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Joseph Vaa, 27, admitted gunning down suspected "Coconut Cartel" ringleader Lorenzo Lemalu Tovia outside a restaurant last week. Vaa's associate, Steve Tofa, 23, has confessed to being his accomplice in the shooting

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Samoan nationals could face death penalty over ‘Coconut Cartel’ killing in Vietnam

May 29, 2026

The moment "Coconut Cartel" ringleader Lorenzo Lemalu Tovia was gunned down

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Samoan police investigate after pair admit killing ‘Coconut Cartel’ ringleader in Vietnam

Moana Pasifika captain Miracle Fai'ilagi (centre) with head coach Tana Umaga (right) and talent manager Kevin Senio

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Moana Pasifika captain hopeful their final whistle hasn’t blown yet

Half of the Marshall Islands' 50,000-strong population live in the capital city of Majuro

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Marshall Islands nuclear legacy: report highlights lack of health research

Reporter Rakesh Kumar (from left) and chief editor Fred Wesley from The Fiji Times, and editor Samantha Magick of Islands Business

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Historic day for Fiji journalism as ‘draconian’ media law scrapped

New Zealand's nuclear-free zone since 1987

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Non-negotiable: Christopher Luxon says NZ’s nuclear-free stance not changing

June 2, 2026

Among Pasifika awardees in the 2026 King's Birthday Honours List

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NZ King’s Birthday Honours 2026: Pasifika people among those recognised

June 1, 2026

The Hīkoi mō te Tiriti in Huntly

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Hīkoi day four: Setting off from Huntly on way to Wellington...

November 14, 2024

Film director Dandhy Laksono

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

Pacific Media Watch -

May 26, 2026

New Zealand . . . steadily pushing Pacific regional defence co-operation on a number of fronts

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Pacific concerns about militarisation – and NZ’s role as part of...

May 22, 2026

Moana Pasifika head coach Tana Umaga sings and dances along to a cultural song after Saturday's Super Rugby Pacific Round 15 match

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‘We always stay hopeful’, says Umaga on Moana Pasifika’s future

May 25, 2026

An ATR-72 aircraft from Air Calédonie

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New Caledonia’s domestic airline AirCal files for bankruptcy

March 29, 2026

The Fiji HIV crisis

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‘We’re doing something about it’ – Fiji’s health minister defends HIV...

March 31, 2026

New All Blacks head coach Dave Rennie

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‘I know she’d be really proud’ – NZ’s first Pasifika heritage...

March 5, 2026

Voting in the last Kanaky New Caledonian provincial elections in 2019 - before the covid pandemic

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French Constitutional Council approves changes to New Caledonia’s electoral roll

June 1, 2026

French President Emmanuel Macron and Papua New Guinea PM James Marape meeting

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PNG prime minister visits France, plans to open Paris embassy

May 26, 2026

Author Shana Chandra

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Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

April 28, 2026

Taiātea Symposium at Waitangi 2026

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Indigenous and Pacific leaders unite at Waitangi with shared messages on...

February 5, 2026

Vanuatu national women's football team playing Fiji last week in the FIFA 2027 World Cup Oceania Qualifiers

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Vanuatu newspaper faces football coverage ban after ‘lesbianism’ headline

Pacific Media Watch -

March 16, 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

Dumped All Blacks coach Scott Roberston

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Mixed reactions to shock axing of All Blacks coach Scott Robertson

January 15, 2026

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

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

East Sepik Governor Allan Bird . . . similar risks to last year in this year's budget with overly optimistic revenue forecasts

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East Sepik Governor Bird slams Marape’s ‘risky’ 2026 Budget overspend

November 27, 2025

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

Armed police at Auckland's LynnMall

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Auckland terror attacker ‘brainwashed’ by neighbours, mother says

September 5, 2021

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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

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

Disappeared Pesta Babi star Yasinta Moiwend - Mama Sinta

Asia Report

Indonesia has ‘kidnapped’ Pesta Babi star to cover up ecocide, claims...

FLNKS president Christian Téin

Civil Society

Case dismissed for pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin

Fiji police questioning protesters at the pro-Palestine picket across the street from the new Israeli Embassy in Suva being officially opened today

Asia Report

Fiji police question protesters over picket against opening of Israel embassy

Fiji police talk to a Palestine protest organiser, Fiji Women's Crisis Centre coordinator Shamima Ali

Asia Report

Palestine supporters stage pickets in 3 cities in Fiji, NZ protesting...

EDITOR'S PICKS

Author May Pik

Analysis

May Pik: Waking up from a Zionist nightmare, let’s carry the...

Germany defeated in the UN Security Council vote

Analysis

Lim Tean: Why standing on the wrong side of history cost...

A mini banner inspired and dedicated to Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network and the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre protests

Arts

Fijians for Palestine – an antidote to ‘Suva sycophancy’ over Israel

FLNKS president Christian Téin

Civil Society

Case dismissed for pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin

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Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

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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

Government field officers assess the condition of communities and collapsed structures in General Santos City

Asia Report

Tsunami advisories issued in Pacific after 7.8 Philippines earthquake

Germany defeated in the UN Security Council vote

Analysis

Lim Tean: Why standing on the wrong side of history cost...

A mini banner inspired and dedicated to Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network and the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre protests

Arts

Fijians for Palestine – an antidote to ‘Suva sycophancy’ over Israel

FLNKS president Christian Téin

Civil Society

Case dismissed for pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin