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"Alii - welcome to Palau"
Vanuatu

Missing leaders won’t derail Pacific Islands Forum outcomes, says secretariat

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August 31, 2026
Vanuatu Special Envoy on Decolonisation and Maritime Boundaries Delimitation Joe Natuman
Vanuatu

Vanuatu special envoy calls for PIF to ‘reopen’ issue of Pacific access to West Papua

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale
Vanuatu

Notable absences loom ahead of PIF leaders’ meeting in Palau

PNG Prime Minister James Marape
Vanuatu

Papua New Guinea seeks dialogue over new hefty $20,000 US visa bond

Switzerland is meeting its Paris obligations and improving the lives of tens of thousands of people in the process
Vanuatu

The price of international citizenship – Switzerland showing NZ the climate way

Dr Anna Naupa
Vanuatu

Vanuatu govt blasts chiefs’ demand to replace first female MSG head...

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July 24, 2026
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The Malvatumauri National Council of Chiefs
Vanuatu

Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre blasts ‘misogynistic attack’ over MSG leadership

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July 23, 2026
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An AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile supplied by the Australian Defence Force drops from an RNZ Air Force Poseidon patrol aicraft during a love fire exercise
Vanuatu

Jeremy Rose: New Zealand joins the arms race to climate calamity

APR editor -
July 16, 2026
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Disputed Hunter Island
Vanuatu

Vanuatu to take decades-long dispute with France to international court

APR editor -
July 15, 2026
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Cook Islands says bulk-buying and stockpiling places pressure on supply for everyone and is not necessary
Vanuatu

A timeline of how the fuel crisis impacted on the Pacific

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June 25, 2026
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Vanuatu's Anna Naupa (left) has been appointed as the new Melanesian Spearhead Group Director-General
Vanuatu

Vanuatu’s Anna Naupa becomes first woman to lead MSG Secretariat

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June 18, 2026
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Tanna's Chief Peter Marcel
Vanuatu

Ben Bohane: Umaenupne and Umaeneg – isles of the Resting God

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June 11, 2026
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The New Caledonian freighter MV Karaka
Vanuatu

New Caledonian freight vessel begins service to Vanuatu despite diplomatic row

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May 12, 2026
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The French Ambassador to Vanuatu, Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, with Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat in March last year
Vanuatu

French ambassador’s social media diplomacy lands poorly in Vanuatu

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May 9, 2026
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Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat (right) and FLNKS president Christian Téin during a meeting in Port Vila
Vanuatu

New Caledonia suspends trade cooperation with Vanuatu in row over FLNKS...

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May 6, 2026
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An ATR-72 aircraft from Air Calédonie
Vanuatu

New Caledonia’s domestic airline AirCal files for bankruptcy

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March 29, 2026
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Former Vanuatu Daily Post media director Dan McGarry
Vanuatu

Former Vanuatu Daily Post media director Dan McGarry leaves legacy

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March 26, 2026
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Vanuatu investigative journalist and editor Dan McGarry
Vanuatu

‘He will never be replaced’ – tributes flow for ‘fearless’ Vanuatu...

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March 26, 2026
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Iran attacked two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz
Vanuatu

Pacific governments warn against panic buying as war on Iran threatens...

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March 17, 2026
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Vanuatu national women's football team playing Fiji last week in the FIFA 2027 World Cup Oceania Qualifiers
Vanuatu

Vanuatu newspaper faces football coverage ban after ‘lesbianism’ headline

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March 16, 2026
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Pacific Island fuel prices are generally high and volatile
Vanuatu

‘A global energy crisis’ – Fuel price hike looms for Pacific...

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March 4, 2026
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The Iranian Red Crescent reports US and Israeli attacks on areas close to medical and humanitarian facilities
Vanuatu

Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu issue advisories amid US-Israeli strikes on Iran

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March 2, 2026
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AJ+ senior presenter/producer Dena Takruri
Vanuatu

How Israel won the Pacific – and its backing at the...

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February 17, 2026
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"Illegal Israeli settlements are slowly circling and strangling Palestinian towns
Vanuatu

Beyond Gaza, Israel pushes to occupy more of the West Bank

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February 15, 2026
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A Vanuatu passport
Vanuatu

Vanuatu citizenship sales strong despite currency hassles and integrity issues

APR editor -
January 27, 2026
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Fiji Airways Airbus A330 cabin
Vanuatu

Bonds, blockings and bans – a massive new-year US shakeup for...

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January 17, 2026
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A soldier- not the suspect - in the French Foreign Legion uniform
Vanuatu

Former French Foreign Legion soldier key suspect in Vanuatu VT49m heist

APR editor -
January 9, 2026
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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

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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
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
Coronavirus

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

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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
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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
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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"
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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
Vanuatu

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
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Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.
APJS newsfile

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Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

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"Alii - welcome to Palau"
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Missing leaders won’t derail Pacific Islands Forum outcomes, says secretariat

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"Alii - welcome to Palau"

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Vanuatu special envoy calls for PIF to ‘reopen’ issue of Pacific...

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