CLOSE
  • News
  • Analysis
  • Reportage
    • Pacific Report
    • Asia Report
    • APJS newsfile
    • Climate
  • Country
    • Pacific Report
      • Australia
      • Cook Islands
      • Federated States of Micronesia
      • Fiji
      • Kiribati
      • Marshall Islands
      • Nauru
      • New Caledonia
      • New Zealand
      • Niue
      • Palau-Belau
      • Papua New Guinea
      • Rapanui
      • Samoa
      • Solomon Islands
      • Tahiti
      • Timor-Leste
      • Tokelau
      • Tonga
      • Tuvalu
      • Vanuatu
      • West Papua
    • Asia Report
      • Brunei
      • Cambodia
      • China
      • Indonesia
      • Lao
      • Malaysia
      • Myanmar
      • Philippines
      • Singapore
      • Vietnam
      • Thailand
      • Other
  • Editor’s Picks
  • Multimedia
    • Multimedia
    • PMC on Demand
    • Audio
    • Gallery
    • Video
  • PMC on Demand
Thursday, May 14, 2026
  • Login
  • About Asia Pacific Report
  • Contact
  • EveningReport.nz
  • Pacific Media Centre
Asia Pacific Report
Asia Pacific Report Asia Pacific Report
  • News
  • Analysis
  • Reportage
    • Pacific Report
    • Asia Report
    • APJS newsfile
    • Climate
  • Country
    • Pacific Report
      • Australia
      • Cook Islands
      • Federated States of Micronesia
      • Fiji
      • Kiribati
      • Marshall Islands
      • Nauru
      • New Caledonia
      • New Zealand
      • Niue
      • Palau-Belau
      • Papua New Guinea
      • Rapanui
      • Samoa
      • Solomon Islands
      • Tahiti
      • Timor-Leste
      • Tokelau
      • Tonga
      • Tuvalu
      • Vanuatu
      • West Papua
    • Asia Report
      • Brunei
      • Cambodia
      • China
      • Indonesia
      • Lao
      • Malaysia
      • Myanmar
      • Philippines
      • Singapore
      • Vietnam
      • Thailand
      • Other
  • Editor’s Picks
    • About 200 protesters in the Vallée-du-Tir yesterday marked the second anniversary of the pro-independence protests that erupted into riots in Nouméa
      Politics

      Two years after New Caledonia’s violent uprising, tensions remain high

      A free speech forum at Lingkaran Abepura in Jayapura last Monday
      Politics

      Papuan women ‘living in fear’ condemn military violence

      Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman
      Politics

      Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman ‘hounded’ into…

      Pacific media in action .
      Politics

      Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat

      Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only does its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear
      Politics

      The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel – and about itself…

  • Multimedia
    • Multimedia
    • PMC on Demand
    • Audio
    • Gallery
    • Video
  • PMC on Demand
Home Politics

Politics

7 days popular
  • Latest
  • Featured posts
  • Most popular
  • 7 days popular
  • By review score
  • Random
A Canadian boy tourist holds a Palestinian flag aloft signalling to "no war" protesters on Devonport wharf
Politics

Iran war fallout – Trump is going to Beijing on bended knees

APR editor -
May 10, 2026
Abducted NZ Gaza flotilla campaigner Sean Janssen
Politics

‘They threatened to kill us at gunpoint,’ says NZ Gaza flotilla activist

PSNA national spokesperson Rinad Tamimi
Politics

NZ govt must rebuke Israeli envoy over beating of citizens, says PSNA

Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman
Politics

TVNZ’s ‘first wahine Māori’ political editor Maiki Sherman resigns

Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only does its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear
Politics

The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel – and about itself – is finally being burst

Papuan students protest
Politics

Indonesia denies claims by Papuan students over education setback

APR editor -
January 31, 2022
0
The current occupation of Parliament grounds this month has seen disturbing references to Nazism and the Holocaust
Politics

The NZ anti-vax movement’s exploitation of Holocaust imagery is part of...

APR editor -
February 25, 2022
0
video
Politics

Veteran Rainbow Warrior activist, global eco advocate to co-lead Greenpeace

APR editor -
January 16, 2016
0
Politics

Unitech ‘guarantees safety’ for students while UPNG now quiet

APR editor -
June 12, 2016
0
Wellington Councillor Tamatha Paul
Politics

Māori councillors condemn racism faced in NZ local government role

APR editor -
July 21, 2022
0
Shin Ok-ju, founder of Grace Road Church
Politics

Senior figures question Fiji government’s close links with ‘doomsday’ cult

APR editor -
July 29, 2022
0
RNZ Pacific's popular AM service is back
Politics

RNZ Pacific resumes shortwave analogue service to Pacific region

Pacific Media Watch -
September 1, 2022
0
video
Politics

PNG’s forests authority chief granted another five years at helm

APR editor -
May 23, 2017
0
Politics

FSM, Marshall Islands envoys seek details on police-involved shootings

APR editor -
July 3, 2017
0
Ex-Fiji prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama
Politics

Former Fiji PM Voreqe Bainimarama resigns from Parliament, vows to fight...

APR editor -
March 8, 2023
0
Politics

Savu border unsolved, but Timor-Leste leader praises ‘amazing’ Indonesia link

APR editor -
May 29, 2018
0
Politics

Nauru government’s move against press freedom ‘disgraceful’

Pacific Media Watch -
July 10, 2018
1
Tahitian anti-nuclear activist Hinamoeura Cross and her baby Marunui
Politics

Nuclear experts offer to ‘take a sip’ of Japan’s treated reactor...

APR editor -
June 23, 2023
0
Politics

Papuan residents fearful as Indonesian military buildup still grows

APR editor -
March 10, 2019
0
PNG Prime Minister James Marape meets Indonesian President Joko Widodo
Politics

Marape claims PNG has ‘no right’ to criticise abuses in West...

APR editor -
September 8, 2023
1
Mosque attack court appearance
Politics

Court appearance: Mosque attack survivors’ and families’ painful day

APR editor -
June 14, 2019
0
PNG's Acting Speaker Koni Iguan
Politics

‘Psychological powerplay’ – vote of confidence in PNG PM Marape

APR editor -
February 16, 2024
0
At least 112 Palestinians waiting for food aid have been killed
Politics

Other nations are applying sanctions and going to court over Gaza...

APR editor -
March 1, 2024
0
Politics

Bougainvilleans go to polls today in spite of first covid-19 case

APR editor -
August 12, 2020
0
Smashed police truck window
Politics

Indonesian police break up rally after Papuan protesters wreck police truck

APR editor -
March 10, 2021
0
Malaita province Premier Daniel Suidani
Politics

Malaita plans self-determination poll to see if it’s ‘still in the...

APR editor -
December 8, 2021
0
HMNZS Wellington deploys dive teams in Tonga
Politics

Tonga’s King Tupou VI offers hope to families who lost relatives...

APR editor -
January 21, 2022
0
1...227228229...275Page 228 of 275

CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29
Politics

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
Politics

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
Politics

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

Load more

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
Politics

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
Politics

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
Politics

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
Politics

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
Politics

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

Load more

BEARING WITNESS

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
Politics

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
Politics

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"
Politics

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
Politics

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
Politics

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Tweet to @DavidRobie
Tweets by DavidRobie

APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
Politics

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.
Politics

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
Politics

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)
Politics

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

A free speech forum at Lingkaran Abepura in Jayapura last Monday
Politics

Papuan women ‘living in fear’ condemn military violence

Rotuman culture and language
Politics

Call for Rotuman people to speak language or it could be...

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

French ambassador’s social media diplomacy lands poorly in Vanuatu

A Canadian boy tourist holds a Palestinian flag aloft signalling to "no war" protesters on Devonport wharf
Politics

Iran war fallout – Trump is going to Beijing on bended...

EDITOR'S PICKS

About 200 protesters in the Vallée-du-Tir yesterday marked the second anniversary of the pro-independence protests that erupted into riots in Nouméa
Politics

Two years after New Caledonia’s violent uprising, tensions remain high

A free speech forum at Lingkaran Abepura in Jayapura last Monday
Politics

Papuan women ‘living in fear’ condemn military violence

Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman
Politics

Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman ‘hounded’ into...

Pacific media in action .
Politics

Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat

Load more

MOST COMMENTS

Politics

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern
Politics

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

About 200 protesters in the Vallée-du-Tir yesterday marked the second anniversary of the pro-independence protests that erupted into riots in Nouméa
Politics

Two years after New Caledonia’s violent uprising, tensions remain high

A free speech forum at Lingkaran Abepura in Jayapura last Monday
Politics

Papuan women ‘living in fear’ condemn military violence

Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman
Politics

Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman ‘hounded’ into...

Pacific media in action .
Politics

Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat

Editor's Picks

About 200 protesters in the Vallée-du-Tir yesterday marked the second anniversary of the pro-independence protests that erupted into riots in Nouméa

Two years after New Caledonia’s violent uprising, tensions remain high

May 14, 2026
A free speech forum at Lingkaran Abepura in Jayapura last Monday

Papuan women ‘living in fear’ condemn military violence

May 14, 2026
Resigned TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman

Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman ‘hounded’ into...

May 13, 2026
Pacific media in action .

Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat

May 13, 2026
Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only does its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear

The West’s bubble of illusion about Israel – and about itself...

May 13, 2026
Load more

Popular Reports

Maiki Sherman winning the Māori Journalist of the Year at the Ngā Kupu Ora Awards 2017

Oriini Kaipara: This reeks of foul play by a NZ govt...

May 9, 2026
Fijian Jone Vakarisi

Fiji army commander admits military ‘at fault’ for custody death

May 12, 2026
Tonga police are investigating the armed threat against a female journalist at the Kele’a Voice newsroom

Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom

May 9, 2026
Activist Mike Smith

‘Affront to democracy’ – NZ law change halts landmark climate crisis...

May 12, 2026
A free speech forum at Lingkaran Abepura in Jayapura last Monday

Papuan women ‘living in fear’ condemn military violence

May 14, 2026
Load more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

  • Pacific Report8253
  • Politics6037
  • Human Rights4709
  • Syndicate4559
  • Global3971
  • New Zealand3548
  • Indigenous2941
  • RNZ Pacific2580
  • Media2282
  • Pacific Media Watch2006
  • Asia Report1981
  • Democracy1918
  • Security1896
  • Military1746
  • Justice1690
CREATIVE COMMONS
Creative Commons LicenseCopyright: Content on Asia Pacific Report is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Contact us: newseditor@AsiaPacificReport.nz
FOLLOW US
© Site Copyright 2021 - AsiaPacificReport.nz