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Cook Islands says bulk-buying and stockpiling places pressure on supply for everyone and is not necessary

Mariana Islands

A timeline of how the fuel crisis impacted on the Pacific

June 25, 2026

An educational in-depth view of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monumen

Mariana Islands

Trump’s fishing decision threatens Pacific communities, NGO warns

Government field officers assess the condition of communities and collapsed structures in General Santos City

Mariana Islands

Tsunami advisories issued in Pacific after 7.8 Philippines earthquake

Saipan

Mariana Islands

Northern Mariana Islands’ security and stability vital for US, say military leaders

A draft US military training document for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands provides for joint military training exercises

Mariana Islands

US military opens environmental review for expanded Marianas training footprint

The defaced "Free Palestine" mural in Palau

Mariana Islands

Outcry on Saipan after ‘Free Palestine’ mural vandalised – arrest made

February 9, 2026

The late Robson Henry

Mariana Islands

Micronesia: Island US military veterans struggle to get healthcare

January 31, 2026

Mariana Islands

Pacific delegates warn against US fast-tracking seabed mining

January 28, 2026

CNMI territory approaching a critical eoonomic point

Mariana Islands

CNMI leaders warn economic slide could affect US strategic presence in...

January 12, 2026

NZ Police Commissioner Richard Chambers at the Fiji Police Force headquarters in Suva in May

Mariana Islands

NZ police chief acknowledges impact of criminal deportees on Pacific

August 21, 2025

Flags from most of the Micronesian islands participating in the regional summit this week fly outside the International Conference Center

Mariana Islands

Micronesian Summit in Majuro this week aims to be ‘one step...

July 1, 2025

CNMI and Guam activists stage a rally protesting against the US military buildup in the Marianas

Mariana Islands

‘Bridge for peace – not more bombs,’ say CNMI Gaza protesters

June 29, 2025

Guam's Governor Lou Leon Guerrero says missile testing and housing nuclear weapons on the US Pacific territory is a way of deterring aggression

Mariana Islands

Leaders in US-affiliated Pacific react to surprise strikes on Iran

June 23, 2025

Guam Governor Lou Leon Guerrero (left) exchanges greetings with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth

Mariana Islands

Hegseth commits US to defence of Pacific territories against China

March 29, 2025

Pride Marianas founder Roberto Santos

Mariana Islands

Northern Mariana Islands advocates hit back at Trump diversity directives

January 23, 2025

The late former US President Jimmy Carter in his younger years

Mariana Islands

Pacific leaders remember Jimmy Carter’s ‘pivotal role’ for CNMI

December 31, 2024

Guam Governor Leon Guerrero welcomes Taiwan's President Lai to Guam

Mariana Islands

Northern Marianas leaders meet Taiwan President Lai Ching-te in Guam

December 5, 2024

Republican Kimberlyn-King-Hinds

Mariana Islands

Republican Kimberlyn King-Hinds wins delegate race in CNMI

November 6, 2024

US Vice-President Kamala Harris and former US President Donald Trump

Mariana Islands

How the US election may affect Pacific Island nations

November 4, 2024

The Guam flag

Mariana Islands

‘It sucks’: Guam’s complex indigenous Chamorro people relationship with US

August 7, 2024

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

Mariana Islands

WikiLeaks founder Assange hearing ‘significant’ for Pacific island Saipan

Pacific Media Watch -

June 26, 2024

The US Supreme Court

Mariana Islands

‘A stain on our country’: Criticism of ‘racist’ Supreme Court rulings

April 29, 2024

Indigenous rights advocate Raymond Quitugua

Mariana Islands

Indigenous rights flag-burning protest rocks CNMI community

April 12, 2024

"Whakaako Kia Whakaora - Educate to Liberate" - Polynesian Panthers

Mariana Islands

Latest Island Studies journal features social justice activism and advocacy

June 1, 2023

Uprooted trees on the island of Rota, Northern Marianas

Mariana Islands

After Mawar, post-typhoon restoration process begins in Guam

May 26, 2023

Solomon Islands University vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau

Mariana Islands

‘Big picture vision’ conversations missing in Pacific, says Aqorau

March 29, 2023

A covid-19 vaccination site in Northern Marianas

Mariana Islands

Covid trends around the Pacific – deaths, lockdown and easing rules

March 29, 2022

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

Analysis

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

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

Bearing Witness

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

Government and corporate elites and states can continue to support Israel militarily and economically only as long as establishment media continue to rehearse the lies, falsifications, and denials of its genocide in Gaza

Analysis

Why can’t Israel be held accountable for its genocide in Gaza?...

Samoa's opposition leader Tuilaepa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi

Justice

Samoa opposition leader arrested over comments about PM

The Cook Islands Parliament

Cook Islands

Polling booths open in Cook Islands election

Democratic Party leader Tina Pupuke-Browne

Cook Islands

Democratic Party pledges ‘honest review’ after preliminary election wipeout in Cook...

EDITOR'S PICKS

AI slop: "Imagine a world where a British royal princess and a former Uruguayan guerrilla fighter shared their deepest reflections on life

Commentary

Jeremy Rose: Why AI is good ‘news’ for modern man

Killed Fiji military detainee Jone Vakarisi

Crime

Four months on, still no charges in death of man in...

Government and corporate elites and states can continue to support Israel militarily and economically only as long as establishment media continue to rehearse the lies, falsifications, and denials of its genocide in Gaza

Analysis

Why can’t Israel be held accountable for its genocide in Gaza?...

Indonesian police fire water cannon and tear gas on West Papuan demonstrators at Perumnas III Waena, Heram District, Jayapura City, Papua

Asia Report

Large demos across West Papua meet with mixed responses by police

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

AI slop: "Imagine a world where a British royal princess and a former Uruguayan guerrilla fighter shared their deepest reflections on life

Commentary

Jeremy Rose: Why AI is good ‘news’ for modern man

Government and corporate elites and states can continue to support Israel militarily and economically only as long as establishment media continue to rehearse the lies, falsifications, and denials of its genocide in Gaza

Analysis

Why can’t Israel be held accountable for its genocide in Gaza?...

Journalist and sports marketing official Charlie Charters

Democracy

Fiji High Court orders release of seven devices seized from journalist...

Indonesian police fire water cannon and tear gas on West Papuan demonstrators at Perumnas III Waena, Heram District, Jayapura City, Papua

Asia Report

Large demos across West Papua meet with mixed responses by police