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Indonesian police fire water cannon and tear gas on West Papuan demonstrators at Perumnas III Waena, Heram District, Jayapura City, Papua

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Large demos across West Papua meet with mixed responses by police

August 17, 2026

Auckland's new metro rail station Karanga-a-hape

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‘Just lovely’: Karanga-a-Hape train station delights locals and visitors on open day

Regionalism and consensus are the best safeguards

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Foreign espionage increasing in Pacific, says NZ’s spy agency

Democratic Party leader Tina Pupuke-Browne

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Democratic Party pledges ‘honest review’ after preliminary election wipeout in Cook Islands

Professor David Robie

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Outcry over signs of upheaval at Pacific Media Centre

World Vision says humanitarian agencies are not seeing the lawlessness and disregard for international humanitarian law in the Pacific

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Pacific humanitarian workers face major logistical and access challenges, says World...

August 19, 2026

Killed Fiji military detainee Jone Vakarisi

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Four months on, still no charges in death of man in...

August 18, 2026

In late-June, PNG Prime Minister James Marape instructed all provinces

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‘On another scale’ – PNG province unprepared for El Niño impacts,...

August 19, 2026

Cook Islands caretaker Prime Minister Mark Brown and US Ambassador Jared Novelly exchange gifts

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‘Teeming with life’: Cook Islands officials enthuse over NOAA deep dive

August 20, 2026

Former FICAC Commissioner Barbara Malimali

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Fiji court rules COI report into Malimali appointment was unlawful, null...

August 14, 2026

Reports from West Papua say parts of the highlands region have been blanketed by snow and ice in recent days

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Snowfall in West Papua, while severe drought hits other parts of...

August 20, 2026

Indonesian military forces in action in Intan Jaya regency in Central Papua province this week

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West Papua issue likely to be on agenda in Palau, says...

August 20, 2026

Carlile House in Auckland's Grey Lynn

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Church owning historic Carlile House talks with Auckland Council about demolishing...

August 14, 2026

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Cook Islands election: preliminary results starting to come in

August 13, 2026

The number of Fijians who are HIV positive has risen to at least 9000

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Fiji’s HIV epidemic has yet to reach a ‘turning point’, warns...

August 21, 2026

Cooks Islands leaders participated in a youth debate on Monday

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Cost of living, water tariffs, mining on Cook Islanders’ minds ahead...

August 12, 2026

Samoa's opposition leader Tuilaepa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi

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Samoa opposition leader arrested over comments about PM

August 14, 2026

The Cook Islands Parliament

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Polling booths open in Cook Islands election

August 13, 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

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

Caretaker Prime Minister and Cook Islands Party leader Mark Brown with supporters on election night

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Stability key driver in Cook Islands Party’s election performance, says analyst

August 21, 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

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

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

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

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Solomon Islands PM urges ‘no more secrecy’ over treaties with other...

August 10, 2026

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

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

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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

In late-June, PNG Prime Minister James Marape instructed all provinces

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‘On another scale’ – PNG province unprepared for El Niño impacts,...

The Strait of Hormuz - closed

Asia Report

Correcting the Trump delusions about the Strait of Hormuz

Killed Fiji military detainee Jone Vakarisi

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Four months on, still no charges in death of man in...

After two years of denial, Israel has officially admitted firing on the 5-year-old Hind Rajab’s car

Asia Report

Palestinian theologian warns against trusting Israel over Hind, medics killings probe

EDITOR'S PICKS

Bondi Commissioner Virginia Bell

Analysis

Bondi Royal Commission: A ‘slippery slope to eroding our freedoms’

Australia's march for humanity and an end to Israel's Gaza genocide

Asia Report

Australia, don’t be surprised. Israel does this to Palestinians all the...

The number of Fijians who are HIV positive has risen to at least 9000

RNZ Pacific

Fiji’s HIV epidemic has yet to reach a ‘turning point’, warns...

After two years of denial, Israel has officially admitted firing on the 5-year-old Hind Rajab’s car

Asia Report

Palestinian theologian warns against trusting Israel over Hind, medics killings probe

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

Bondi Commissioner Virginia Bell

Analysis

Bondi Royal Commission: A ‘slippery slope to eroding our freedoms’

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir . . . visiting the construction site of a gallows being built to hang Palestinians

Commentary

‘Bloodthirsty psychopath’ – Israel’s Ben-Gvir touts viewing booths at gallows for...

Australia's march for humanity and an end to Israel's Gaza genocide

Asia Report

Australia, don’t be surprised. Israel does this to Palestinians all the...

The number of Fijians who are HIV positive has risen to at least 9000

RNZ Pacific

Fiji’s HIV epidemic has yet to reach a ‘turning point’, warns...