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West Papuan support for the Melanesian Spearhead Group

Vanuatu

MSG throws away golden chance to reset peace and justice for West Papua

August 26, 2023

An ATR-72 aircraft from Air Calédonie

Vanuatu

New Caledonia’s domestic airline AirCal files for bankruptcy

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

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Vanuatu newspaper faces football coverage ban after ‘lesbianism’ headline

Former Vanuatu Daily Post media director Dan McGarry

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Former Vanuatu Daily Post media director Dan McGarry leaves legacy

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

Slips from Vanuatu's earthquake today

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Powerful 7.3 magnitude quake strikes Vanuatu – serious damage in Vila

December 17, 2024

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Vanuatu

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

August 19, 2025

Publisher, broadcaster and tourism enthusiast Marc Neil-Jones

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Vanuatu mourns loss of iconic Pacific media pioneer Marc Neil-Jones

Pacific Media Watch -

March 11, 2025

Vanuatu's Climate Minister Ralph Regenvanu talks to the media

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Historic ICJ climate ruling ‘just the beginning’, says Vanuatu’s Regenvanu

July 25, 2025

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

Vanuatu

Fiji abstains from new UN vote on Palestinian membership bid

May 13, 2024

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‘Stay at home’ – sweeping virus curfew arrests as Fiji, Vanuatu...

Pacific Media Watch -

April 6, 2020

Scotty Morrison

Vanuatu

In search of our Hawaiki origins – behind the myths and...

Sri Krishnamurthi -

October 7, 2020

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

An Odysseus 6K remotely operated vehicle

Vanuatu

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

July 30, 2024

A soldier- not the suspect - in the French Foreign Legion uniform

Vanuatu

Former French Foreign Legion soldier key suspect in Vanuatu VT49m heist

January 9, 2026

Fiji Airways Airbus A330 cabin

Vanuatu

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

January 17, 2026

A group of schoolchildren boarding a military aircraft

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Quake-shocked New Caledonian children repatriated from Vanuatu

December 22, 2024

A West Papuan Morning Star flag of independence flies higm among dozens of climate activists - from both the Netherlands and abroad - gathered on a square outside the court

Vanuatu

UN’s highest court finds countries can be held legally responsible for...

July 24, 2025

It was 2019 when a group of law students at the University of the South Pacific’s campus in Port Vila, the harbourside capital of Vanuatu, were set a challenge

Vanuatu

How Pacific students took their climate fight to the world’s highest...

July 29, 2025

Vanuatu's new Prime Minister Jotham Napat

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Vanuatu parliament elects Jotham Napat as new prime minister

February 11, 2025

Rescue operations underway on a commercial building flattened by the earthquake in Vanuatu 17 Dec 2024

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Buildings ‘pancaked’ in Vanuatu as 7.3 magnitude quake strikes off capital...

December 17, 2024

The historic signing of the nuclear-free pact, also known as the Treaty of Rarotonga, took place in Majuro during the observance of the Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day on 3 March 2025

Vanuatu

Marshall Islands signs treaty banning nuclear weapons in the South Pacific

March 5, 2025

Screenshot from Port Vila video showing the moment the 7.3 earthquake struck

Vanuatu

Vanuatu quake: Death toll rises – 14 dead, hundreds hurt in...

December 18, 2024

Voters in Port Vila line up at the Vanuatu Electoral Commission

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Vanuatu election: Preparation almost complete for snap ballot

January 15, 2025

The Owen Hall polling station in Port Vila, Vanuatu, as the snap election got under way today

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Vanuatu polling underway in snap election one month after quake

January 16, 2025

NZ Police Commissioner Richard Chambers at the Fiji Police Force headquarters in Suva in May

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NZ police chief acknowledges impact of criminal deportees on Pacific

August 21, 2025

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Staff, students back USP academic chief amid tension over allegations

June 9, 2020

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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

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

CORONAVIRUS

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

BEARING WITNESS

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

Analysis

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"

Analysis

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...

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

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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

Israel’s attack on Lebanon was “one of the deadliest single bombing campaigns

Analysis

‘Ten minutes of terror’ – Lebanon death toll tops 300 from...

Cyclone Vaianu is forecast to reach NZ by Saturday

Climate

Cyclone Vaianu: First impacts could be felt Saturday amid severe NZ...

Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei

Analysis

What I would do if I was Mojtaba Khamenei – a...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

Analysis

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

EDITOR'S PICKS

Flooding near Whitianga cuts off a state highway.

Climate

Cyclone Vaianu: Damaging winds, heavy rain hit NZ’s North Island

Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa's Neil Scott and protesters marching in the Stop Wars Aotearoa rally

Asia Report

Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s press conference on the first day of the Iran ceasefire on 8 April 2026

Analysis

Ending Israel’s war on peace – Iran’s 10-point proposal is serious

Cyclone Vaianu is forecast to reach NZ by Saturday

Climate

Cyclone Vaianu: First impacts could be felt Saturday amid severe NZ...

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

Breakaway A Fano Tia members, led by Tematai Le Gayic, appear dressed in white

Decolonisation

French Polynesia’s legislature shows new shape, more divisions

Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei

Analysis

What I would do if I was Mojtaba Khamenei – a...

"War is stupid" . . . a message from three generations of New Zealand peace protesters

Analysis

Why Vance couldn’t stop the Trump train wreck – an Iranian...

Cyclone Maila damage in Papua New Guinea

Climate

Ten dead in Bougainville amid Cyclone Maila aftermath