CLOSE
  • News
  • Analysis
  • Reportage
    • Pacific Report
    • Asia Report
    • APJS newsfile
    • Climate
  • Country
    • Pacific Report
      • Australia
      • Cook Islands
      • Federated States of Micronesia
      • Fiji
      • Kiribati
      • Marshall Islands
      • Nauru
      • New Caledonia
      • New Zealand
      • Niue
      • Palau-Belau
      • Papua New Guinea
      • Rapanui
      • Samoa
      • Solomon Islands
      • Tahiti
      • Timor-Leste
      • Tokelau
      • Tonga
      • Tuvalu
      • Vanuatu
      • West Papua
    • Asia Report
      • Brunei
      • Cambodia
      • China
      • Indonesia
      • Lao
      • Malaysia
      • Myanmar
      • Philippines
      • Singapore
      • Vietnam
      • Thailand
      • Other
  • Editor’s Picks
  • Multimedia
    • Multimedia
    • PMC on Demand
    • Audio
    • Gallery
    • Video
  • PMC on Demand
Saturday, March 21, 2026
  • Login
  • About Asia Pacific Report
  • Contact
  • EveningReport.nz
  • Pacific Media Centre
Asia Pacific Report
Asia Pacific Report Asia Pacific Report
  • News
  • Analysis
  • Reportage
    • Pacific Report
    • Asia Report
    • APJS newsfile
    • Climate
  • Country
    • Pacific Report
      • Australia
      • Cook Islands
      • Federated States of Micronesia
      • Fiji
      • Kiribati
      • Marshall Islands
      • Nauru
      • New Caledonia
      • New Zealand
      • Niue
      • Palau-Belau
      • Papua New Guinea
      • Rapanui
      • Samoa
      • Solomon Islands
      • Tahiti
      • Timor-Leste
      • Tokelau
      • Tonga
      • Tuvalu
      • Vanuatu
      • West Papua
    • Asia Report
      • Brunei
      • Cambodia
      • China
      • Indonesia
      • Lao
      • Malaysia
      • Myanmar
      • Philippines
      • Singapore
      • Vietnam
      • Thailand
      • Other
  • Editor’s Picks
    • An appeal advertisement for Jewish National Fund Australia
      Asia Report

      Australian charities funding Israel’s illegal settlements ‘untouchable’, says Labor govt

      China and the Solomon Islands media
      Analysis

      China’s growing grip on the fragile Solomon Islands media sector

      The Strait of Hormuz
      Analysis

      Iran’s ‘Samson option’ : Deterrence restored or nothing – the logic…

      Opposition Labour leader Chris Hipkins (left) receives the Iran war petition from Greenpeace executive director Dr Russel Norman
      Asia Report

      Thousands urge NZ prime minister Luxon to condemn illegal US-Israeli war…

      "Don't mine the moana"
      Analysis

      Project Vault: Peace in the moana or military outpost?

  • Multimedia
    • Multimedia
    • PMC on Demand
    • Audio
    • Gallery
    • Video
  • PMC on Demand
US Capitol insurrection
Global

To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in...

Pacific Media Watch -
January 22, 2021
0
Lawyer Greg Sheppard
Crime

PNG police arrest Australian lawyer on K268m mining trust fund charges

APR editor -
January 22, 2021
0
President Joe Biden
Analysis

Joe Biden sends a clear message to watching world – America’s...

APR editor -
January 21, 2021
0
Manokwari police convoy
Asia Report

ULMWP accuses Indonesia of ‘ethnic cleansing’, aggression against Papuans

Pacific Media Watch -
January 21, 2021
0
Cebu 8
Asia Report

Chancellor defends UP as ‘bastion of academic freedom’ against military

APR editor -
January 20, 2021
0
US Capitol
Analysis

As Joe Biden becomes president, US still reels from deadly consequences...

APR editor -
January 20, 2021
0
Sir John Guide Stadium
Coronavirus

Papua New Guineans defy national mask-wearing rules in spite of covid

APR editor -
January 20, 2021
0
Digital platforms
Analysis

The Conversation’s submission to the Australian Senate Inquiry into the News...

Pacific Media Watch -
January 20, 2021
0
Helen Clark 2021
Coronavirus

Helen Clark-led covid-19 review panel calls for ‘global reset’ over pandemic

APR editor -
January 19, 2021
0
Fiji's Nazhat Shameem
Coronavirus

‘Walk the talk’ human rights warning from Fiji NGO over UN...

Pacific Media Watch -
January 19, 2021
0
President Widodo
Asia Report

Jokowi prioritised business interests at expense of jobs and lives, says...

Pacific Media Watch -
January 18, 2021
0
An expatriate covid19 case
Coronavirus

Expatriate in PNG tests positive with covid and admitted to private...

APR editor -
January 18, 2021
0
Usaia Masuwale
Coronavirus

Fijian health worker receives two covid vaccine shots and supports their...

APR editor -
January 17, 2021
0
Six of K Road Chroniclesvideo
Human Rights

K Road Chronicles – looking at NZ’s homelessness from the inside

APR editor -
January 17, 2021
0
MAF missionary plane
Aviation

Confusion reigns over real reasons for burning of missionary plane in...

Pacific Media Watch -
January 16, 2021
0
Social media RSF
Democracy

RSF calls for ‘democratic obligations’ on leading digital players over Trump

Pacific Media Watch -
January 16, 2021
0
Coronavirus

Controversy over renaming Tahiti’s hospital after Chirac amid covid crisis

APR editor -
January 15, 2021
0
Cook Islands hammock
Cook Islands

One-way Cook Islands travel bubble to NZ to begin next week

APR editor -
January 15, 2021
0
"Chaos in Washington"
Democracy

How Trump’s populist narrative led directly to the US Capitol attack

APR editor -
January 15, 2021
0
Covid vaccines
Coronavirus

Iwi Chairs forum urges covid cap on NZ-bound travel, faster vaccine...

APR editor -
January 15, 2021
0
NZ 'freedom' rally
Coronavirus

Billy Te Kahika spreads covid-19 misinformation at Parliament rally

APR editor -
January 14, 2021
0
Wait Here
Analysis

With covid-19 mutating and surging, NZ urgently needs to tighten border...

APR editor -
January 14, 2021
0
1...244245246...424Page 245 of 424

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

Load more

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

Load more

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 Robievideo
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

Tweet to @DavidRobie
Tweets by DavidRobie

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

Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Will Israel and the US wreck the Gulf States...

"Don't mine the moana"
Analysis

Project Vault: Peace in the moana or military outpost?

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

Vanuatu newspaper faces football coverage ban after ‘lesbianism’ headline

An appeal advertisement for Jewish National Fund Australia
Asia Report

Australian charities funding Israel’s illegal settlements ‘untouchable’, says Labor govt

EDITOR'S PICKS

An appeal advertisement for Jewish National Fund Australia
Asia Report

Australian charities funding Israel’s illegal settlements ‘untouchable’, says Labor govt

China and the Solomon Islands media
Analysis

China’s growing grip on the fragile Solomon Islands media sector

The Strait of Hormuz
Analysis

Iran’s ‘Samson option’ : Deterrence restored or nothing – the logic...

Opposition Labour leader Chris Hipkins (left) receives the Iran war petition from Greenpeace executive director Dr Russel Norman
Asia Report

Thousands urge NZ prime minister Luxon to condemn illegal US-Israeli war...

Load more

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

Repression is a characteristic of Iranian government policy, but not the only characteristic
Analysis

Ian Powell: Iran, US imperialism and the New Zealand lapdog

Fiji and Israel established diplomatic relations in 1970
Asia Report

Fiji set to host Israel and UAE embassies in Suva to...

An appeal advertisement for Jewish National Fund Australia
Asia Report

Australian charities funding Israel’s illegal settlements ‘untouchable’, says Labor govt

China and the Solomon Islands media
Analysis

China’s growing grip on the fragile Solomon Islands media sector

Editor's Picks

An appeal advertisement for Jewish National Fund Australia

Australian charities funding Israel’s illegal settlements ‘untouchable’, says Labor govt

March 20, 2026
China and the Solomon Islands media

China’s growing grip on the fragile Solomon Islands media sector

March 20, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz

Iran’s ‘Samson option’ : Deterrence restored or nothing – the logic...

March 18, 2026
Opposition Labour leader Chris Hipkins (left) receives the Iran war petition from Greenpeace executive director Dr Russel Norman

Thousands urge NZ prime minister Luxon to condemn illegal US-Israeli war...

March 18, 2026
"Don't mine the moana"

Project Vault: Peace in the moana or military outpost?

March 18, 2026
Load more

Popular Reports

"A bright future." Graphic: Mr Fish

Chris Hedges: The world according to Gaza – it’s only the...

March 16, 2026
MCPNG president Neville Choi

MCPNG and UN hold media freedom talks in wake of attacks...

March 18, 2026
Iranian Israeli political activist and editor Orly Noy

As Israel keeps bombing Iran, Palestinians face growing violence in West...

March 17, 2026
With censorship and propaganda shaping coverage of the war on Iran on all sides, news audiences are having to navigate a confused and often misleading maze of information

War on Iran: Propaganda in overdrive as Trump’s war spirals out...

March 17, 2026
South Africa's genocide in Gaza case against Israel at the ICJ

US, Fiji intervene for Israel in South Africa’s Gaza genocide case...

March 16, 2026
Load more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

  • Pacific Report8133
  • Politics5871
  • Human Rights4576
  • Syndicate4397
  • Global3816
  • New Zealand3488
  • Indigenous2829
  • RNZ Pacific2523
  • Media2213
  • Pacific Media Watch1906
  • Asia Report1876
  • Security1817
  • Democracy1815
  • Military1642
  • Fiji1640
CREATIVE COMMONS
Creative Commons LicenseCopyright: Content on Asia Pacific Report is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Contact us: newseditor@AsiaPacificReport.nz
FOLLOW US
© Site Copyright 2021 - AsiaPacificReport.nz