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 28, 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
    • Sydney CAM Rally . . . CAM uses tactics including social media, lobbying politicians and convening conferences to relentlessly pursue its goal of entrenching the IHRA definition of antisemitism into policy at all levels
      Analysis

      Australia’s Combat Antisemitism Movement keeps slaying social cohesion

      Australian protesters condemn the torture of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails at a demonstration in Adelaide, South Australia, in December 2025
      Analysis

      US-built ‘torture ship’ and US funding played role in kidnapping, torture…

      The AI-generated fake footage on Instagram shared by an Indonesian nationalist account @bersamaastacita showing Koteka Wenda speaking out
      Asia Report

      ‘Digital colonisation’ – West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel

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

      Kidnapped Kiwi Gaza flotilla detainee condemns brutal Israeli torture

      Moana Pasifika captain Miracle Fai'ilagi (centre) with head coach Tana Umaga (right) and talent manager Kevin Senio
      Culture

      Moana Pasifika captain hopeful their final whistle hasn’t blown yet

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

Reports

7 days popular
  • Latest
  • Featured posts
  • Most popular
  • 7 days popular
  • By review score
  • Random
Palestinians mourn their relatives who were killed by the Israeli military in air strikes in spite of the Gaza ceasefire on 19 October 2025
Reports

The 60+ UN member states complicit with the Gaza genocide – why their role will haunt them

APR editor -
November 13, 2025
Former NZ PM Helen Clark
Reports

Former PM Helen Clark on panel’s call for reform over ‘runaway pandemic’

Mediaworks sexual harassment culture
Reports

MediaWorks and NZ’s problem with toxic work cultures — why HR can’t fix everything

Reports

‘Donated’ Russian weapons may have dual purpose in Fiji, says analyst

Professor Pal Ahluwalia
Reports

How Fiji could help resolve the Pal Ahluwalia and USP crisis

West Papuan activist Filep Karma while imprisoned in the Abepura jail
Reports

Filep Karma: A political prisoner who fought racism in West Papua

APR editor -
November 1, 2024
0
Reports

Tourist mood in Fiji but no holiday in newsrooms

TJ Aumua -
August 16, 2015
0
Panguna mine . . . the flooding
Reports

Bougainville leaders call on mining giant Rio Tinto to assist communities

APR editor -
June 7, 2023
0
Reports

30 arrested in Honiara post-election riots as calm returns to capital

Pacific Media Centre -
April 25, 2019
0
Reports

Refugee conditions in Manus and Nauru camps ‘suitable for families’, says...

Pacific Media Centre -
November 9, 2015
0
Reports

Native Affairs trumps mainstream media in exclusive West Papua TV report

Pacific Media Centre -
September 28, 2015
0
Reports

Pacific languages more popular with youth but funding cuts impact on...

Pacific Media Centre -
September 28, 2015
0
Reports

Pasifika diaspora media book launched in NZ – first of its...

TJ Aumua -
March 17, 2016
0
Reports

Celebrated French Rainbow Warrior investigation echoes Watergate

Pacific Media Centre -
September 8, 2015
0
Reports

No improvement in Papua human rights – UN must help, says...

APR editor -
May 3, 2016
1
Trust in News in NZ
Reports

Digital news check: In media, we don’t trust

Pacific Media Watch -
April 30, 2021
0
The tino rangatiratanga flag
Reports

He Puapua report proposals bogged down in ‘swamp of politics’

APR editor -
May 9, 2021
0
Australian risk of bushfires
Reports

Climate change has already hit. Unless we act now, a hotter,...

APR editor -
August 10, 2021
0
Reports

Rainbow Warrior campaign pushes spotlight on Pacific fish ‘laundering’

Kai Ping Lew -
September 26, 2015
0
Reports

American migrant sailor boosts Tongan America’s Cup challenge dream

Pacific Media Centre -
September 14, 2015
0
Reports

New Japanese weapons bill stirs nuclear anxiety in the Pacific

Pacific Media Centre -
August 28, 2015
0
Reports

The story of Greenpeace and the story Greenpeace tells

Pacific Media Centre -
September 28, 2015
0
video
Reports

Key misses vital moment to step up over climate change –...

Pacific Media Centre -
September 24, 2015
0
Reports

Challenging start to the year in Asia-Pacific free expression

APR editor -
February 1, 2016
0
Reports

19 years on, Wansolwara’s student journalists still tackle tough issues

Kai Ping Lew -
September 29, 2015
0
Fiji anti-corruption will declining
Reports

An update on the ‘good governance coup’ – political will, corruption...

APR editor -
December 9, 2022
0
Reports

New report tells of murder, kidnapping and torture in West Papua

APR editor -
March 14, 2016
3
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"
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

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

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...

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

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

Olivia Coote presents a welcome home koha to Global Sumud Flotilla activists Mousa Taher (centre) and Hāhona Ormsby (black cap) at Auckland International Airport
Asia Report

Haka, waiata welcome for NZ’s Gaza flotilla activists after brutal ordeal...

Sydney CAM Rally . . . CAM uses tactics including social media, lobbying politicians and convening conferences to relentlessly pursue its goal of entrenching the IHRA definition of antisemitism into policy at all levels
Analysis

Australia’s Combat Antisemitism Movement keeps slaying social cohesion

Australian Gaza flotilla activist Zack Schofield
Asia Report

‘It’s worse for Palestinians,’ says Australian flotilla activist about Israeli torture

New Zealand . . . steadily pushing Pacific regional defence co-operation on a number of fronts
Analysis

Pacific concerns about militarisation – and NZ’s role as part of...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Sydney CAM Rally . . . CAM uses tactics including social media, lobbying politicians and convening conferences to relentlessly pursue its goal of entrenching the IHRA definition of antisemitism into policy at all levels
Analysis

Australia’s Combat Antisemitism Movement keeps slaying social cohesion

Australian protesters condemn the torture of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails at a demonstration in Adelaide, South Australia, in December 2025
Analysis

US-built ‘torture ship’ and US funding played role in kidnapping, torture...

The AI-generated fake footage on Instagram shared by an Indonesian nationalist account @bersamaastacita showing Koteka Wenda speaking out
Asia Report

‘Digital colonisation’ – West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel

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

Kidnapped Kiwi Gaza flotilla detainee condemns brutal Israeli torture

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

Australian protesters condemn the torture of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails at a demonstration in Adelaide, South Australia, in December 2025
Analysis

US-built ‘torture ship’ and US funding played role in kidnapping, torture...

The AI-generated fake footage on Instagram shared by an Indonesian nationalist account @bersamaastacita showing Koteka Wenda speaking out
Asia Report

‘Digital colonisation’ – West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel

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

Kidnapped Kiwi Gaza flotilla detainee condemns brutal Israeli torture

Moana Pasifika captain Miracle Fai'ilagi (centre) with head coach Tana Umaga (right) and talent manager Kevin Senio
Culture

Moana Pasifika captain hopeful their final whistle hasn’t blown yet

Editor's Picks

Sydney CAM Rally . . . CAM uses tactics including social media, lobbying politicians and convening conferences to relentlessly pursue its goal of entrenching the IHRA definition of antisemitism into policy at all levels

Australia’s Combat Antisemitism Movement keeps slaying social cohesion

May 28, 2026
Australian protesters condemn the torture of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails at a demonstration in Adelaide, South Australia, in December 2025

US-built ‘torture ship’ and US funding played role in kidnapping, torture...

May 27, 2026
The AI-generated fake footage on Instagram shared by an Indonesian nationalist account @bersamaastacita showing Koteka Wenda speaking out

‘Digital colonisation’ – West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel

May 27, 2026
Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday

Kidnapped Kiwi Gaza flotilla detainee condemns brutal Israeli torture

May 27, 2026
Moana Pasifika captain Miracle Fai'ilagi (centre) with head coach Tana Umaga (right) and talent manager Kevin Senio

Moana Pasifika captain hopeful their final whistle hasn’t blown yet

May 27, 2026
Load more

Popular Reports

New Zealand . . . steadily pushing Pacific regional defence co-operation on a number of fronts

Pacific concerns about militarisation – and NZ’s role as part of...

May 22, 2026
Moana Pasifika captain Miracle Fai'ilagi (centre) with head coach Tana Umaga (right) and talent manager Kevin Senio

Moana Pasifika captain hopeful their final whistle hasn’t blown yet

May 27, 2026
The AI-generated fake footage on Instagram shared by an Indonesian nationalist account @bersamaastacita showing Koteka Wenda speaking out

‘Digital colonisation’ – West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel

May 27, 2026
A group of five Australians who were on board the Gaza freedom flotilla and spoke of the Israeli abuse and violence on their arrival home

Flotilla activists tasered, sedated, sexually assaulted – Israeli prison service claims...

May 23, 2026
Climate activist Violet Coco

‘Israel wanted to shame us, but the shame is Israel’s,’ says...

May 26, 2026
Load more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

  • Pacific Report8294
  • Politics6090
  • Human Rights4744
  • Syndicate4609
  • Global4022
  • New Zealand3573
  • Indigenous2973
  • RNZ Pacific2597
  • Media2306
  • Pacific Media Watch2037
  • Asia Report2021
  • Democracy1953
  • Security1916
  • Military1782
  • Justice1719
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