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Drones light up the night sky in Nice with a "One Ocean" message as a prelude to the UN Oceans conference

Wallis & Futuna

Pacific civil society groups challenge France over hosting UN oceans event as political ‘rebranding’

June 10, 2025

All of New Caledonia’s political parties engaged in a video conference with French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls

Wallis & Futuna

Leaked ‘working paper’ on New Caledonia’s political future sparks new concerns

French aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle and its Strike Group

Wallis & Futuna

France’s Southern Cross regional military exercise moves to Wallis

French Polynesian President Moetai Brotherson

Wallis & Futuna

Bring France into decolonisation talks, French Polynesian president tells UN

First round provisional results in New Caledonia in the French snap elections

Wallis & Futuna

French elections: First round of Pacific results show polarisation

French Polynesia’s pro-France party leaders, including Edouard Fritch (left, standing) are holding back-to-back meetings

Wallis & Futuna

French Pacific prepares for snap elections with mixed expectations

June 13, 2024

Kanaky for independence from France

Wallis & Futuna

New Zealand’s role in helping bring peace to Kanaky New Caledonia

May 28, 2024

A woman wrapped in Kanak flag of independence with pride

Wallis & Futuna

Pro-independence activist issues dire warning to France over Kanaky New Caledonia

April 16, 2024

French Pacific Regiment marine

Wallis & Futuna

Macron defends Indo-Pacific stance – now ‘consolidated’ in Oceania

January 28, 2024

French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu

Wallis & Futuna

France to host Pacific defence ministers in New Caledonia ‘hub’ meeting

October 3, 2023

The French and Fiji flags

Wallis & Futuna

France aims to boost Pacific ‘cultural diplomacy’ with French lessons in...

August 21, 2023

The image on one of the French media stories about Kanak sexual violence allegations based on reports challenged

Wallis & Futuna

Open letter criticises ‘colonial’ French agency, media over Kanaky sexual violence...

Pacific Media Watch -

August 15, 2023

Prime Minister James Marape presenting a traditional eagle wood spear with totems to French President Emmanuel Macron

Wallis & Futuna

Macron warns of ‘new colonialism’ in Pacific, but clings to French...

August 3, 2023

French humanitarian assistance and disaster relief may offer lessons to inform coordination

Wallis & Futuna

How Australia can partner more effectively with France in the Pacific

July 15, 2023

Twin flags of Kanaky and France

Wallis & Futuna

New Caledonia, France need a new plan to break sovereignty stalemate

April 11, 2023

Future for Kanaky New Caledonia . . . FLNKS parties discuss options

Wallis & Futuna

FLNKS congress held ahead of ‘high stakes’ future talks with France

February 25, 2023

Pacific cyclones

Wallis & Futuna

Fiji’s weather bureau predicts up to seven cyclones this season

October 24, 2022

New Zealand's French Pacific territories Consul-General Felicity Roxburgh

Wallis & Futuna

NZ consul hails long-standing ties with New Caledonia

September 20, 2022

Tahitian student MP Tematai Le Gayic

Wallis & Futuna

Tahiti pro-independence candidates sweep seats in French National Assembly

June 20, 2022

Amuitahiraa Party founder Gaston Flosse with candidates

Wallis & Futuna

Flosse’s Amuitahiraa party names candidates for French elections

May 16, 2022

President Emmanuel Macron in New Caledonia

Wallis & Futuna

French Pacific vote supports Macron for president but a drop in...

April 30, 2022

President Emmanuel Macron in New Caledonia

Wallis & Futuna

French Pacific readies for presidential election as Macron seeks second term

April 8, 2022

French rugby player Yoram Moefana

Wallis & Futuna

Six Nations: How Wallis and Futuna players have boosted France’s title...

March 12, 2022

Noumea's Tontouta International Airport

Wallis & Futuna

New Caledonia begins two-week lockdown in new covid-19 outbreak

September 7, 2021

French president Emmanuel Macron

Wallis & Futuna

Macron launches cyclone shelter project in French Polynesia

July 28, 2021

Get whole story on covid

Wallis & Futuna

Facebook boosts Pacific-wide health campaign against misinformation

June 29, 2021

Wallis & Futuna

Wallis & Futuna

Wallis and Futuna reports first covid-19 fatality

March 22, 2021

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

BEARING WITNESS

"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

Bearing Witness

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

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

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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

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The first satellite image of the bombing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound in Tehran on the opening day of the surprise and illegal US-Israeli attack on Iran

Analysis

Neither preemptive nor legal, US-Israeli strikes on Iran have blown up...

Assassinated in the US-Israel attacks . . . Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

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US-Israel’s war of aggression – Epic Fury or Epic Screw-up?

"The terrible news that the Americans and Israelis had killed more than 150 children this week"

Asia Report

Minab school massacre – hands off the children of Iran, Donald...

A sports hall in Lamerd, southern Iran, where dozens of teenage girls were attending training sessions

Asia Report

After a sports hall in Iran was bombed, witnesses describe chaos...

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“The safety of journalists is non-negotiable. War must under no circumstances hinder the work of the press," says RSF

Analysis

War in Iran – journalism in crisis as reporters work amid...

Mourners dig graves for the funeral of 170 children killed in a US-Israeli strike on a primary school

Analysis

This illegal US-Israeli attack on Iran is also an assault on...

Community members in Iowa protest against the US-Israeli war on Iran

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New Zealand ‘shameful’ over Iran stance, says Peace Movement Aotearoa

A mourner holds up a picture of one of the victims of the US-Israeli attack on Iran at Minab

Asia Report

Alternative Jewish Voices: Stop this Iran catastrophe!

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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

“The safety of journalists is non-negotiable. War must under no circumstances hinder the work of the press," says RSF

Analysis

War in Iran – journalism in crisis as reporters work amid...

An oil tanker docked at the Port of Lyttelton, New Zealand

Analysis

US-Israel’s war on Iran – mostly negative scenarios for the Pacific

Indigenous West Papuans struggle against the rapacious destruction of rainforest and militarisation of their lands

Asia Report

Devastating new ‘ecocide’ film to premiere at West Papua solidarity forum...

Iranians mourning the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

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Australia and the ‘Epstein Coalition’ – invasion of Iran a disaster