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Pope Leo and US President Donald Trump

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Pope’s message for peace: ‘The Church cannot remain silent when power is used without moral responsibility’

April 5, 2026

PNG's Catholic Archbishop of Port Moresby Cardinal Sir John Ribat welcomes Pope Francis during his four nation Pacific and Southeast Asian tour

Religion

Pope Francis – a message of peace and real change in Pacific political struggles

Sāmoan Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Polataivao Schmidt

Religion

Sāmoa set to become third Pacific nation to open Jerusalem embassy

A 2017 constitutional amendment still guarantees individuals freedom of religion, belief and worship in Sāmoa

Religion

Mixed reactions over Samoan PM’s proposal to ban non-Christian religions

A state visit to Australia "presented to us not as diplomacy, not as geopolitics, not as a strategic signal, but as 'healing'"

Religion

What is Israel’s Herzog doing in Australia – who invited him, and why?

How global news channel Al Jazeera reported the death of Pope Francis at 88

Religion

Pope Francis dies one day after first post-hospital public appearance and...

April 21, 2025

University students in Adelaide protesting over Israel's genocide in Gaza

Religion

Jewish Council slams Australian universities’ ‘dangerous, politicised’ antisemitism definition

February 26, 2025

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican

Religion

Pope Leo XIV faces limits on changing the Catholic Church −...

May 9, 2025

Porirua Cemetery manager Daniel Chrisp speaks at the Family Forum beside the chapel, as Mayor Anita Baker and whānau gather to honour 1800 patients buried in unmarked graves

Religion

Pacific leaders demand respectful involvement in memorial for unmarked graves

July 21, 2025

New Zealand pro-Palestinian protesters march against genocide

Religion

Debunking the theological gaslighting of Israel-supporting Imams

July 28, 2025

Pope Leo XIV to journalists

Religion

Pope Leo XIV expresses solidarity for ‘persecuted’ journalists seeking truth, calls...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 13, 2025

Rabaul's Archbishop Rochus Tatamai

Religion

Catholic Church warns against PNG declaring itself a ‘Christian country’

July 3, 2025

Naked Samoan group comedian Oscar Kightley

Religion

‘Never our intention to mock Jesus’ – Naked Samoans respond to...

Pacific Media Watch -

April 8, 2025

A young girl holds a placard quoting from the late Pope Francis while calling for an end to the war on Gaza in Auckland last Saturday

Religion

Gaza not a religious issue – it’s a massive violation of...

July 23, 2025

Cardinal David of the Philippines

Religion

Cardinal David slams Israel, says Jesus would have been born in...

December 26, 2024

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde

Religion

Standing for decency: The sermon the President didn’t want to hear

January 23, 2025

Religion

Amnesty International criticises denial of NZ visa to Iran filmmaker

Pacific Media Watch -

April 18, 2016

Staff members of Grace Road Group in a jovial mood at their office in Navua, Fiji

Religion

Fiji to probe Korean Grace Road cult land deals – 31...

February 12, 2023

South Korean Christian doomsday cult Grace Road Church

Religion

Fiji’s Immigration Minister steps down temporarily over ‘unauthorised’ passports for cult...

November 23, 2024

Sister Susana Vaifale and parishioner Michael Muller at St Peter's Basilica

Religion

Samoan nun tells of ‘like a blur’ awesome meeting with Pope...

April 26, 2025

Religion

Bishop urged to reopen abandoned dorms in West Papua

November 25, 2016

Religion

Indonesian military threatens news site after generals coup plot story

Pacific Media Watch -

April 22, 2017

Religion

Indonesian president’s belated call for tolerance leaves minorities at risk

August 18, 2018

French gendarmes in law and order operations in Kanaky New Caledonia

Religion

Open letter to President Macron: End Kanak vote ‘unfreezing’ and complete...

June 6, 2024

Religion

Nuku’alofa Film Festival launches with documentary dedicated to leiti struggle

November 22, 2018

A collage of the many fires on New Caledonia’s Catholic missions

Religion

New Caledonia crisis: Another church burns, spate of attacks continues

September 10, 2024

Another shelter day for the Tangata Tuārangi RSE workers

Religion

Cyclone Gabrielle: Pasifika songs of gratitude ring out across Hawke’s Bay

February 18, 2023

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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

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

BEARING WITNESS

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...

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

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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

POPULAR POSTS

US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz begins

Analysis

Why Trump’s naval blockade to ‘strangle’ Iran is a joke

The High Court ruled the fund's policy documents and procedures were "unreasonable and unlawful"

Asia Report

NZ’s $86 billion Super Fund failed to properly address human rights,...

Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei

Analysis

What I would do if I was Mojtaba Khamenei – a...

$Neoliberalism caused two fractures in the world – why Iran’s resistance is so vital$

Analysis

Neoliberalism caused two fractures in the world – why Iran’s resistance...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz

Analysis

Trump is blustering as usual but in reality praying for Iran...

"Israel’s supporters in the West have launched the biggest assault on free speech since the height of McCarthyism"

Analysis

Owen Jones: At The Telegraph, journalist support for Israel is now...

A young Gazan journalist describes her setting up for story telling about Al Shifa Hospital

Asia Report

Gaza’s young, untrained journalists step up to document Israel’s war crimes

The ruling is “a big win for everyone who cares about the right to protest”

Asia Report

‘Unconstitutional’ – NSW court strikes down Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws

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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

Uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz

Analysis

Trump is blustering as usual but in reality praying for Iran...

Invoking the Pacific's Biketawa Declaration

Asia Report

Pacific Forum responds to current global fuel and energy challenges

"Israel’s supporters in the West have launched the biggest assault on free speech since the height of McCarthyism"

Analysis

Owen Jones: At The Telegraph, journalist support for Israel is now...

A young Gazan journalist describes her setting up for story telling about Al Shifa Hospital

Asia Report

Gaza’s young, untrained journalists step up to document Israel’s war crimes