PICKS

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, and New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters mark the announcement of the Penrhyn port project in Palau

Climate

US expected to announce major fuel security deal at Pacific Islands...

President Surangel Whipps talking over the chairmanship of the PIF, making his remarks at the opening of the 55th PIFLM in Palau

Climate

Pacific leaders urged to be united behind 2050 climate action vision

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) activist Neil Scott

Asia Report

How Free Palestine party plans to pressure NZ govt over its...

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and the US Deputy State Secretary, Christopher Landau

Cook Islands

US pushes critical minerals agenda in Cook Islands with Penrhyn ‘lifeline’

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

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, and New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters mark the announcement of the Penrhyn port project in Palau

Climate

US expected to announce major fuel security deal at Pacific Islands...

President Surangel Whipps talking over the chairmanship of the PIF, making his remarks at the opening of the 55th PIFLM in Palau

Climate

Pacific leaders urged to be united behind 2050 climate action vision

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) activist Neil Scott

Asia Report

How Free Palestine party plans to pressure NZ govt over its...

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and the US Deputy State Secretary, Christopher Landau

Cook Islands

US pushes critical minerals agenda in Cook Islands with Penrhyn ‘lifeline’