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Northern provincial President Paul Néaoutine, first elected in 1999, has been reelected

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Horse-trading in New Caledonia over provincial presidency elections

July 4, 2026

Indonesian military forces on patrol in the Oksop regency

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Indonesia defends high number of military deployed in Papua

New US Ambassador Jared Novelly to NZ

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New US ambassador to New Zealand says Cook Islands a top priority

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 France 34-32

Tonga's Permanent Representative to the UN Viliami Va'inga Tōnē (left)

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Tonga ratifies nuclear test ban treaty amid China missile debacle

The Yuan Wang 2 Chinese satellite tracking vessel

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NZ accuses China of going against peace and stability of Pacific

July 7, 2026

PNG Prime Minister James Marape

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‘Stop firing missiles in our ocean’ – Pacific reacts to China...

July 8, 2026

The tino rangatiratanga flag

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He Puapua report proposals bogged down in ‘swamp of politics’

May 9, 2021

Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jnr

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Palau’s President warns of rising nuclear anxiety in the Pacific, after...

July 9, 2026

Pacific Elders Voice group's chair Anote Tong

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Pacific at a crossroads amid growing geopolitical tension, says former leaders’...

July 8, 2026

A TPNPB resistance fighter stands guard on the charred aircraft remains

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Fears of more conflict in West Papua after American pilot killed

July 3, 2026

Small island developing states facing the lowest global ODA level since 2014

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Pacific nations among hardest hit as global aid drops, says OECD

July 2, 2026

Laurie Humuni, general secretary of the Oceanian Democratic Rally (RDO)

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Pro-French, pro-independence blocs remain in New Caledonia election

June 29, 2026

Founding Kiribati president Sir Ieremia Tabai

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

July 11, 2022

King's Representative of the Cook Islands Sir Tom Marsters

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Cook Islands set to head to the polls in six weeks...

June 26, 2026

Nouméa voters queue at the Town Hall after polling places opened

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Heavy security deployed as New Caledonia’s crucial elections begin

June 28, 2026

A former Kanaky New Caledonia territorial government president, Louis Mapou, heads the breakaway pro-independence UNI list

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New Caledonia’s political parties make final pitch to voters before campaigning...

June 27, 2026

Sodelpa leaders announce coalition partner

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

December 21, 2022

All Blacks captain 2026 Ardie Savea

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‘One of the greatest honours in sport’ – Ardie Savea as...

June 22, 2026

Bougainville's Mt Bagana volcano

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Bougainville volcano ups gears, as Titan Ridge submarine volcano cools off

July 1, 2026

MASI's Georgina Kekea

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Solomons media condemns ‘secrecy’ controls over China delegation

Pacific Media Watch -

May 26, 2022

Republic of Fiji Military Forces commander Major-General Ro Jone Kalouniwai (left)

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Fiji military defends national role in society after 9% budget cut

June 29, 2026

Pascal Sawa, head of the UC-FLNKS list in the Northern province, welcomes the results in the municipality of Houaïlou

RNZ Pacific

Official results confirmed for New Caledonia’s provincial elections

June 30, 2026

Yan Zhang is a former member of the China Zhi Gong Party

RNZ Pacific

ACT candidate resigns in NZ after Chinese political group link revealed

July 1, 2026

The Kanaky New Caledonia elections count tonight

RNZ Pacific

Counting underway at polling stations in New Caledonia provincial elections

June 28, 2026

Film director Dandhy Laksono

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‘Threat to democracy’ – Indonesian filmmaker slams military crackdown on Papua...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 26, 2026

Pacific Islands Forum flags

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More Pacific Islands Forum summit leaders pull out as crisis grows

July 12, 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

RNZ Pacific

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

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...

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

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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

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

RNZ Pacific

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

A "Stop RIMPAC forever" poster.

Analysis

RIMPAC 2026: Part 2 – Hawai’ian activist torpedoes lies about US...

Northern provincial President Paul Néaoutine, first elected in 1999, has been reelected

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Horse-trading in New Caledonia over provincial presidency elections

PNG Prime Minister James Marape

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‘Stop firing missiles in our ocean’ – Pacific reacts to China...

EDITOR'S PICKS

The Strait of Hormuz is not governed from Washington, or even from Tehran. It is governed from London

Analysis

The man who would bomb the Hormuz actuaries – and he...

Greenpeace Aotearoa held a dawn ceremony on board the Rainbow Warrior III 10 July 2025 commemorating the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior and the death of photographer Fernando Pereira

Civil Society

Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 41 years on

If long-besieged Iran -- the world's 51st-ranked economy -- was able to force the Americans to sue for peace

Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Overmatch – why the US will lose a war...

Understand what is actually being contested here. This is not about tankers. It is about governance

Analysis

Lim Tean: The Hormuz bone – why Iran will not let...

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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

The Strait of Hormuz is not governed from Washington, or even from Tehran. It is governed from London

Analysis

The man who would bomb the Hormuz actuaries – and he...

Greenpeace Aotearoa held a dawn ceremony on board the Rainbow Warrior III 10 July 2025 commemorating the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior and the death of photographer Fernando Pereira

Civil Society

Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 41 years on

If long-besieged Iran -- the world's 51st-ranked economy -- was able to force the Americans to sue for peace

Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Overmatch – why the US will lose a war...

Tehran doesn't answer vulgarity with vulgarity

Analysis

‘They’re scum.’ F bombs and real bombs. Trump completely outclassed by...