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Trump’s World Cup — no sportwashing, a platform for supporting peoples’ struggles

June 12, 2026

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

Sports

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

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

Sports

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

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

Sports

Vanuatu newspaper faces football coverage ban after ‘lesbianism’ headline

New All Blacks head coach Dave Rennie

Sports

‘I know she’d be really proud’ – NZ’s first Pasifika heritage All Blacks coach

Sports consultant and journalist Charlie Charters

Sports

Fiji critic’s whistleblower case escalates anti-corruption crisis

February 26, 2026

Dumped All Blacks coach Scott Roberston

Sports

Mixed reactions to shock axing of All Blacks coach Scott Robertson

January 15, 2026

Mele Ikiua with four of her five children: Eunique Ikiua (from left), Kaira-Jo Talagi-Ikiua, Topui Jnr Talagi-Ikiua, Mele, and Hannah Edwards-Ikiua

Sports

Pasifika recipients say King’s Birthday honours not just theirs alone

June 2, 2025

The controversial 2024 Amsterdam football clashes

Sports

PSNA says broadcast ruling a warning to NZ news media to...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 12, 2025

In the wake of an ugly eruption of violence on the streets of Amsterdam in November 2024, the Western media coverage of the story was put under the microscope

Sports

Inaccurate 1News reporting on football violence breached broadcasting standards, rules BSA

Pacific Media Watch -

April 30, 2025

An artist's impression of Quay Park stadium - Te Tōangaroa

Sports

‘Turn it into a retirement village’: Inside the war of words...

January 28, 2025

Pride Marianas founder Roberto Santos

Sports

Northern Mariana Islands advocates hit back at Trump diversity directives

January 23, 2025

Israeli tennis player and ex-soldier Lina Glushko

Sports

Palestine protest group condemns NZ’s ‘normalisation of apartheid’ – Israeli tennis...

December 30, 2024

Australian breakdancing champion Rachael Gunn

Sports

Breaking bad: Why Australia’s Raygun scored zero in Olympics debut

August 12, 2024

Tahitian surfer Kauli Vaast

Sports

French Polynesia’s homeboy ‘King of Teahupo’o’ wins Olympic surf gold

August 6, 2024

All smiles . . . Kara Ravulo in action at a Fijian Drua rugby union match

Sports

Trailblazer of Fijian Drua Media: How Kara Ravulo sailed unforeseen waters

July 30, 2024

Fijiana lost 14-17 to Canada

Sports

Paris Olympics: Fijiana sevens on thin ice after losing two games

July 29, 2024

France’s Antoine Dupont races away from the Fiji defence

Sports

Fiji falls short as Dupont rallies France to claim Olympics rugby...

July 28, 2024

The Aranui, Tahiti's floating Olympic village and hotel for the surfing event

Sports

Paris Olympics in Tahiti: Surfing by day, luxury floating at night

July 28, 2024

The Palestinian Olympic team made its entry into the Paris Games

Sports

World has ‘failed’ Palestinians, says Palestine’s UN envoy

July 27, 2024

New Fiji sevens coach Osea Kolinisau as a player

Sports

Kolinisau named new Fiji 7s coach after Gollings’ failure to win...

March 9, 2024

Flying Fijians fullback Sireli Maqala tries to dance his way through the Portugese defence

Sports

RWC2023: England will be tougher opponent for Flying Fijians in quarters,...

October 10, 2023

Latifah Anum Siregar, director of the Alliance for Democracy for Papua (right), speaks

Sports

West Papua’s human rights issues under spotlight for Jubi film launch

Pacific Media Watch -

October 3, 2023

Vinaya Habosi of Fiji celebrates scoring

Sports

RWC2023: Fijians survive tough battle but yet to confirm quarterfinal spot

October 1, 2023

Scotland's wing Darcy Graham is tackled by Tonga's tighthead prop Ben Tameifuna during the Rugby World Cup

Sports

RWC2023: Tonga outscored and outpointed by Scotland in Nice

September 25, 2023

Argentina's wing Emiliano Boffelli (left) scores a try in WRC2023

Sports

RWC2023: Boffelli lifts Pumas to win as Manu Samoa rues lost...

September 23, 2023

Manu Samoa training ahead of their game against the Pumas

Sports

RWC2023: Manu Samoa motivated for ‘huge game’ against Argentina

September 22, 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"

Asia Report

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

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

The lack of proportionality is the key

Asia Report

They’re saying the attack on Iran was ‘proportional’ – here are...

Political commentator appointed The Post chief editor Matthew Hooton

Analysis

Stuff stuns with ‘bold’ call on new Post editor

"You blow up a girls' school."

Asia Report

Tucker Carlson: Facing up to the Iran war irony – who...

An educational in-depth view of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monumen

Business

Trump’s fishing decision threatens Pacific communities, NGO warns

EDITOR'S PICKS

"You blow up a girls' school."

Asia Report

Tucker Carlson: Facing up to the Iran war irony – who...

Political commentator appointed The Post chief editor Matthew Hooton

Analysis

Stuff stuns with ‘bold’ call on new Post editor

An educational in-depth view of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monumen

Business

Trump’s fishing decision threatens Pacific communities, NGO warns

Wellington writer Eugene Doyle

Asia Report

Eugene Doyle: Why I’ll be marching for global peace on June...

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

"You blow up a girls' school."

Asia Report

Tucker Carlson: Facing up to the Iran war irony – who...

The whistleblowing soldiers of 1967 admitted their job was not to “fight the enemy” – or “eradicate the terrorists”, as Israeli leaders now term it. It was to kill and terrorise Palestinian civilians

Analysis

Jonathan Cook: How Israel planned the Gaza genocide decades ago

Political commentator appointed The Post chief editor Matthew Hooton

Analysis

Stuff stuns with ‘bold’ call on new Post editor

An educational in-depth view of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monumen

Business

Trump’s fishing decision threatens Pacific communities, NGO warns