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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 swift end to Israeli occupation

September 19, 2024

The Pacific Newsroom

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The Pacific Newsroom – the virtual ‘kava bar’ news success story

Honouring Hisoshima Day and the International Day for the World's Indigenous Peoples this month

Tonga

Brown’s ‘backflip’ over Japanese nuclear wastewater dump poses challenge for Forum

International Seabed Authority secretary-general-elect Leticia Carvalho (left) of Brazil is congratulated

Tonga

New head of UN deep-sea mining regulator vows to restore neutrality

Journalist José Belo

Tonga

Timor-Leste makes top ten in 2023 World Press Freedom Index

Pilot and author Silva McLeod

Tonga

Fantasy like Moana? ‘No, I just wanted to tell my story,’...

Sri Krishnamurthi -

May 10, 2023

Associate dean Pacific Sir Collin Tukuitonga

Tonga

Food industry, lack of exercise key to childhood obesity, says Sir...

March 4, 2024

Fans at the FIFA World Football Cup semifinal match between Spain and Sweden at Auckland's Eden Park last night

Tonga

FIFA boss wraps up trailblazing Pacific tour with stop in New...

August 16, 2023

Tonga

NZ pro-Palestine protesters slam ‘tea break’ and call for full Gaza...

November 25, 2023

An Odysseus 6K remotely operated vehicle

Tonga

Vanuatu fights for marine protection at key UN deep-sea mining summit

July 30, 2024

Performers from the Diversity Stage at the Auckland Polyfest 2024

Tonga

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

March 27, 2024

Association of South Pacific Airlines (ASPA) president George Faktaufon

Tonga

Fiji ‘bully of the region’ under former government, claims airlines chief

January 14, 2023

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants

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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

Pacific Media Watch -

August 2, 2023

"All Out For Kanaky"

Tonga

French President Macron yet to sign-off on Pacific leaders bid to...

July 25, 2024

The Sunday Graphic's 1953 Royal Tour Picture Album

Tonga

Late Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 Pacific royal tour teaches us much about...

September 9, 2022

A P-3K2 Orion aircraft flies over Nomuka island

Tonga

Gallery: What the NZ air crew saw at Tonga’s Nomuka –...

January 18, 2022

Advocate and writer Tina Ngata (Ngati Porou)

Tonga

Māori advocate Tina Ngata hails ‘overwhelming’ indigenous support for Palestine

March 14, 2024

Pasifika broadcasters

Tonga

‘Let’s tell our own stories’ – Pacific broadcasters seek sovereignty

Pacific Media Watch -

June 6, 2023

Prayers of elation . . . a jubilant Fiji after beating Australia 22-15

Tonga

RWC2023: Simi Kuruvoli’s boot helps ‘best ever’ Flying Fijians beat Wallabies

September 18, 2023

In the Eye of the Storm

Tonga

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

March 19, 2021

Fiji's Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

Tonga

Fiji’s AG blames Tongan tsunami warning delay on ‘agency liaison’

January 18, 2022

Flags of the Pacific Islands Forum members

Tonga

Pacific leaders commit to Forum reforms and ‘family unity’

February 26, 2023

The latest IPCC climate report March 2023

Tonga

Some Pacific nations ‘won’t survive’ if NZ and world drop the...

March 21, 2023

The late professor 'Epeli Hau‘ofa

Tonga

Auckland University to award Tongan academic, author ‘Epeli Hau’ofa honorary doctorate

September 27, 2023

Former Green parliamentarian and political activist Keith Locke at a Waihopai protest

Tonga

How former Greens MP Keith Locke often became a voice for...

June 27, 2024

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

Tonga

PIF hopes to send delegation to New Caledonia, says Forum chair

July 20, 2024

Flying Fijians fullback Sireli Maqala tries to dance his way through the Portugese defence

Tonga

RWC2023: England will be tougher opponent for Flying Fijians in quarters,...

October 10, 2023

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CLIMATE AND COVID

In the Eye of the Storm

Tonga

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

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

Coronavirus

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

Tonga

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

Former NZ prime minister Jacinda Ardern

Coronavirus

King’s Birthday Honours: Former NZ leader Jacinda Ardern receives high accolade

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

Tweet to @DavidRobie
Tweets by DavidRobie

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

By April 2024 Israel had dropped over 70,000 tonnes of bombs on Gaza

Analysis

John Minto: International Court of Justice says BDS against Israel is...

"Tiger cages" at Vietnam's War Remnants Museum

Asia Report

Up close and friendly with Vietnam’s war resistance Củ Chi tunnels

"Tanah Papua", Biak Elok's version

Analysis

Papuan aspirations at stake in divided Melanesian Spearhead Group politics

Lebanese photojournalist Issam Abdallah

Asia Report

RSF calls on UN to investigate Israeli attack killing photojournalist Issam...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Under the old regime, press barons, from William Randolph Hearst to Rupert Murdoch, at least pretended they were committed to truth-telling journalism

Analysis

Murdoch to Musk: how global media power has shifted from the...

The two latest shootings in Kanaky New Caledonia bring the number of deaths in the Pacific territory to 13

Decolonisation

French police shoot dead two Kanaks in New Caledonian ‘assassinations’

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

Tonga

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

"Tiger cages" at Vietnam's War Remnants Museum

Asia Report

Up close and friendly with Vietnam’s war resistance Củ Chi tunnels

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

Under the old regime, press barons, from William Randolph Hearst to Rupert Murdoch, at least pretended they were committed to truth-telling journalism

Analysis

Murdoch to Musk: how global media power has shifted from the...

The two latest shootings in Kanaky New Caledonia bring the number of deaths in the Pacific territory to 13

Decolonisation

French police shoot dead two Kanaks in New Caledonian ‘assassinations’

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

Tonga

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

Kidnapped New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens

Decolonisation

West Papuan fighters who kidnapped Kiwi pilot propose terms of release