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
Thursday, October 1, 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
    • A section of the cover of the new book Polynesian People’s Union designed by Kahu Fowler
      Culture

      From Resistance to the Ponsonby People’s Union, a courageous tale of…

      The new president of PINA, PNG's Neville Choi
      AI

      New PINA president pledges to strengthen Pacific newsrooms

      Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale
      Asia Report

      Pacific leaders urge Jakarta to allow UN rights visit to West…

      Manolos Aviation in Papua New Guinea carried out an emergency medical evacuation
      Editor’s Picks

      Mother rescued after triplets die in remote PNG community

      Investigative journalist Nicky Hager
      Analysis

      Dirty Work – shining a light on the machinery of NZ’s…

  • Multimedia
    • Multimedia
    • PMC on Demand
    • Audio
    • Gallery
    • Video
  • PMC on Demand
Fiji's Distinguished Professor Steven Ratuva
Education

Canterbury appoints Ratuva as first Te Amorangi in Pacific leadership team

APR editor -
February 27, 2023
0
Papua New Guinea's draft national media policy
Democracy

PNG’s proposed policy could lead to government control of the press

Pacific Media Watch -
February 27, 2023
0
Enga Governor Sir Peter Ipatas
Democracy

‘Leave media alone – let them do their job,’ Ipatas tells...

Pacific Media Watch -
February 27, 2023
0
Fijian Drua replacement Taniela Rakuro dives over to score the match winning try
Fiji

Halftime chat fires up Fiji Drua to thrilling win over Moana...

APR editor -
February 27, 2023
0
NZ pilot Philip Mehrtens with some of his West Papuan rebel captors
Analysis

Two countries, two kidnappings – Port Moresby shows Jakarta how it’s...

David Robie -
February 27, 2023
0
PNG Prime Minister James Marape shared this photo on Facebook of Professor Bryce Barker and one of his research colleagues after their release
Crime

‘Thank God’ says PM Marape in social media post about 3...

APR editor -
February 26, 2023
0
Crime reports as the post-cyclone Gabrielle clean-up operations continue
Crime

Cyclone Gabrielle: Police report number of uncontactable people down to single...

APR editor -
February 26, 2023
0
Flags of the Pacific Islands Forum members
Cook Islands

Pacific leaders commit to Forum reforms and ‘family unity’

APR editor -
February 26, 2023
0
Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau-a-Apanui takes Aotearoa New Zealand's Te Matatini champion title for the third time
Culture

Te Whānau-a-Apanui take Te Matatini kapa haka title 2023

APR editor -
February 25, 2023
0
FCOSS executive director Vani Catanasiga
Editor's Picks

West Papua: ‘We’re proud Fijians today’ over Rabuka support

APR editor -
February 25, 2023
0
A water spout off the Bay of Plenty coast near Waihi where a tornado hit
Disasters

Cyclone Gabrielle: Tornado hits Waihi Beach amid more wild weather in...

APR editor -
February 25, 2023
0
Future for Kanaky New Caledonia . . . FLNKS parties discuss options
Human Rights

FLNKS congress held ahead of ‘high stakes’ future talks with France

APR editor -
February 25, 2023
0
New Zealand moved back towards its traditional security relationships
Analysis

Ukraine a year on – how the invasion changed NZ foreign...

APR editor -
February 24, 2023
0
PNG Prime Minister James Marape
Crime

PNG’s Marape on the Mt Bosavi hostages: ‘Free them all’

APR editor -
February 24, 2023
0
An Eskdale road sign . . . one of the most devastated areas by Cyclone Gabrielle
Disasters

Cyclone Gabrielle: More heavy rain for NZ’s disaster-hit northern regions

APR editor -
February 24, 2023
0
West Papuan leader Benny Wenda (left) and Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
Editor's Picks

Rabuka backs call for West Papuan independence group to fully join...

APR editor -
February 24, 2023
0
NZ pilot Philip Mehrtens with his West Papuan rebel captors
Human Rights

NZ government ‘intervened’ to stop operation to save pilot, says Jakarta

APR editor -
February 24, 2023
0
PNG's Deputy Opposition Leader Tomuriesa
Crime

PNG’s warlords ‘dangerous’ and ‘outgun police’, warns Tomuriesa

APR editor -
February 24, 2023
0
PNG's draft national media development policy
Democracy

Information chief defends PNG’s draft policy as ‘strengthening’ media

Pacific Media Watch -
February 24, 2023
0
PNG's Information and Communication Technology Minister Timothy Masiu
Democracy

PNG government must withdraw ‘media control’ policy, says RSF

Pacific Media Watch -
February 24, 2023
0
Ten men from five clans in Komo LLG, Hela province
Crime

Priority with ‘greedy’ kidnappers is to return captives to families, says...

APR editor -
February 23, 2023
0
United Liberation Movement for West Papua president Benny Wenda (centre) with the Morning Star flag of independence and Fiji civil society members
Fiji

Wenda hopes to get plight of West Papuan people to PIF...

APR editor -
February 23, 2023
0
1...157158159...454Page 158 of 454

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

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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...

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

The new president of PINA, PNG's Neville Choi
AI

New PINA president pledges to strengthen Pacific newsrooms

Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
Democracy

‘Not set a date’ – Rabuka says Fiji election timing depends...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wanted on an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, begins his controversial speech at UNGA
Asia Report

‘Baseless lies meant to sanitise his genocide’ – Mayor Mamdani hits...

Negar Mortazavi, host of The Iran Podcast, talks to Al Jazeera's Listening Post
Asia Report

Selling the Iran war: Purges, polygraphs and propaganda

EDITOR'S PICKS

A section of the cover of the new book Polynesian People’s Union designed by Kahu Fowler
Culture

From Resistance to the Ponsonby People’s Union, a courageous tale of...

The new president of PINA, PNG's Neville Choi
AI

New PINA president pledges to strengthen Pacific newsrooms

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale
Asia Report

Pacific leaders urge Jakarta to allow UN rights visit to West...

Manolos Aviation in Papua New Guinea carried out an emergency medical evacuation
Editor's Picks

Mother rescued after triplets die in remote PNG community

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

A section of the cover of the new book Polynesian People’s Union designed by Kahu Fowler
Culture

From Resistance to the Ponsonby People’s Union, a courageous tale of...

The new president of PINA, PNG's Neville Choi
AI

New PINA president pledges to strengthen Pacific newsrooms

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale
Asia Report

Pacific leaders urge Jakarta to allow UN rights visit to West...

Manolos Aviation in Papua New Guinea carried out an emergency medical evacuation
Editor's Picks

Mother rescued after triplets die in remote PNG community

Editor's Picks

A section of the cover of the new book Polynesian People’s Union designed by Kahu Fowler

From Resistance to the Ponsonby People’s Union, a courageous tale of...

September 29, 2026
The new president of PINA, PNG's Neville Choi

New PINA president pledges to strengthen Pacific newsrooms

September 29, 2026
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

Pacific leaders urge Jakarta to allow UN rights visit to West...

September 29, 2026
Manolos Aviation in Papua New Guinea carried out an emergency medical evacuation

Mother rescued after triplets die in remote PNG community

September 28, 2026
Investigative journalist Nicky Hager

Dirty Work – shining a light on the machinery of NZ’s...

September 27, 2026
Load more

Popular Reports

PNG's Prime Minister James Marape and the Solomon Islands leader Matthew Wale

‘Stop empty promises’ – Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands leaders demand...

September 26, 2026
The new president of PINA, PNG's Neville Choi

New PINA president pledges to strengthen Pacific newsrooms

September 29, 2026
Vanuatu's MV Matui tragedy on September 11

Seasonal weather chaos just part of picture of Pacific maritime tragedies,...

September 25, 2026
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuk

Pacific media must bring remote communities into the conversation, says Rabuka

September 25, 2026
A makeshift West Papuan refugee camp in Puncak Regency after dozens of villagers were displaced from their community by armed conflict in February

‘They just have to get out’ – civilians pay the price...

September 25, 2026
Load more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

  • Pacific Report8623
  • Politics6453
  • Human Rights5056
  • Syndicate4983
  • Global4376
  • New Zealand3778
  • Indigenous3250
  • RNZ Pacific2745
  • Media2450
  • Pacific Media Watch2298
  • Asia Report2250
  • Democracy2200
  • Security2054
  • Military1996
  • Justice1961
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