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A massive NZ rescue and aid operation follows the devastation left by Cyclone Gabrielle, especially in the Hawke's Bay and Gisborne regions

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Cyclone Gabrielle: NZ death toll rises, ‘grave concerns’ for several missing

February 16, 2023

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

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NZ parliament covid protesters ‘not interested in engaging’, says Ardern

Tahitian pro-independence Oscar Temaru leader

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Temaru accuses Tahitian minister of libel over China seabed deal claim

HMAS Adelaide ... en route for Tonga

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Covid-19 cases confirmed aboard HMAS Adelaide bound for Tonga

An abandoned Moruroa atoll nuclear bunker

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France pays out US$16m on nearly 100 Tahiti nuclear compensation claims

Fa'anānā Efeso Collins (left) and Wayne Brown

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NZ local elections: A Pacific mayor possible for biggest city Auckland?

October 7, 2022

Destiny Church's Brian Tamaki

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Brian Tamaki remanded in custody for alleged breach of bail conditions

January 17, 2022

NZ National Party leader Judith Collins

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NZ support for opposition leader Judith Collins dives in new poll

May 17, 2021

NZ SeaRise maps website

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Cyber attack on NZ sea level website blamed on anti-climate critics...

May 2, 2022

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Black Sheep: NZ’s story of white supremacy

March 26, 2019

Climate provisions in New Zealand's Budget 2023

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Budget 2023: NZ’s climate and science sectors react to wins and...

May 19, 2023

Noumea covid-19 lockdown

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France declares covid-19 emergency in New Caledonia as cases surge to...

September 9, 2021

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Opposition MP jailed – Nauru 19 protesters await appeal ruling

Pacific Media Watch -

April 29, 2019

PNG's Oro Governor Gary Juffa

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Marape government encourages ‘honest debate, dissent’, says Juffa

January 3, 2023

Covid-19 testing

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Four new covid cases in NZ – two community and two...

September 20, 2020

Samoan community

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Samoa health director calls on public to stop rumour-fed covid panic

August 20, 2020

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USP to enforce report on mismanagement and abuse of office

September 1, 2019

Fiji police check covid-19 protocols

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Fijians urged to take omicron virus variant seriously amid global spread

December 20, 2021

The Montevideo Maru

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Anzac ceremony to recall those who died on torpedoed Japanese freighter

April 29, 2023

Dozens of activists of the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua protesters stage sit-in in North Maluku

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Indonesian protesters call for release of West Papua Morning Star detainees

December 6, 2022

Pacific Islands Forum flags

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More Pacific Islands Forum summit leaders pull out as crisis grows

July 12, 2022

Dr Ashley Bloomfield

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One new NZ case of covid in isolation as Bloomfield says...

August 11, 2020

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WHO’s exclusion of Taiwan endangers global coronavirus fight, says Palau

May 2, 2020

NZ Foreign Miinister Winston Peters

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NZ’s Peters criticises Security Council at UN, says Gaza ‘a wasteland’

April 9, 2024

CNMI Governor Ralph Torres

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Northern Marianas governor Torres impeached over corruption allegations

January 13, 2022

NZ covid-19 delta variant

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NZ delta’s tail is ‘long and tough’, says PM Jacinda Ardern

September 19, 2021

A Goundar Shipping vessel

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Ship runs aground in Fiji – then its rescue vessel capsizes

June 4, 2025

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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

RNZ Pacific

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

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

Professor David Robie

Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration

Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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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

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The cocaine was being transported on a ship sailing under Togo's flag

RNZ Pacific

4.87 tonnes of cocaine seized in French Polynesian waters – bound...

For more than two years, free movement in and out of Gaza has been prohibited

Asia Report

Israeli Supreme Court hearing on press access to Gaza looms –...

The author, Laurens Ikinia, with a well-preserved mummy from the Hubula tribe in Wamena

Analysis

Jakarta at crossroads – can President Prabowo connect with Papuan hearts?

"It would not come as a shock to any of the students I teach in prison. Militarised police in poor urban neighborhoods kick down doors without warrants and kill with the same impunity and lack of accountability"

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Chris Hedges: We sowed the wind, now we will reap the...

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The author, Laurens Ikinia, with a well-preserved mummy from the Hubula tribe in Wamena

Analysis

Jakarta at crossroads – can President Prabowo connect with Papuan hearts?

Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs Chairman Ratu Viliame Seruvakula and Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Analysis

Eroding trust in Fiji politics – lessons of 2025 and beyond

"It would not come as a shock to any of the students I teach in prison. Militarised police in poor urban neighborhoods kick down doors without warrants and kill with the same impunity and lack of accountability"

Asia Report

Chris Hedges: We sowed the wind, now we will reap the...

US President Donald Trump

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Kalafi Moala: My view of tyrannical Trump

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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

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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The author, Laurens Ikinia, with a well-preserved mummy from the Hubula tribe in Wamena

Analysis

Jakarta at crossroads – can President Prabowo connect with Papuan hearts?

A Vanuatu passport

RNZ Pacific

Vanuatu citizenship sales strong despite currency hassles and integrity issues

"It would not come as a shock to any of the students I teach in prison. Militarised police in poor urban neighborhoods kick down doors without warrants and kill with the same impunity and lack of accountability"

Asia Report

Chris Hedges: We sowed the wind, now we will reap the...

Samoan author and playwright Papali'i Sia Figiel

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Samoan playwright found dead in prison, local media report