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First report tracking Samoan youth unemployment to help policy

Brandon Ulfsby -

June 28, 2017

"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

FCOSS chief executive officer Vani Catanasiga

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

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

Socio-Economics

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

Fiji Trades Union Congress board member Daniel Urai (left) and Fiji Trade Union Congress national secretary Felix Anthony

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Call for legal shield for Fiji National Provident Fund in review hearing

Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine

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Marshall Islands president warns of threat to Pacific Islands Forum unity

August 5, 2025

Jacinda Ardern and Christopher Luxon

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Gordon Campbell: On gendered perceptions in Aotearoa politics

April 18, 2022

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Contribution by Pacific community more than money, says academic

Rahul Bhattarai -

November 21, 2018

The US District Court in Washington

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Victory for US press freedom and workers – court grants injunction...

Pacific Media Watch -

April 23, 2025

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O’Neill replies on Maseratis, shuns ‘racist’ critic as opponents call strike

October 15, 2018

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'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

Women make up a large portion of the journalism profession

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Bad news – why Australia is losing a generation of journalists

Pacific Media Watch -

April 17, 2025

Australia’s aid to the Pacific has been "greenwashed"

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Australia accused of ‘bullying’ Pacific over climate action, ‘buying silence’

November 4, 2021

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#COP21: Expert warns climate crisis worse than we think, scientists self-censoring...

December 9, 2015

Fiji's port in the capital of Suva

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Fiji slapped with Trump’s highest tariffs among Pacific countries

April 3, 2025

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

Socio-Economics

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

March 1, 2023

Media

Top journo students honoured at USP’s award night

October 26, 2016

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Gays and lesbians feel heat of discrimination and prejudice in Indonesia

Michael Neilson -

March 2, 2016

Kerema open air market

Socio-Economics

Rebecca Kuku: PNG’s Gulf Province, ignored for too long but now...

December 31, 2020

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‘Despicable’ Youi wins Roger Award for ‘worst transnational’ in NZ

April 7, 2017

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

Socio-Economics

Dramatic growth of NZ’s Māori economy highlights new report

March 14, 2025

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PACER Plus not final – PNG says no, Fiji lukewarm, Vanuatu...

August 31, 2016

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

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

Socio-Economics

China confirms ‘in-depth exchange’ with Cook Islands as New Zealand faces...

February 14, 2025

It was 2019 when a group of law students at the University of the South Pacific’s campus in Port Vila, the harbourside capital of Vanuatu, were set a challenge

Socio-Economics

How Pacific students took their climate fight to the world’s highest...

July 29, 2025

Pacific Report

NCDs in the Pacific a ‘man-made crisis’, says FAO

November 1, 2016

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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"

Socio-Economics

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

"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

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

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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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"From Gadigal to Gaza, long live the Intifada"

Australia

Herzog’s visit to Australia builds conflict not social cohesion

The designations render the two Micronesian politicians and their immediate family members ineligible for entry into the US

Crime

US designates two Micronesian leaders over corruption allegations

New Zealand silent over the cemetery desecration

Decolonisation

PSNA calls on govt to condemn Israeli desecration of New Zealand...

NSW police stand over a bleeding and capsicum-sprayed protester

Australia

NSW Premier Minns’ police attack Muslims in prayer, peaceful Gaza protesters

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"Cowardice may be disguised by violence but is demeaning"

Analysis

Stuart Rees: Cowardice over Gaza dressed up as authority on Sydney’s...

An anti-Netanyahu placard at an Israeli rally

Asia Report

Israel could collapse before its centennial, warns retired Israeli general

A scene of NSW police brutality raining blows on a young man in a keffiyeh in Sydney

Asia Report

Amnesty calls for independent probe of ‘shocking’ Australian police violence against...

"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...

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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

"Cowardice may be disguised by violence but is demeaning"

Analysis

Stuart Rees: Cowardice over Gaza dressed up as authority on Sydney’s...

An anti-Netanyahu placard at an Israeli rally

Asia Report

Israel could collapse before its centennial, warns retired Israeli general

A scene of NSW police brutality raining blows on a young man in a keffiyeh in Sydney

Asia Report

Amnesty calls for independent probe of ‘shocking’ Australian police violence against...

"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...