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It has been 40 years since the Rongelap people had to leave their homes due to nuclear fallout in May 1985

Marshall Islands

40 years on – reflecting on Rainbow Warrior’s legacy, fight against nuclear colonialism

May 22, 2025

Once a tropical paradise thick with coconut palms, Runit Island is capped by a massive concrete structure

Marshall Islands

Tracing radiation through the Marshall Islands: Reflections from a veteran Greenpeace nuclear campaigner

Part of the "inclusiveness" wall at Marshall Islands High School

Marshall Islands

Trump’s racist, corrupt agenda – like a bank robbery in broad daylight

Loading demolished house materials from Rongelap on board the Rainbow Warrior

Marshall Islands

From Rongelap to Mejatto – how Rainbow Warrior helped move nuclear refugees

The Rainbow Warrior ship entering port in Majuro, Marshall Islands

Marshall Islands

‘We’re not just welcoming you as allies, but as family’ – Rainbow Warrior in Marshall Islands 40 years on

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

Marshall Islands

Hegseth commits US to defence of Pacific territories against China

March 29, 2025

This photograph shows Rongelap Islanders on board the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior travelling to their new home on Mejatto Island in 1985

Marshall Islands

Nuclear free Pacific – back to the future, Earthwise talks to...

Pacific Media Watch -

March 20, 2025

Rongelap MP Hilton Kendall speaking at the welcoming ceremony for the Rainbow Warrior in Majuro

Marshall Islands

Marshall Islands: How the Rongelap evacuation changed the course of history

March 15, 2025

The Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior arrives in the Marshall Islands

Marshall Islands

Rainbow Warrior back in Marshall Islands on nuclear justice mission

March 12, 2025

Marshall Islands Journal editor Giff Johnson

Marshall Islands

Concern US presence could run against Marshall Islands nuclear-free treaty

March 10, 2025

The Marshall Islands suffered 67 known atmospheric nuclear tests between 1946 and 1958

Marshall Islands

Seven decades on, Marshall Islands still reeling from nuclear testing legacy

March 5, 2025

Development Policy Centre research fellow Dr Terence Wood

Marshall Islands

Political analyst hopes NZ, Australia will ‘step up’ over USAID cuts...

March 3, 2025

Rongelap Islanders on board the Rainbow Warrior bound for Mejatto in May 1985

Marshall Islands

Four decades after Rongelap evacuation, Greenpeace makes new plea for nuclear...

March 1, 2025

Marshall Islands Journal editor and founder of the Pacific Media Institute Giff Johnson

Marshall Islands

Trump’s USAID freeze ‘undermines relationships in Pacific’, says editor

Pacific Media Watch -

February 10, 2025

Fiji Deputy Prime Minuster Dr Biman Prasad

Marshall Islands

‘Decolonise’ aid urgent call from Fiji’s Prasad to face Pacific climate...

January 23, 2025

President Donald Trump

Marshall Islands

Friend or foe? How Trump’s threats against ‘free-riding’ allies could backfire

January 22, 2025

Solomon Islands passports

Marshall Islands

Solomon Islands tops passport index for region’s global rankings

January 10, 2025

The podcast takes the listener into a room in Seattle, Washington, in 1984, where Greenpeace International leader Steve Sawyer met for the first time with Jeton Anjain

Marshall Islands

How Jeton Anjain planned the Rongelap evacuation – new Rainbow Warrior...

December 5, 2024

Rainbow Warrior crew help Rongelap islanders

Marshall Islands

The last voyage of the Rainbow Warrior – Rongelap podcast series

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November 13, 2024

This New York Times “poisoned paradise” story stirred a response

Marshall Islands

Tahitians angry over New York Times Olympic ‘Poisoned Paradise’ story

Pacific Media Watch -

August 4, 2024

Names on the Wall of Shame

Marshall Islands

A Wall of Shame – but do Pacific Islanders even notice...

July 29, 2024

President Dr Hilda Heine . . . the region "must draw on the resourcefulness of Pacific women"

Marshall Islands

‘We can’t solve the climate crisis without gender equality’, says...

July 28, 2024

Marshall Islands President Dr Hilda Heine during her keynote speech

Marshall Islands

President Heine calls for ‘bold responses’ for gender equality in the...

July 27, 2024

Envoy for Women, Children and Youth to Marshallese President, Senator Daisy Alik-Momotaro

Marshall Islands

‘Collaboration’ key to creating respect for women and girls, says Marshall...

July 27, 2024

Hundreds of people marched in Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands, on March 1

Marshall Islands

70 years on from tests, Marshallese women still fight for nuclear...

July 26, 2024

Fijians and Tongans were among the more than 1000 pro-Palestinian protesters in the heart of Auckland yesterday

Marshall Islands

Fiji abstains from new UN vote on Palestinian membership bid

May 13, 2024

Majuro Atoll, the capital of the Marshall Islands

Marshall Islands

Alarm raised over ‘wave of havoc’ by Marshallese deported from US

April 8, 2024

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

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

Professor David Robie

Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

Bearing Witness

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

Bearing Witness

Fiji to set up relocation trust fund for villages hit by...

Bearing Witness

Banabans climate change student documentary chosen for third festival

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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

New Zealand is hurtling towards a sharply divided country of extreme wealth and extreme poverty

Analysis

Govt should defuse NZ’s social timebomb – but won’t

Deposed Fiji Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry being held hostage

Civil Society

Speight’s Fiji coup had more to do with power, greed than...

A poster highlighting the issue of political prisoners depicting the Kanak flag after the pro-independence unrest and riots

Decolonisation

New Caledonia, French Polynesia at UN decolonisation seminar in Dili

The global Nakba Day protest with marchers today in Queen Street in New Zealand's largest city Auckland

Asia Report

‘Cracks are opening up’ in Western complicity over Gaza genocide, says...

EDITOR'S PICKS

The 1 May 2025 report by Talamua Online that led to the criminal libel case

Civil Society

Punitive criminal libel charge against Samoan journalist draws flurry of criticism

It has been 40 years since the Rongelap people had to leave their homes due to nuclear fallout in May 1985

Marshall Islands

40 years on – reflecting on Rainbow Warrior’s legacy, fight against...

If the West so wished, it could be putting more economic pressure on Israel

Analysis

Gordon Campbell: NZ’s silence over Gaza genocide, ethnic cleansing

The people of Gaza are desperate. No food has entered Gaza for more than 76 days

Analysis

Starvation of Gaza – a distressing continuation of a decades-old plan

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

A masked mother and shrouded child street theatre models at the pro-Palestine protest

Asia Report

‘Starving’ masked Palestine protesters condemn Luxon’s Gaza ‘appeasement’

Air New Zealand is resuming its Auckland-Nouméa service

Aviation

Air New Zealand to resume Auckland-Nouméa flights from November

Talamua Online editor Lagi Keresoma

Global

Legal academic says Samoa’s criminal libel law should go after charge

Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) Mobile Yonif 1 Marine Task Force for Indonesian-PNG Border Security soldiers

Asia Report

Indonesian military operations spark concerns over displaced indigenous Papuans