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
Saturday, October 10, 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
    • The Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem "Navi" Pillay
      Asia Report

      A triumph for global justice – why Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace…

      The Reichstag Fire 1933
      Civil Society

      Donald Trump – in search of a 1933 ‘Reichstag Fire’ moment…

      Fiji teachers union leader Paula Manumanunitoga
      Democracy

      Fijian Teachers Association head’s threat to ‘roast’ critics in earth ovens…

      Local Fiji journalists conduct an interview at the Pacific Peace and Security Dialogue in Suva
      Analysis

      Fiji’s Online Safety Act – why it poses risks for journalism

      The shunning of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
      Analysis

      Jonathan Cook: The West wants Netanyahu gone – so Palestinians can…

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

Pollution

Random
  • Latest
  • Featured posts
  • Most popular
  • 7 days popular
  • By review score
  • Random
NZ: clean water is a necessity of life
Pollution

With NZ’s Three Waters reforms under fire, let’s not forget that safe and affordable water is a human right

APR editor -
November 3, 2022
Oscar Temaru
Pollution

Opponents to boycott talks on French nuclear legacy after ’60 years of lies’

Artisanal miners search for gold in the waters downstream from the Panguna mine
Pollution

Lawsuit promises justice for Rio Tinto’s mining disaster in Bougainville – but some say it’s a cash grab

Earthjustice attorney David Henkin (left) and Rudy Bartley, a member of the nonprofit groups Faasao Amerika Samoa and Puipui Measina a Amerika Samoa
Pollution

American Samoa environmental group sues US govt over deep sea mining plans

Thousands take part in the peaceful nuclear-free rally in the Tahitian capital Pape'ete
Pollution

Thousands in Pape’ete mark 56th anniversary of first Moruroa test

Auckland flash flood debris
Pollution

NZ flash floods: Residents slam council inaction over rubbish disposal

APR editor -
February 2, 2023
0
Decades after the nuclear tests, Pacific people still endure many consequences
Pollution

Pacific lawmakers call for creation of human rights commissions to fight...

APR editor -
October 29, 2025
0
Pollution

Solomons’ deal with Chinese developer sparks ‘concern’

PMC Reporter -
October 14, 2019
0
Half of the Marshall Islands' 50,000-strong population live in the capital city of Majuro
Pollution

Marshall Islands nuclear legacy: report highlights lack of health research

APR editor -
June 6, 2025
0
Greenpeace's Amanda Larsson
Pollution

Climate Commission report gives NZ dairy industry ‘free pass to pollute’,...

APR editor -
June 10, 2021
0
Russel Norman of Greenpeace Aotearoa
Pollution

Russel Norman: Don’t be fooled by NZ greenwashing, the lack of...

APR editor -
August 12, 2022
1
Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr
Pollution

Fiji, Palau and Samoa call for deep-sea mining moratorium at UN...

APR editor -
June 30, 2022
0
“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
Pollution

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

APR editor -
September 20, 2026
0
The Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior arrives in the Marshall Islands
Pollution

Rainbow Warrior back in Marshall Islands on nuclear justice mission

APR editor -
March 12, 2025
0
Hinamoeura Morgant-Cross received the Nuclear-free Future Award in New York on 28 November 2023
Pollution

Māohi Nui campaigner tackles French nuclear test legacy – cancer and...

APR editor -
November 7, 2024
0
Elite 1 percenters
Pollution

We are the 1% – the wealth of many Australians puts...

APR editor -
January 27, 2021
0
An idyllic scene at Taga Beach, Tinian, in the Northern Marianas
Pollution

A landmark UN report says the world will overshoot the 1.5°C...

APR editor -
September 9, 2026
0
Winners of the Goldman Environmental Award winners, 2026
Pollution

Bougainville advocate among all-women lineup winning Goldman Environmental prize

APR editor -
April 25, 2026
0
A photo taken by Turehou Māori Wardens Trust chairperson Mereana Peka last month showing piles of rubbish left by the side of the road in Ihumātao Rd, adjoining the Ōtuataua Stonefields Reserve
Pollution

Pile of dumped rubbish at Ihumātao sacred site in NZ as...

APR editor -
January 18, 2023
0
Pacific youth climate activist at a demonstration at COP27 in 2022
Pollution

COP30: ‘Ego manoeuvring’ behind scenes at UN climate talks, says Pacific...

APR editor -
November 15, 2025
0
James Shaw 010221
Pollution

Climate Change Commission plan ‘big challenge’ for New Zealand

APR editor -
February 1, 2021
0
Bikini Atoll descendant Sosylina Jibas-Maddison
Pollution

Why a royal princess from the Pacific is living in Arkansas

Pacific Media Watch -
December 29, 2022
0
Mangareva Atoll, population 1500
Pollution

French Polynesian atolls still wary decades after nuclear tests

APR editor -
October 18, 2022
0
Pollution

Toxic smoke chokes region as Indonesian rainforests burn

PMC Reporter -
September 18, 2019
0
Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant
Pollution

Japan to release treated Fukushima nuclear wastewater in weeks

APR editor -
August 8, 2023
0
A Pacific protester against the Fukushima nuclear wastewater discharge plan
Pollution

Countdown starts as Japan poised to release first batch of treated...

APR editor -
August 23, 2023
0
Professor Vijay Naidu
Pollution

Fiji academic calls for more action to reverse Suva foreshore pollution

Wansolwara -
September 25, 2020
0
123...5Page 1 of 5

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"
Pollution

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
Pollution

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

Load more

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

Load more

BEARING WITNESS

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
Pollution

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
Asia Report

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
Analysis

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
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...

Tweet to @DavidRobie
Tweets by DavidRobie

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

Labour's foreign policy spokesperson Vanushi Walters
Democracy

Labour ‘will not shrink’ from moral challenges – it will recognise...

Palestinian journalists work with cameras, laptops and limited equipment from makeshift press areas
Analysis

Palestinian researcher exposes Israel’s list of so-called ‘terrorist’ journalists slain in...

Israeli sniper position in a watchtower in the illegally occupied West Bank
Analysis

Tracy Campbell: War on Gaza – unpacking the ‘Year Zero’...

A Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland on 3 Oct 2026
Asia Report

Palestine – We remember. We resist. We remain. We will not...

EDITOR'S PICKS

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem "Navi" Pillay
Asia Report

A triumph for global justice – why Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace...

The Reichstag Fire 1933
Civil Society

Donald Trump – in search of a 1933 ‘Reichstag Fire’ moment...

Fiji teachers union leader Paula Manumanunitoga
Democracy

Fijian Teachers Association head’s threat to ‘roast’ critics in earth ovens...

Local Fiji journalists conduct an interview at the Pacific Peace and Security Dialogue in Suva
Analysis

Fiji’s Online Safety Act – why it poses risks for journalism

Load more

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

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem "Navi" Pillay
Asia Report

A triumph for global justice – why Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace...

The Reichstag Fire 1933
Civil Society

Donald Trump – in search of a 1933 ‘Reichstag Fire’ moment...

Local Fiji journalists conduct an interview at the Pacific Peace and Security Dialogue in Suva
Analysis

Fiji’s Online Safety Act – why it poses risks for journalism

The shunning of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Analysis

Jonathan Cook: The West wants Netanyahu gone – so Palestinians can...

Editor's Picks

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem "Navi" Pillay

A triumph for global justice – why Navi Pillay’s Nobel Peace...

October 10, 2026
The Reichstag Fire 1933

Donald Trump – in search of a 1933 ‘Reichstag Fire’ moment...

October 9, 2026
Fiji teachers union leader Paula Manumanunitoga

Fijian Teachers Association head’s threat to ‘roast’ critics in earth ovens...

October 9, 2026
Local Fiji journalists conduct an interview at the Pacific Peace and Security Dialogue in Suva

Fiji’s Online Safety Act – why it poses risks for journalism

October 9, 2026
The shunning of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Jonathan Cook: The West wants Netanyahu gone – so Palestinians can...

October 9, 2026
Load more

Popular Reports

French Polynesia territorial President Moetai Brotherson

French Polynesia proposes ‘pathway to independence’ process at UN

October 7, 2026
A pro-Palestinian rally on the 156th consecutive week of protest

Palestine solidarity protesters in NZ to kick off ‘global action’ day...

October 6, 2026
Passengers at Karanga-a-Hape, one of Auckland's new City Rail Link stations

Greens eye free, fast and reliable public transport with NZ election...

October 4, 2026
The Reichstag Fire 1933

Donald Trump – in search of a 1933 ‘Reichstag Fire’ moment...

October 9, 2026
The stiff-right-arm salute and the phrase “Heil Hitler,” used to signify allegiance to Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, were captured in previously unseen 2007 footage involving Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt

Samoan PM La’aulialemalietoa apologises for historical ‘Heil Hitler’ video

October 5, 2026
Load more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

  • Pacific Report8647
  • Politics6482
  • Human Rights5078
  • Syndicate5010
  • Global4404
  • New Zealand3787
  • Indigenous3275
  • RNZ Pacific2758
  • Media2461
  • Pacific Media Watch2317
  • Asia Report2261
  • Democracy2217
  • Security2060
  • Military2004
  • Justice1980
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