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Drone footage of Atafu, a low-lying motu of Tokelau

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Tokelau airport project scrapped despite multi-million dollar design

January 23, 2026

FLNKS president Christian Tién

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Pro-independence FLNKS ‘unequivocally’ reject latest agreement for New Caledonia

SPREP’s Director-General Sefanaia Nawadra

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High Seas Treaty welcome news for SPREP in uncertain times

The cocaine was being transported on a ship sailing under Togo's flag

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4.87 tonnes of cocaine seized in French Polynesian waters – bound for Australia

New Caledonia's territorial President Alcide Ponga signs the Elysée-Oudinot agreement

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New Caledonia’s new Elysée-Oudinot pact signed in Paris – despite boycott

President Emmanuel Macron

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Pro-France MPs confront Macron over New Caledonia at future talks

January 19, 2026

Fiji Airways Airbus A330 cabin

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Bonds, blockings and bans – a massive new-year US shakeup for...

January 17, 2026

French Minister for Overseas Naïma Moutchou

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FLNKS sends in late request to join Paris talks on New...

January 16, 2026

Dumped All Blacks coach Scott Roberston

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Mixed reactions to shock axing of All Blacks coach Scott Robertson

January 15, 2026

China's ambassador to Samoa Fei Mingxing (left) hands over a ceremonial cheque for US$200,000 to SPREP director of legal services and governing bodies Aumua Clark Peteru in Apia

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China matches US contribution to Pacific environmental body a week after...

January 15, 2026

FLNKS president Christian Tein (centre) with Arnaud Chollet-Leakava and Laurie Humuni

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FLNKS boycotts Macron-convened Paris talks over future this week

January 14, 2026

CNMI territory approaching a critical eoonomic point

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CNMI leaders warn economic slide could affect US strategic presence in...

January 12, 2026

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

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

January 12, 2026

Sāmoan Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Polataivao Schmidt

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Sāmoa set to become third Pacific nation to open Jerusalem embassy

January 11, 2026

Former UNDP adninistrator Helen Clark

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Clark condemns US withdrawal as ‘assault on international system of cooperation’

January 11, 2026

The new sign for Kaipātiki Hot Springs

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Popular Auckland hot springs gets name change to Kaipātiki

January 10, 2026

Former Wellington mayoral candidate Graham Bloxham being arrested by police at the Venezuela solidarity rally

RNZ Pacific

Former NZ mayoral hopeful arrested at Venezuela solidarity protest

January 9, 2026

Weapons confiscated by Papua New Guinea police during a raid in the Tsak Valley

RNZ Pacific

PNG’s lethal Tsak Valley raid and deeper crisis over guns, policing,...

January 9, 2026

Sir Tim Shadbolt

RNZ Pacific

‘An extraordinary, charismatic man’: Sir Tim Shadbolt dies at 78

January 8, 2026

The Cook Islands Maritime Authority says the Bertha is deceptively continuing to use Cook Islands Identifiers

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Sanctioned oil tanker falsely using Cook Islands flag, authority says

January 8, 2026

Exxon Mobil PNG's LNG plant near Port Moresby

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Papua New Guinea fully retires debt for Liquefied Natural Gas project

January 7, 2026

Former NZ prime minister Helen Clark

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US attack on Venezuela ‘clearly illegal’ under UN charter, says former...

January 5, 2026

A West Papuan Morning Star flag being held in defiance of the Indonesian ban in a remote village

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Four Papuan activists jailed on treason charges – NZ advocate says...

December 1, 2025

Sitiveni Rabuka appeared before the Fiji Truth and Reconciliation Commission

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Fiji PM Rabuka blames ‘insulated’ upbringing for racially motivated 1987 coups

November 28, 2025

The Tahiti search operations involved about 200 emergency staff

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Tahiti landslide: no survivors – all 8 bodies retrieved

November 28, 2025

East Sepik Governor Allan Bird . . . similar risks to last year in this year's budget with overly optimistic revenue forecasts

RNZ Pacific

East Sepik Governor Bird slams Marape’s ‘risky’ 2026 Budget overspend

November 27, 2025

Fiji launches 16 days of activism against gender-based violence

RNZ Pacific

Fiji MP: Violence against women and girls ‘permeates every dimension of...

November 27, 2025

CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

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

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

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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

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

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Tokelau airport project scrapped despite multi-million dollar design

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