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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

APR editor -
July 30, 2026
Dr Anna Naupa
Vanuatu

Vanuatu govt blasts chiefs’ demand to replace first female MSG head with a man

The Malvatumauri National Council of Chiefs
Vanuatu

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

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

Disputed Hunter Island
Vanuatu

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

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

APR editor -
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

APR editor -
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

APR editor -
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...

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

New Caledonia’s domestic airline AirCal files for bankruptcy

APR editor -
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
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‘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

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

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

APR editor -
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

APR editor -
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...

APR editor -
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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The Civicus "civic freedoms" in the Pacific report
Vanuatu

Civicus raps 8 Pacific countries for ‘not doing enough’ to protect...

Pacific Media Watch -
November 26, 2025
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For Pacific’s women, the toll of runaway temperature increase will be heavy
Vanuatu

Why Blue Pacific’s infrastructure distress is a cocktail poisoning human development...

APR editor -
November 7, 2025
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NZ Police Commissioner Richard Chambers at the Fiji Police Force headquarters in Suva in May
Vanuatu

NZ police chief acknowledges impact of criminal deportees on Pacific

APR editor -
August 21, 2025
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Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
Vanuatu

Eyes of Fire is an updated Rainbow Warrior classic and must...

APR editor -
August 19, 2025
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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
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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors
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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
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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...

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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
APJS newsfile

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...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)
APJS newsfile

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Samoa face World Rugby ban over PM’s ‘political madness’, opposition warns

Switzerland is meeting its Paris obligations and improving the lives of tens of thousands of people in the process
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The price of international citizenship – Switzerland showing NZ the climate...

Part of a support poster in the campaign to keep Lyttelton Port in public hands
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The Samoan rugby crisis as reported by the Samoa Observer

Samoa face World Rugby ban over PM’s ‘political madness’, opposition warns

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

July 30, 2026
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Saige England: People, environment win DP World showdown – but port...

July 30, 2026
Lyttelton Port . . . controversial DP World-backed Tonui Consortium proposal rejected

Christchurch City Holdings rejects DP World-backed proposal to take over Lyttelton...

July 30, 2026
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