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Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (left) with Naoero's Vice-President Lionel Aingimea in Suva earlier this year

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‘Easy decision’ – Naoero becomes third Pacific Islands Forum member with Jerusalem embassy

September 10, 2026

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

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Pacific Islands Forum: Is Australia out of touch with the Pacific and climate?

NZ Labour leader Chris Hipkins

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Labour would prioritise recognition of Palestine, sanctions on Israel

Australian Green Senator David Shoebridge seeking information from the Department of Home Affairs

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‘New level of bastardry’ – Australia releases NZYQ agreement with Naoero

KNPB international spokesperson Victor Yeimo

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West Papuan group urges Jakarta to put words into action on UN visit

West Papuan activist Paula Makabory (centre, holding banner) at a protest in Auckland in 2011

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West Papua activist calls on Pacific leaders to pressure Indonesia over...

September 7, 2026

Rescue teams in Nepal are working around the clock to reach workers trapped

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Tibetan community shocked by devastation from Nepal flash flood

September 5, 2026

New Caledonia's President Milakulo Tukumuli

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France commits more financial help to struggling New Caledonia

September 5, 2026

Indonesian Embassy response on West Papua

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UN human rights commissioner visit to West Papua on track, says...

September 4, 2026

A Chinese strategic nuclear submarine launched a warhead-carrying missile in July

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Pacific Islands Forum winds up by condemning China nuclear test

September 4, 2026

Sacked Solomon Islands Finance Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo

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Sacked Solomon Islands finance minister says Cabinet revolt is imminent

September 3, 2026

Leaders at the round table for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting Plenary in Koror, Palau

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Pacific Islands Forum: Should outside nations be allowed at the leaders’...

September 3, 2026

The MSG membership flags

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Melanesian countries to review Indonesia’s status at MSG if no action...

September 3, 2026

Fiji's Lautoka City Council says it has started in collaboration with the Fiji Police Force

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Who is responsible? Glaring lack of clarity over Fiji operation to...

September 2, 2026

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown, and New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters mark the announcement of the Penrhyn port project in Palau

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US expected to announce major fuel security deal at Pacific Islands...

September 2, 2026

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and the US Deputy State Secretary, Christopher Landau

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US pushes critical minerals agenda in Cook Islands with Penrhyn ‘lifeline’

September 1, 2026

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters in Palau for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting

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Peters blasts Solomon Islands cabinet ministers for move against PM Wale

September 1, 2026

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

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Solomon Islands ‘dangles over the edge of political instability’ as three...

August 31, 2026

"Alii - welcome to Palau"

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Missing leaders won’t derail Pacific Islands Forum outcomes, says secretariat

August 31, 2026

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

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Notable absences loom ahead of PIF leaders’ meeting in Palau

August 31, 2026

The Realm of New Zealand's four leaders

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New Zealand says its ties with its Realm countries remain strong...

August 29, 2026

A PNG Parliament press gallery monitor shows Opposition Leader James Nomane speaking during debate following the tabling of the Bougainville referendum result

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PNG’s parliament Bougainville vote still many months away

August 28, 2026

Parliament Haus in Port Moresby

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Long time coming: After decades of struggle, is Bougainville on the...

August 27, 2026

Cook Islands Party leader Mark Brown

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Mark Brown’s Cook Islands Party set to govern for historic fifth...

August 27, 2026

New Caledonia's President Milakulo Tukumuli

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New Caledonia’s President Tukumuli outlines six-month recovery roadmap

August 26, 2026

PNG Prime Minister James Marape (right) and MPs "pray for wisdom"

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‘This is a difficult task’: PNG parliament to finally address Bougainville...

August 26, 2026

RNZ's Morning Report

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RNZ tops trust survey, lifts radio and digital audiences

Pacific Media Watch -

August 26, 2026

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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

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

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Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

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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

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NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

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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

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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

BEARING WITNESS

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...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

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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)

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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)

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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

POPULAR POSTS

West Papuan activist Paula Makabory (centre, holding banner) at a protest in Auckland in 2011

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West Papua activist calls on Pacific leaders to pressure Indonesia over...

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Rabuka calls on Fijians to use freedom of expression ‘responsibly’

NZ Labour leader Chris Hipkins

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Labour would prioritise recognition of Palestine, sanctions on Israel

KNPB international spokesperson Victor Yeimo

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West Papuan group urges Jakarta to put words into action on...

EDITOR'S PICKS

TSIMA reporting from Palau - today's story in the Torres News

Australia

Australia snubs Torres Strait in Melanesian Spearhead Group bid

Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (left) with Naoero's Vice-President Lionel Aingimea in Suva earlier this year

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‘Easy decision’ – Naoero becomes third Pacific Islands Forum member with...

Analysis

Māori delegation’s Israel trip under scrutiny over funding and itinerary

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

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Pacific Islands Forum: Is Australia out of touch with the Pacific...

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Australia

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

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

TSIMA reporting from Palau - today's story in the Torres News

Australia

Australia snubs Torres Strait in Melanesian Spearhead Group bid

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

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Pacific Islands Forum: Is Australia out of touch with the Pacific...

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Rabuka calls on Fijians to use freedom of expression ‘responsibly’

An United Israel Appeal tour

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Labor and Coalition vote down bill to strip tax breaks from...