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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

Firearms and ammunition seized in a counter-terrorism operation by PNG police in Southern Highlands province

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West New Britain governor speaks out about raskols as 12 killed in Kimbe

NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

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

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 in the room with us’

A Lakapi Samoa billboard in Apia

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National Olympic body to oversee arrangement for rugby in Samoa

Sodelpa leaders announce coalition partner

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

December 21, 2022

TVNZ's Kaupapa Māori Debate

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NZ’s Te Tiriti, gangs and grocery prices – parties clash in...

October 30, 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

Pacific Islands Forum flags

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More Pacific Islands Forum summit leaders pull out as crisis grows

July 12, 2022

Samoan PM La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt

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Samoan PM back home as journalist alleges assault outside his residence

November 17, 2025

FijiFirst party leader Voreqe Bainimarama

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Provisional results in Fiji election show ruling FijiFirst party in the...

December 15, 2022

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

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

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

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Fiji PM Rabuka delays vote on Constitution Bill after mounting pressure

November 2, 2026

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...

November 2, 2026

JAWS president Lagi Keresoma

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Samoan PM bans nation’s only newspaper from government access

Pacific Media Watch -

November 18, 2025

Fiji police officers standing outside the Criminal Investigations Department in Toorak where Sitiveni Rabuka was taken for questioning

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Fiji elections: Rabuka calls for calm after police interrogation

December 17, 2022

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating in the Gaza flotilla detainees video

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Peters condemns Israeli minister over flotilla video as 3 Kiwis detained

May 21, 2026

New Zealand electon voting papers being printed

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New Zealand election: Where political parties stand on Pasifika issues

October 27, 2026

Police make 89 arrests at Parliament protest

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

March 3, 2022

Emmanuel Macron arrives in Nouméa

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French President Emmanuel Macron lands in Nouméa amid unrest

May 23, 2024

Former NZ prime minister Helen Clark

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NZ ‘lagging behind’ world by failing to recognise Palestinian statehood, says...

August 1, 2025

Johnson and Jaqueline Yandam

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

May 27, 2024

Pro-independence Papuan rebels fighters take a NZ pilot hostage

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Papuan rebels seize NZ pilot hostage, set local plane on fire,...

February 7, 2023

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

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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

"'Ungrounding' is a kind of destruction that we have not seen anywhere else

Asia Report

‘Ungrounding’ – Eyal Weizman on Gaza genocide and Israel’s ‘architecture of...

Activist Achmat Eesau

Asia Report

Palestine genocide protesters in NZ condemn ‘Balfour betrayal’

PSNA national spokesperson Rinad Tamimi with her 95-year-old grandfather in Hebron

Asia Report

PSNA calls on NZ to expel Israeli ambassador after 95-year-old Palestinian...

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Fiji PM Rabuka delays vote on Constitution Bill after mounting pressure

EDITOR'S PICKS

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Fiji PM Rabuka delays vote on Constitution Bill after mounting pressure

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...

A section of the cover of New Zealand author Peter Macky's new book, Gaza: Anatomy of a Genocide

Asia Report

NZ author praised over new book ‘bearing witness’ to Gaza genocide

Major-General Ro Jone Kalouniwai

Culture

Fiji military seeks end to constitutional immunity, pledges neutrality

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

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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Fiji PM Rabuka delays vote on Constitution Bill after mounting pressure

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...

A section of the cover of New Zealand author Peter Macky's new book, Gaza: Anatomy of a Genocide

Asia Report

NZ author praised over new book ‘bearing witness’ to Gaza genocide

Major-General Ro Jone Kalouniwai

Culture

Fiji military seeks end to constitutional immunity, pledges neutrality