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The colonnaded Widener Library looks out over Tercentenary Theatre at the heart of Harvard’s campus.

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Obama praises Harvard for ‘setting example’ to universities resisting Trump

April 15, 2025

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 free card’

NZ's Foreign Minister Winston Peters now more optimistic

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US might not cut pledged Pacific aid, says NZ foreign minister

Fiji's port in the capital of Suva

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Fiji slapped with Trump’s highest tariffs among Pacific countries

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown (centre) during his trip to China

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China confirms ‘in-depth exchange’ with Cook Islands as New Zealand faces criticism for bullying

Māori entities have grown from contributing $17 billion to New Zealand's GDP

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Dramatic growth of NZ’s Māori economy highlights new report

March 14, 2025

A candidate’s campaign poster for Vanuatu’s snap general election next week on January 16

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Vanuatu election 2025: Earthquake aftershocks expose high cost of democracy

January 11, 2025

PNG's Vice-Minister for Planning James Nomane

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‘Quit lip service’ and reshuffle PNG cabinet for national benefit, says...

September 18, 2023

President-to-be Moetai Brotherson

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Tahiti’s pro-independence ‘blue wave’ back at helm with decisive win

May 2, 2023

Israel destroying Gaza and now Jenin

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Mars, watch out — President Trump’s coming for you too

January 24, 2025

Kiribati President Taneti Maamau (left) and NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

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NZ-Kiribati fallout: Maamau govt minister says ‘impacts to be felt by...

January 28, 2025

Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa

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Samoa PM calls on world leaders to ‘leave nationalism behind’ to...

September 20, 2023

An upgraded HMAS Stirling in Western Australia

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Nuclear submarines may never appear, but AUKUS is already in place

March 20, 2024

Tuvalu's Transport, Energy, and Communications Minister Simon Kofe

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‘We have to keep pressuring Australia to do the right thing’,...

October 27, 2024

NFP president Parmod Chand (left) and Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry

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NFP president slams Labour leader for ‘hallucinating’ about Fiji governance

November 18, 2024

Entrepreneur Joelle Holland

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Baby product business to teach Māori children pride in culture

September 15, 2023

Latest ICPP report shows that the global emissions over the last decade highest ever

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Climate change: IPCC scientist warns world ‘pretty much out of time’

April 5, 2022

Jacinda Ardern and Christopher Luxon

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Gordon Campbell: On gendered perceptions in Aotearoa politics

April 18, 2022

Professor Biman Prasad addressing the Pacific Update conference

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‘Other people’s wars’, climate crisis – South Pacific not in good...

June 21, 2023

PNG Prime Minister James Marape

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PNG eyes China for more ‘cheaper’ loans as ties gain momentum

October 12, 2023

Rioting in Kukum Highway, Honiara,

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Solomon Islands riots push nation into slippery slide of self-implosion

November 25, 2021

Homeless Raymond Green and his worldly possessions

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Being homeless in PNG is a ‘death sentence’, says Moresby’s Raymond

September 13, 2023

Funki Uin waiting in vain for a pension pay out

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Growing controversy over ‘blocked’ PNG next-of-kin pension pay outs

August 10, 2023

"Thousands of casual academic staff were laid off during covid-19 pandemic closures

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‘Shameful wage stealing’ endemic at Australian universities, says report

March 1, 2023

Labour leader Chris Hipkins has shown no sign he is capable of leading the rejuvenation policy the party needs

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NZ election 2023: Labour’s disconnect with the electorate – and with...

October 2, 2023

Mark Brown and Jacinda Ardern

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Cook Islands PM on travel bubble: ‘Today, we start to rebuild’

May 4, 2021

FCOSS chief executive officer Vani Catanasiga

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Fiji faces more children being in trouble over ‘ice’, warns FCOSS

July 31, 2023

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

Climate

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

Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

Coronavirus

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

Analysis

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

Coronavirus

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

Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

BEARING WITNESS

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?

Bearing Witness

Fiji to set up relocation trust fund for villages hit by...

Bearing Witness

Banabans climate change student documentary chosen for third festival

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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

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Part of the "inclusiveness" wall at Marshall Islands High School

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350.org's Fiji community organiser George Nacewa

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Pacific climate activists join 180+ groups calling on COP30 hosts Brazil...

Fiji Defence Minister Pio Tikoduadua

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Maldives President Dr Mohamed Muizzu

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Part of the "inclusiveness" wall at Marshall Islands High School

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The colonnaded Widener Library looks out over Tercentenary Theatre at the heart of Harvard’s campus.

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Obama praises Harvard for ‘setting example’ to universities resisting Trump

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

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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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Fiji Defence Minister Pio Tikoduadua

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Fiji defence minister draws flak for six-week trip to meet peacekeepers

Maldives President Dr Mohamed Muizzu

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NZ’s Palestine Forum calls on Luxon to take ‘firm stand’ over...

Part of the "inclusiveness" wall at Marshall Islands High School

Culture

Trump’s racist, corrupt agenda – like a bank robbery in broad...

The colonnaded Widener Library looks out over Tercentenary Theatre at the heart of Harvard’s campus.

Socio-Economics

Obama praises Harvard for ‘setting example’ to universities resisting Trump