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West Papuan leader Benny Wenda (left) and Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Rabuka backs call for West Papuan independence group to fully join MSG

February 24, 2023

NZ's Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick

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Chlöe Swarbrick kicked out of House after challenging Speaker’s ‘double standards’

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

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Manasseh Sogavare unleashes on Solomon Islands government over US agreement

political parties appear to have lost their "attraction, drawcard and magic touch".

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Cook Islands election: ‘The political party system is facing extinction’

Pacific Islands Forum member flags

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Pacific foreign ministers to discuss Solomons’ idea for regional security treaty

An Indigenous Dayak villager shows pictures of her rubber plantation destroyed

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Human Rights Watch report says Indonesia is silencing environmental activists in...

Pacific Media Watch -

July 30, 2026

Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting 2026 in Suva

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Pacific Islands Forum fails to reach consensus on anti-missile statement against...

August 8, 2026

Iranian and Palestinian flags at a New Zealand rally against the war on Iran and the Gaza genocide

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New Zealanders warned not to transit through MidEast as Trump threatens...

July 24, 2026

The Akaroa Mail editor and owner Michael de Hamel, 41 years at the helm

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NZ community newspaper The Akaroa Mail celebrates 150 years

Pacific Media Watch -

July 25, 2026

Samoa's opposition leader Tuilaepa Sailele Mallielegaoi

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World Rugby says no ultimatum given to Samoa over governance fiasco

July 31, 2026

Fiji, Samoa and Tonga all lost their rugby international games at the weekend

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All Blacks shine at Eden Park while Fiji, Samoa and Tonga...

July 20, 2026

Kanaky New Caledonia's new Territorial President Milakulo Tukumuli

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‘Kingmaker’ candidate elected new president of New Caledonia’s government

August 1, 2026

Fiji Minister of Information Lynda Tabuya

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NZ govt says it had no influence over $200,000 doco ahead...

July 17, 2026

Fehi Fineanganofo garlanded by family speaks to the media after the All Blacks defeated France 34-32 in Christchurch

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‘Pasifika’ All Blacks claim bloody and physical Nations rugby test against...

July 5, 2026

ISA's Secretary-General Leticia Carvalho

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Pacific nations shaping future of seabed mining rules, says ISA chief

May 27, 2026

Activist Mike Smith

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‘Affront to democracy’ – NZ law change halts landmark climate crisis...

May 12, 2026

Author Shana Chandra

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Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

April 28, 2026

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

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Confusion over West Papua bombing, displacement claims

February 17, 2026

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

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

February 18, 2026

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

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

March 2, 2026

Te Tinihanga o Ngā Mātāpono o te Tiriti

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NZ tribunal finds Treaty reforms breach Te Tiriti principles, prejudice Māori,...

July 31, 2026

An ATR-72 aircraft from Air Calédonie

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New Caledonia’s domestic airline AirCal files for bankruptcy

March 29, 2026

FLNKS president Christian Téin

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Case dismissed for pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin

June 6, 2026

The Samoan rugby crisis as reported by the Samoa Observer

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Samoa face World Rugby ban over PM’s ‘political madness’, opposition warns

July 31, 2026

Reverend James Bhagwan, general secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches

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Nauru’s government announces plans for embassy in Israel

July 23, 2026

Dr Anna Naupa

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Vanuatu govt blasts chiefs’ demand to replace first female MSG head...

July 24, 2026

Disputed Hunter Island

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Vanuatu to take decades-long dispute with France to international court

July 15, 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)

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

Counsel Assisting before Commissioner Virginia Bell

Analysis

Australia’s Royal Commission into antisemitism a ‘$131 million whinge’

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Sinister ‘Free Speech Union’ attacks investigative journalist for being investigative

Iranian Kiwi Seyed Derhany

Asia Report

‘Triple tap’ in Gaza, Iran and the Hind Rajab atrocities condemned...

KNPB spokesperson Ogram Wanimbo

Asia Report

KNPB plans coordinated demos across Papua on New York Agreement anniversary

EDITOR'S PICKS

Some Americans are fighting every day to save the babies of Cuba

Analysis

Why US sanctions are deadlier for children than Tomahawk cruise missiles

ABC people get replaced by non-ABC people - and sooner rather than later we have Sinophobic news specials

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The ABC’s intellectual and moral decline comes at the worst possible...

Iranian Kiwi Seyed Derhany

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‘Triple tap’ in Gaza, Iran and the Hind Rajab atrocities condemned...

A Rising Tide climate protest with a Newcastle Port blockade

Australia

Australia, world leader in arresting climate protesters, drops 130 charges

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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

Some Americans are fighting every day to save the babies of Cuba

Analysis

Why US sanctions are deadlier for children than Tomahawk cruise missiles

ABC people get replaced by non-ABC people - and sooner rather than later we have Sinophobic news specials

Analysis

The ABC’s intellectual and moral decline comes at the worst possible...

Iranian Kiwi Seyed Derhany

Asia Report

‘Triple tap’ in Gaza, Iran and the Hind Rajab atrocities condemned...

A Rising Tide climate protest with a Newcastle Port blockade

Australia

Australia, world leader in arresting climate protesters, drops 130 charges