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
Friday, June 19, 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
    • Despite the presence of many well-known pro-Palestinian activists, there was no security in the room
      Politics

      ‘You’re a liar! You’re a liar!’ NZ foreign minister Peters slams…

      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…

      Vanuatu's Anna Naupa (left) has been appointed as the new Melanesian Spearhead Group Director-General
      Politics

      Vanuatu’s Anna Naupa becomes first woman to lead MSG Secretariat

      Iran deal proves one thing
      Analysis

      Trump went to war against Iran and got a deal far…

      PSNA national organiser John Minto
      Politics

      Veteran activist John Minto gets $10,000 from NZ police after unlawful…

  • 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
China and Australia among powers competing for Pacific influence
Politics

Alifereti Sakiasi: The geopolitical battle for Pacific media narratives

Pacific Media Watch -
June 13, 2026
Norwegian physician Dr Mads Gilbert
Politics

Doctor Israel banned after 40 years in Gaza’s hospitals speaks out

Trillionaire Elon Musk (right) hobnobbing with billionaires
Politics

Caitlin Johnstone: The world’s first trillionaire is not your friend

Olayan Olayan, who was born in the village of Battir in 1941, overlooks a valley in which a new Israeli settler outpost is built
Politics

Israel’s rampant ethnic cleansing of West Bank Palestinian communities

The lack of proportionality is the key
Politics

They’re saying the attack on Iran was ‘proportional’ – here are the stats: You decide

video
Politics

Indigenous West Papuans send solidarity to Standing Rock

APR editor -
December 5, 2016
1
Politics

Court bars overseas travel for accused Fiji Times publisher

Pacific Media Watch -
January 25, 2017
0
video
Politics

5 mind-boggling things about Pilger’s doco The Coming War on China

Pacific Media Watch -
March 26, 2017
2
Politics

Freeport mine in Papua sacks 840 striking workers following May Day

APR editor -
May 18, 2017
0
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa
Politics

Ressa ‘disappointed’ over failed appeal and ongoing harassment in Philippine cyber...

Pacific Media Watch -
October 13, 2022
0
Protesters outside the Iranian embassy in Wellington 281022
Politics

Green Party tells NZ ‘don’t hold back’ on protests over Iran...

APR editor -
October 29, 2022
0
video
Politics

Foreign journalists ban over ferry disaster blamed on climate doco

Pacific Media Watch -
February 10, 2018
0
Some of PNG's media stakeholders at the draft media policy consultation in Port Moresby last Thursday
Politics

Top PNG journalist challenges state media ‘regulation’ plans at stakeholder consultation

Pacific Media Watch -
March 5, 2023
0
Politics

Democracy and media freedom – the paradoxes of Fiji, Kanaky

APR editor -
November 29, 2018
0
Politics

Independent, returning MPs dominate new Solomon Islands Parliament

APR editor -
April 8, 2019
0
Politics

Guyon Espiner: Farewell Morning Report – what I won’t be apologising...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 1, 2019
0
Politics

PNG opposition withdraws vote of no confidence against O’Neill

PMC Reporter -
May 21, 2019
0
West Papua protest
Politics

West Papua riots: Why Indonesia needs to answer for its broken...

APR editor -
August 22, 2019
0
PNG village
Politics

What are the lessons with Covid-19? Seeing the ironies through a...

Pacific Media Watch -
March 24, 2020
0
Coronavirus
Politics

Criminal charges possible if leak source identified in NZ covid privacy...

APR editor -
July 4, 2020
0
Politics

AJF slams ‘misguided’ Malaysian investigation into Al Jazeera report

Pacific Media Watch -
August 6, 2020
0
Semarang protest
Politics

Police break up rally against Papua special autonomy – blame covid

APR editor -
March 7, 2021
0
Author - explorer Philip Temple
Politics

NZ should raise human plight of West Papuans at UN, says...

APR editor -
July 20, 2021
0
Tappoos warehouse fire, Fiji 010821
Politics

Fiji police warn public against violence and ‘fake profiles’ after two...

APR editor -
August 3, 2021
0
Former Fiji surgeon Dr Jone Hawea
Politics

Fiji police arrest outspoken former surgeon over covid ‘misinformation’

APR editor -
August 26, 2021
0
French police on patrol in Noumea's central Place des Cocotiers
Politics

New Caledonia imposes curfew as delta outbreak new cases hit 256

APR editor -
September 14, 2021
0
Aerial pictures of the tsunami damage on Fonoifua
Politics

Overwhelming sense of relief that ‘apocalyptic’ Tongan tsunami spared most lives

APR editor -
January 23, 2022
0
1...227228229...279Page 228 of 279

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

An educational in-depth view of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monumen
Politics

Trump’s fishing decision threatens Pacific communities, NGO warns

PSNA national organiser John Minto
Politics

Veteran activist John Minto gets $10,000 from NZ police after unlawful...

Trillionaire Elon Musk (right) hobnobbing with billionaires
Politics

Caitlin Johnstone: The world’s first trillionaire is not your friend

Despite the presence of many well-known pro-Palestinian activists, there was no security in the room
Politics

‘You’re a liar! You’re a liar!’ NZ foreign minister Peters slams...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Despite the presence of many well-known pro-Palestinian activists, there was no security in the room
Politics

‘You’re a liar! You’re a liar!’ NZ foreign minister Peters slams...

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...

Vanuatu's Anna Naupa (left) has been appointed as the new Melanesian Spearhead Group Director-General
Politics

Vanuatu’s Anna Naupa becomes first woman to lead MSG Secretariat

Iran deal proves one thing
Analysis

Trump went to war against Iran and got a deal far...

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

Despite the presence of many well-known pro-Palestinian activists, there was no security in the room
Politics

‘You’re a liar! You’re a liar!’ NZ foreign minister Peters slams...

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...

Vanuatu's Anna Naupa (left) has been appointed as the new Melanesian Spearhead Group Director-General
Politics

Vanuatu’s Anna Naupa becomes first woman to lead MSG Secretariat

Iran deal proves one thing
Analysis

Trump went to war against Iran and got a deal far...

Editor's Picks

Despite the presence of many well-known pro-Palestinian activists, there was no security in the room

‘You’re a liar! You’re a liar!’ NZ foreign minister Peters slams...

June 18, 2026
Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday

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

June 18, 2026
Vanuatu's Anna Naupa (left) has been appointed as the new Melanesian Spearhead Group Director-General

Vanuatu’s Anna Naupa becomes first woman to lead MSG Secretariat

June 18, 2026
Iran deal proves one thing

Trump went to war against Iran and got a deal far...

June 18, 2026
PSNA national organiser John Minto

Veteran activist John Minto gets $10,000 from NZ police after unlawful...

June 17, 2026
Load more

Popular Reports

Iran deal proves one thing

Trump went to war against Iran and got a deal far...

June 18, 2026
Vanuatu's Anna Naupa (left) has been appointed as the new Melanesian Spearhead Group Director-General

Vanuatu’s Anna Naupa becomes first woman to lead MSG Secretariat

June 18, 2026
Trillionaire Elon Musk (right) hobnobbing with billionaires

Caitlin Johnstone: The world’s first trillionaire is not your friend

June 14, 2026
The whistleblowing soldiers of 1967 admitted their job was not to “fight the enemy” – or “eradicate the terrorists”, as Israeli leaders now term it. It was to kill and terrorise Palestinian civilians

Jonathan Cook: How Israel planned the Gaza genocide decades ago

June 15, 2026
"You blow up a girls' school."

Tucker Carlson: Facing up to the Iran war irony – who...

June 16, 2026
Load more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

  • Pacific Report8333
  • Politics6133
  • Human Rights4783
  • Syndicate4654
  • Global4066
  • New Zealand3604
  • Indigenous3012
  • RNZ Pacific2603
  • Media2324
  • Pacific Media Watch2072
  • Asia Report2056
  • Democracy1989
  • Security1935
  • Military1811
  • Justice1749
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