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Fiji Military commander Major-General Jone Kalouniwai

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Fiji military chief urges accountability to the people amid coup immunity debate

November 3, 2026

A Lakapi Samoa billboard in Apia

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National Olympic body to oversee arrangement for rugby in Samoa

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (centre) has promised to press on with tabling the bill

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Fiji PM Rabuka under pressure ahead of crucial vote on constitutional reform

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Fiji PM Rabuka delays vote on Constitution Bill after mounting pressure

NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

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

Pasifika voters discuss what's important to them this NZ election

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‘Our people don’t want handouts’ – Pasifika voters seek action on...

November 2, 2026

Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt

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Samoa government urged at UN to address declining media freedom

November 5, 2026

Anti-covid public health measures protesters and police clash on the 23rd day of the Parliament grounds occupation in Wellington

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NZ Parliament grounds ‘reclaimed’: Police operation ends 23-day protest

March 2, 2022

Some of Dr David Robie's books

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Liberation for New Caledonia’s Kanak people ‘must come’, says educator

May 21, 2024

The Solomon Islands coat of arms on Parliament buildings in Honiara

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Solomon Islands government moves to end ‘unstable coalitions, party defections’

November 3, 2026

Sodelpa leaders announce coalition partner

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Reports of ‘anomalies’ in Sodelpa vote to go with opposition parties

December 21, 2022

Pacific Islands Forum flags

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More Pacific Islands Forum summit leaders pull out as crisis grows

July 12, 2022

Founding Kiribati president Sir Ieremia Tabai

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Kiribati exit from Pacific forum ‘out of order’, says founding president

July 11, 2022

Oceanographers deploy a buoy inside the Rose Atoll in American Samoa waters

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Environmental groups, chiefs file lawsuit as US pushes American Samoa deep...

October 21, 2026

Tongan police are investigating the threat against a Kele'a journalist incident on April 23

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Tongan police investigate journalist threatened at gunpoint after gang-related report

Pacific Media Watch -

May 5, 2026

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters (left) and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

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Mark Brown on China deal: ‘No need for NZ to sit...

February 9, 2025

Samoan PM La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt

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Samoan PM back home as journalist alleges assault outside his residence

November 17, 2025

Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau announcing the declaration of a state of emergency 020323

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PM Kalsakau in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu declares emergency as new storm bears...

March 3, 2023

Police make 89 arrests at Parliament protest

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Parliament protest aftermath – NZ police enter ‘significant investigation phase’

March 3, 2022

TVNZ's 1News and Kiribati

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Mediawatch: NZ media in the middle of Asia-Pacific diplomatic drama

Pacific Media Watch -

February 9, 2025

Emmanuel Macron arrives in Nouméa

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French President Emmanuel Macron lands in Nouméa amid unrest

May 23, 2024

Ocean Partnership Roundtable at Ngarachamayong Cultural Center in Koror, Palau,

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Pacific Elders’ Voice calls for reversal of Forum partnership with Israel

October 28, 2026

US Vice-President Kamala Harris and former US President Donald Trump

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How the US election may affect Pacific Island nations

November 4, 2024

The RFMF has assured the Fiji public that "there is no threat to public safety"

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Fiji military puts public ‘on notice’ citing national security threats

April 14, 2026

Johnson and Jaqueline Yandam

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PNG landslide: Couple pulled alive from rubble as 690 feared dead

May 27, 2024

MSG leaders sign the two declarations - on climate crisis and subregional security

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MSG leaders defer Papua membership decision to Pacific Islands Forum

August 25, 2023

Fij elections 14122022

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Fijians heading to the polls today for third post-coup election

December 14, 2022

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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

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

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...

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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

The Solomon Islands coat of arms on Parliament buildings in Honiara

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Solomon Islands government moves to end ‘unstable coalitions, party defections’

Fiji Military commander Major-General Jone Kalouniwai

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Fiji military chief urges accountability to the people amid coup immunity...

Activist Achmat Eesau

Asia Report

Palestine genocide protesters in NZ condemn ‘Balfour betrayal’

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) and former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama, both ex-coup leaders

Crime

Removing Fiji coup immunity may change little, says lawyer Naidu

EDITOR'S PICKS

$A fractious campaign in NZ heralds a cliffhanger election – what to watch$

Analysis

A fractious campaign in NZ heralds a cliffhanger election – what...

Fijian riot police surrounded the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre in Fiji’s capital, Suva, in June

Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Jesus wept – Pacific Forum endorses Israel and genocide

Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Analysis

‘Foreign agency’ – Australia’s antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal is a US...

Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt

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Samoa government urged at UN to address declining media freedom

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

Fijian riot police surrounded the Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre in Fiji’s capital, Suva, in June

Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Jesus wept – Pacific Forum endorses Israel and genocide

Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

Analysis

‘Foreign agency’ – Australia’s antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal is a US...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under fire

Asia Report

‘Toxic Netanyahu’ – Israeli opposition calls for his removal after US...

The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People held its 431st meeting with the theme “Human Dignity under Strain"

Asia Report

PSNA ‘outraged’ over NZ suspension of UNRWA aid, calls for immediate...