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New All Blacks head coach Dave Rennie

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‘I know she’d be really proud’ – NZ’s first Pasifika heritage All Blacks coach

March 5, 2026

Pacific Island fuel prices are generally high and volatile

RNZ Pacific

‘A global energy crisis’ – Fuel price hike looms for Pacific amid Iran war

Opposition Labour leader Chris Hipkins

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NZ’s opposition leader Chris Hipkins says US-Israel strikes illegal

Solomon Islands National University's vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau

RNZ Pacific

Solomon Islands academic warns Pacific economies at risk from US-Israel-Iran conflict

NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

RNZ Pacific

Luxon defends NZ’s position on Iran attacks – same as Australia

The Iranian Red Crescent reports US and Israeli attacks on areas close to medical and humanitarian facilities

RNZ Pacific

Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu issue advisories amid US-Israeli strikes on Iran

March 2, 2026

Port Moresby's Bomana Correctional Facility . . . nine inmates injured in an confrontation with jail guards. Image: RNZ/Johnny Blades

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Inmates in critical condition after alleged attack by PNG corrections officers

February 26, 2026

Preparations for the FLNKS "National Unity" list for the local elections due in New Caledonia

RNZ Pacific

French Senate vote endorses New Caledonia’s future status

February 25, 2026

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

RNZ Pacific

Fiji PM Rabuka stands by anti-corruption body after arrest of critic

February 24, 2026

Sports consultant and journalist Charlie Charters

RNZ Pacific

Arrest and charges against British-Fijian national spark free speech concerns

Pacific Media Watch -

February 23, 2026

Pacific nations like Tuvalu face an existential threat from rising sea levels

RNZ Pacific

Climate-related migration: Is New Zealand living up to the ‘Pacific family’...

February 22, 2026

The Palau Senate

RNZ Pacific

Palau court denies Senate bid to stop US deportee deal

February 21, 2026

Former Fiji prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama

RNZ Pacific

Former Fiji prime minister and ex-police commissioner on bail in inciting...

February 20, 2026

NZ First leader Winston Peters (left) and Labour leader Chris Hipkins

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Labour’s Chris Hipkins accuses Winston Peters of ‘pure racism’ in Parliament

February 19, 2026

Fiji President Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu

RNZ Pacific

Fiji’s president warns against sowing ‘seeds of fear’ ahead of elections

February 18, 2026

Papua New Guinea . . . on the "grey list"

RNZ Pacific

PNG one step away from blacklist, warns global money laundering watchdog

February 18, 2026

This photo was shared by ULMWP on 10 February 2026, claiming a makeshift refugee camp in Puncak Regency of West Papua was bombed

RNZ Pacific

Confusion over West Papua bombing, displacement claims

February 17, 2026

"Tahiti is mentioned in various email exchanges involving Epstein"

RNZ Pacific

‘The girl from Tahiti’ – Pacific Islands in the Epstein files

February 16, 2026

The designations render the two Micronesian politicians and their immediate family members ineligible for entry into the US

RNZ Pacific

US designates two Micronesian leaders over corruption allegations

February 11, 2026

The defaced "Free Palestine" mural in Palau

RNZ Pacific

Outcry on Saipan after ‘Free Palestine’ mural vandalised – arrest made

February 9, 2026

Taane Aruka Te Aho

RNZ Pacific

Climate change a priority for NZ’s iwi leaders at Waitangi

February 6, 2026

Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson

RNZ Pacific

Green Party celebrates decision to decline ‘dead end’ Taranaki seabed mining

February 6, 2026

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

RNZ Pacific

Speeches, celebrations and heckling – what happened at Waitangi

February 6, 2026

Taiātea Symposium at Waitangi 2026

RNZ Pacific

Indigenous and Pacific leaders unite at Waitangi with shared messages on...

February 5, 2026

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

RNZ Pacific

High Court defeat piles pressure on ’embarrassed’ Fiji PM Rabuka’s leadership,...

February 4, 2026

New Zealand spent $6.7 million over the last six years on the electrification project

RNZ Pacific

New Zealand holds out hope for halted PNG electrification aid project

February 4, 2026

A home destroyed in tribal fighting in PNG's Highlands

RNZ Pacific

NZ pulls plug on $6.7m power project in Papua New Guinea...

February 2, 2026

CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

RNZ Pacific

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

RNZ Pacific

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

BEARING WITNESS

"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

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

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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

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A sports hall in Lamerd, southern Iran, where dozens of teenage girls were attending training sessions

Asia Report

After a sports hall in Iran was bombed, witnesses describe chaos...

A mourner holds up a picture of one of the victims of the US-Israeli attack on Iran at Minab

Asia Report

Alternative Jewish Voices: Stop this Iran catastrophe!

"Trouble is brewing in the West, as people realise just how controlled their rulers are."

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12 reasons why a huge split is opening up in the...

Israel and US stage joint attacks on Tehran

Asia Report

‘We warned you,’ says Iran’s national security chief after Israel-US attacks

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“The safety of journalists is non-negotiable. War must under no circumstances hinder the work of the press," says RSF

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War in Iran – journalism in crisis as reporters work amid...

Mourners dig graves for the funeral of 170 children killed in a US-Israeli strike on a primary school

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This illegal US-Israeli attack on Iran is also an assault on...

Community members in Iowa protest against the US-Israeli war on Iran

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New Zealand ‘shameful’ over Iran stance, says Peace Movement Aotearoa

A mourner holds up a picture of one of the victims of the US-Israeli attack on Iran at Minab

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Alternative Jewish Voices: Stop this Iran catastrophe!

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Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

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Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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“The safety of journalists is non-negotiable. War must under no circumstances hinder the work of the press," says RSF

Analysis

War in Iran – journalism in crisis as reporters work amid...

An oil tanker docked at the Port of Lyttelton, New Zealand

Analysis

US-Israel’s war on Iran – mostly negative scenarios for the Pacific

Indigenous West Papuans struggle against the rapacious destruction of rainforest and militarisation of their lands

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Devastating new ‘ecocide’ film to premiere at West Papua solidarity forum...

Iranians mourning the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

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Australia and the ‘Epstein Coalition’ – invasion of Iran a disaster