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FSM Chief Negotiator Leo Falcam Jr (left) and US Presidential Envoy Joseph Yun in Pohnpei

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US envoy gets two of three north Pacific nations to sign defence deals

May 19, 2023

US President Joe Biden (centre) participates in a trilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (right) and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

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‘Bringing war much closer to home’ – Pacific elders denounce AUKUS deal

Flags of the Pacific Islands Forum members

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Pacific leaders commit to Forum reforms and ‘family unity’

Owen Wilkes speaking at a protest at the US base at Christchurch Airport

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‘Lots of information isn’t secret, it’s just hard to find’ – Nicky Hager on one of NZ’s most famous whistleblowers

Protesters make a point to delegates at COP27 in Egypt

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COP27 finale: Leaders debate climate damage funding for Pacific nations

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Kiribati withdrawal from Pacific Islands Forum a major blow

July 11, 2022

Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr

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Fiji, Palau and Samoa call for deep-sea mining moratorium at UN...

June 30, 2022

Spawning kawaka

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Fijian policymaker calls for an ‘inspired’ defence of world oceans

June 8, 2022

Federated States of Micronesia President David Panuelo

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Long term vision clinches Pacific Islands Forum rift deal in Suva

June 8, 2022

Pacific leaders in Suva

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Pacific leaders talk Micronesia, China and regional stability, security

June 7, 2022

China is clearly in the Pacific for the long haul

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To meet the Chinese challenge in the Pacific, NZ needs to...

June 4, 2022

Professor Steven Ratuva

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‘Call it what it is – climate crisis, not just change,’...

May 8, 2022

US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry (left) and Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr

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Palau’s Our Ocean conference commitments top US$16 billion

April 16, 2022

Extinction Rebellion protesters march through Edinburgh

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Pacific nations will be mostly unheard at critical COP26 climate summit

November 1, 2021

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama

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Bainimarama: Pacific faces tough climate, disease challenges – world leaders need...

September 29, 2021

PIF Zoom

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Micronesian leaders boycott Forum, stand firm on plan to leave bloc

August 7, 2021

Troika Plus dialogue

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Surprise apology to Micronesia over Forum leadership election row

April 28, 2021

Lionel Aingimea

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Micronesian leaders to debate leaving Pacific Islands Forum

February 8, 2021

Henry Puna

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Former Cook Islands PM elected new secretary-general of PIF in close...

February 4, 2021

Usaia Masuwale

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Fijian health worker receives two covid vaccine shots and supports their...

January 17, 2021

Trump and Biden

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Nik Dirga: The one word that really matters for US election...

November 1, 2020

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WHO’s exclusion of Taiwan endangers global coronavirus fight, says Palau

May 2, 2020

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US looks at defence, foreign policy and impact of Chinese aid...

May 22, 2018

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‘We’re dying slowly’, says Palauan leader in response to telehealth talk

April 29, 2018

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Pacific knowledge, smart media used to tackle mosquito-borne diseases

February 1, 2018

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Michael Powles: ‘Recolonising’ the Pacific would stir security backlash

January 30, 2018

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‘Shared stewardship’ of ocean key to Pacific Forum strategy

Pacific Media Watch -

September 5, 2017

CLIMATE AND COVID

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

Stephanie Sageo-Tapungu

Climate

How covid priorities have ‘shelved’ PNG climate change action

Dr Collin Tukuitonga

Analysis

Common enemy overcomes fragile Pacific regional unity – climate change

CORONAVIRUS

Covid reaches Tokelau

Coronavirus

Tokelau covid: Two new cases announced as lockdown ends

Professor Michael Baker

Coronavirus

WHO covid-19 status changed but still NZ’s infectious ‘number one killer’

Professor Michael Baker

Coronavirus

Smaller covid waves in NZ, but still ‘major uncertainties’ – professor

Professor Michael Baker's covid-19 fourth wave warning

Coronavirus

‘Mask up’ – warns epidemiologist over NZ’s rising fourth wave...

The “Jacinda effect” had switched from being a uniting force to a polarising one

Climate

Jacinda Ardern says goodbye to parliament – how her politics of...

Australian covid-19 testing decision

Australia

Covid-19: NZ ‘assessing health risk’ after Australia announces China traveller testing

BEARING WITNESS

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

Bearing Witness

Banabans of Rabi student doco given Tongan film festival premiere

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APJS NEWSFILE

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While PNG promotes APEC big money, youth are building grassroots resilience

APJS newsfile

40 luxury Maseratis for PNG, but little effort put into climate...

APJS newsfile

Tukuitonga goes into battle on behalf of Pacific for WHO position

APJS newsfile

Memo NZ: ‘Get on the right side of history’ over West...

POPULAR POSTS

Bilingual road signs in English and te reo Māori

Analysis

Slow down Simeon Brown – NZ bilingual traffic signs aren’t an...

The Great Council of Chiefs review team holds a public consultation

Culture

Fiji’s Great Council of Chiefs reinstates native land lease policy

Māori road signs in the Havelock North area

Human Rights

NZ’s opposition ‘need to go back to school’ over bilingual sign...

Head of the Caledonian Union Daniel Goa

Decolonisation

No sedition charges against Kanak pro-independence leader, says prosecutor

EDITOR'S PICKS

"Protect our sovereignty - and our boundaries"

Democracy

‘There must be clarity’ – PNG students protest over US defence...

Chinese Australian author Louisa Lim

Analysis

Stan Grant stands up to racist abuse. Our research shows many...

A protest against the division of Papua Province and the establishment of a New Autonomous Region in Jayapura City in 2022

Democracy

Papuan activists accuse Jakarta over mounting ‘brutal’ repression, arrests

Tahiti's new President Moetai Brotherson

Decolonisation

Brotherson ushers in bold new era of Tavini governance for Mā’ohi...

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

New Caledonia's Territorial Assembly President Roch Wamytan

Decolonisation

Kanaky New Caledonia’s FLNKS wants ICJ advice on contested vote

Bilingual road signs in English and te reo Māori

Analysis

Slow down Simeon Brown – NZ bilingual traffic signs aren’t an...

Celebrating the launch of USP's SCORI on 22May23

Analysis

Background to SCORI – is this a sell-out of Pacific’s ‘Sea...

OPM leader Jeffrey Bomanak

Global

OPM call for PNG’s James Marape as negotiator for NZ pilot’s...