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
Tuesday, September 15, 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
    • Palestinian media political prisoners
      Politics

      37 Palestinian journalists imprisoned in Israeli jails, says prisoner rights group

      About 12,000 people are now believed to be living with HIV in Fiji
      Politics

      ‘Horrendously high’ number of HIV infections in Fiji babies – health…

      Cartoon: © 2026 Malcolm Evans
      Cartoons

      Malcolm Evans: Lipstick on a pig – UK ‘resets’ Israel policy

      Auckland's Waitematā Station on Monday morning
      Development

      Auckland’s City Rail Link – 25,000+ train passengers on first weekday

      Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson . . . “Te reo Māori is a taonga."
      Politics

      Greens promise $200m boost for te reo Māori initiatives

  • 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
Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday
Politics

‘Is it NZ First, or Israel First?’ Ormsby challenges NZ foreign minister Peters

APR editor -
June 18, 2026
Islanders in outrigger canoes selling tropical fruits off Dobu in the Solomon Sea
Politics

Debt in the Pacific – systemic and current threats to regional economic sovereignty

video
Politics

Environmental advocate sues Duterte supporters for cyberbullying

Politics

Māori delegation’s Israel trip under scrutiny over funding and itinerary

Gaza and West Bank atrocities by Israel
Politics

Palestine Forum condemns NZ for talk, no ‘meaningful action’ over illegal Israeli settlements

Arrested Papuan activists in Jakarta 300921
Politics

Papua advocates slam police violence, sexual harassment at US embassy protest

APR editor -
October 3, 2021
0
NZ covid-19 delta variant
Politics

NZ reports record 206 new community covid cases – vaccinations top...

APR editor -
November 6, 2021
0
The Encampments
Politics

The Encampments vs October 8 – a battle of narratives on...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 10, 2025
0
Politics

Merdeka: Media and the case for Papuan civil resistance

David Robie -
January 9, 2016
3
Politics

PM O’Neill says an inquiry will probe police shootings at UPNG

APR editor -
June 8, 2016
1
The Russian super yacht Amadea
Politics

Russian oligarch’s super yacht leaves Fiji for US following court ruling

APR editor -
June 10, 2022
0
Politics

Vanuatu Daily Digest condemns ‘blanket state censorship’ of social media

APR editor -
June 28, 2016
0
Dr Ashley Bloomfield lampooned at a conspiracy theorist rally
Politics

Martyn Bradbury: Why these feral anti-vax conspiracy theorists seeking public office...

Pacific Media Watch -
August 29, 2022
0
FBC board chair Ajay Amrit (left) and sacked chief executive Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
Politics

Former FBC head’s pay package – ‘We have proof’, says Amrit

Pacific Media Watch -
February 7, 2023
0
Owen Wilkes
Politics

Tribute to a human comet who lit everything he touched

APR editor -
February 21, 2023
0
More than 800 Fiji villages are now on a government climate risk list
Politics

Climate crisis: The Fiji villages in paradise being swallowed by the...

Pacific Media Watch -
April 9, 2023
0
video
Politics

Chinese president meets PNG’s O’Neill, pledging ‘deepening cooperation’

APR editor -
June 22, 2018
0
Noumea Accord signatory Victor Tutugoro about the 2021 Kanak referendum boycott
Politics

‘Decolonisation must continue’, says Kanak independence campaigner

APR editor -
May 10, 2023
0
Politics

RNZ Pacific’s Fiji elections live blog

APR editor -
November 14, 2018
0
Politics

Trauma research on TV journalists covering killings revealed in Pacific Journalism...

APR editor -
November 27, 2018
0
Israel continued to pummel Gaza today with air raids
Politics

Foreign policy group Te Kuaka calls on NZ to urge immediate...

APR editor -
October 12, 2023
0
PSNA spokesperson Neil Scott calls out RNZ
Politics

Palestine supporters picket RNZ studios and call for ‘truth’ on Gaza

Pacific Media Watch -
March 8, 2024
0
Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul
Politics

Israeli troops seize, blindfold naked journalists in bid to ‘silence’ Gaza

Pacific Media Watch -
March 19, 2024
0
Noam Chomskyvideo
Politics

Noam Chomsky: Decades of ‘neoliberal plague’ left US unprepared for coronavirus...

APR editor -
August 2, 2020
0
Politics

NZ designates Christchurch mosque shooter as a terrorist entity

APR editor -
September 1, 2020
0
Timorese war criminal Eurico Guterres
Politics

Rights groups urge Jokowi to revoke ‘betrayal’ medal for Timorese war...

APR editor -
August 14, 2021
0
"The Return" to north Gaza
Politics

Trump’s ‘ethnic cleansing’ Gaza idea dismissed by analysts – rejected by...

APR editor -
January 27, 2025
0
1...227228229...291Page 228 of 291

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

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
Politics

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
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...

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

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
Politics

Rabuka calls on Fijians to use freedom of expression ‘responsibly’

Witness Papali'i Mele Maualaivao
Politics

Pacific remembering September 11 . . . 25 years on

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Politics

Caitlin Johnstone: Three major revelations about the Gaza holocaust in the...

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson . . . “Te reo Māori is a taonga."
Politics

Greens promise $200m boost for te reo Māori initiatives

EDITOR'S PICKS

Palestinian media political prisoners
Politics

37 Palestinian journalists imprisoned in Israeli jails, says prisoner rights group

About 12,000 people are now believed to be living with HIV in Fiji
Politics

‘Horrendously high’ number of HIV infections in Fiji babies – health...

Cartoon: © 2026 Malcolm Evans
Cartoons

Malcolm Evans: Lipstick on a pig – UK ‘resets’ Israel policy

Auckland's Waitematā Station on Monday morning
Development

Auckland’s City Rail Link – 25,000+ train passengers on first weekday

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

Palestinian media political prisoners
Politics

37 Palestinian journalists imprisoned in Israeli jails, says prisoner rights group

About 12,000 people are now believed to be living with HIV in Fiji
Politics

‘Horrendously high’ number of HIV infections in Fiji babies – health...

Cartoon: © 2026 Malcolm Evans
Cartoons

Malcolm Evans: Lipstick on a pig – UK ‘resets’ Israel policy

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson . . . “Te reo Māori is a taonga."
Politics

Greens promise $200m boost for te reo Māori initiatives

Editor's Picks

Palestinian media political prisoners

37 Palestinian journalists imprisoned in Israeli jails, says prisoner rights group

September 15, 2026
About 12,000 people are now believed to be living with HIV in Fiji

‘Horrendously high’ number of HIV infections in Fiji babies – health...

September 14, 2026
Cartoon: © 2026 Malcolm Evans

Malcolm Evans: Lipstick on a pig – UK ‘resets’ Israel policy

September 14, 2026
Auckland's Waitematā Station on Monday morning

Auckland’s City Rail Link – 25,000+ train passengers on first weekday

September 14, 2026
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson . . . “Te reo Māori is a taonga."

Greens promise $200m boost for te reo Māori initiatives

September 14, 2026
Load more

Popular Reports

Thai protesters gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok condemn the behaviour of Israeli tourists

‘Take Thailand Back’ – Thais protest against ‘disrespectful’ Israeli tourists in...

September 11, 2026
The Panguna mine arson attack

Mining company’s equipment targeted in Panguna arson attack

September 13, 2026
Maltese authorities must implement the long overdue measures protecting journalists and media freedom

RSF slams ‘outrageous’ failure to bring justice 9 years after killing...

September 9, 2026
Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (left) with Naoero's Vice-President Lionel Aingimea in Suva earlier this year

‘Easy decision’ – Naoero becomes third Pacific Islands Forum member with...

September 10, 2026

Māori delegation’s Israel trip under scrutiny over funding and itinerary

September 10, 2026
Load more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

  • Pacific Report8580
  • Politics6406
  • Human Rights5011
  • Syndicate4934
  • Global4333
  • New Zealand3757
  • Indigenous3216
  • RNZ Pacific2729
  • Media2425
  • Pacific Media Watch2265
  • Asia Report2227
  • Democracy2170
  • Security2034
  • Military1975
  • Justice1929
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