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
Friday, May 22, 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
    • Spanish MEP Irene Montero
      Asia Report

      Spanish MEP accuses EU of failure to act over Israeli ‘kidnapping,…

      New Caledonia’s MP at the French National Assembly Emmanuel Tjibaou (pro-independence) after the French National Assembly endorsed changes in New Caledonia’s electoral roll for provincial elections
      Decolonisation

      French National Assembly allows ‘native’ voters to take part in local…

      Chinese embassy staff in Nauru with government officials hosted a New Year Candy Parade on 2 January 2026
      Asia Report

      Nauru orders public servants, govt bodies to follow ‘One China’ policy

      Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating in the Gaza flotilla detainees video
      Asia Report

      Peters condemns Israeli minister over flotilla video as 3 Kiwis detained

      Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating as security forces mistreat the Global Sumud Flotilla captives
      Asia Report

      Peace Action demands NZ summon Israeli ambassador over brutal action against…

  • Multimedia
    • Multimedia
    • PMC on Demand
    • Audio
    • Gallery
    • Video
  • PMC on Demand
NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Nicola Willis
Asia Report

‘Never have I felt so dependent on … feelings of one...

APR editor -
April 7, 2026
0
The two primary architects of a controversial war
Analysis

Monsters of war – the men who have put the world...

APR editor -
April 6, 2026
0
Protesters at a New Zealand rally against the US-Israel war on Iran and the Israeli genocide in Gaza
Asia Report

NZ’s Peters called on to stress Palestine ‘open wound’ with Rubio

APR editor -
April 6, 2026
0
French Polynesia's President Moetai Brotherson (left) and his father-in-law Oscar Temaru, president of the ruling Party Tavini Huiraatira
Decolonisation

Mass Easter resignations within Tahiti’s pro-independence ruling party

APR editor -
April 6, 2026
0
Suara Papua and the Human Rights Monitor group allege Indonesian security forces have indiscriminately opened fire in a series of villages in Moanemani
Asia Report

At least five Papuans reported dead as violence explodes in Dogiyai

APR editor -
April 6, 2026
0
"Wars end when the people with the power to end them decide the cost of continuing exceeds the cost of stopping"
Analysis

Richard David Hames: When will we make war untenable for...

APR editor -
April 6, 2026
0
"Bloodied but as yet unbowed, Iran knows it can rise like the Phoenix"
Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Who will pay billions in reparations to Iran? We...

APR editor -
April 5, 2026
0
Pope Leo and US President Donald Trump
Asia Report

Pope’s message for peace: ‘The Church cannot remain silent when power...

APR editor -
April 5, 2026
0
Bibi Amena
Asia Report

Protesters condemn Luxon govt for failing to condemn illegal war on...

APR editor -
April 4, 2026
0
Pro-independence advocate Emmanuel Tjibaou, one of the two MPs representing New Caledonia at the Assembly
Decolonisation

French National Assembly rejects New Caledonia’s constitutional reform

APR editor -
April 4, 2026
0
Robert Reich's message to President Donald Trump
Analysis

President Trump, don’t listen to your sycophants on Iran, this isn’t...

APR editor -
April 3, 2026
0
Iranian spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani
Asia Report

US bombing targets bridges and Pasteur Institute – ‘symbols of Iran’s...

APR editor -
April 3, 2026
0
NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters
Global

NZ, allies express ‘deep concern’ about Israeli death penalty bill for...

APR editor -
April 2, 2026
0
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian
Asia Report

Iranian president calls on American public to challenge US war motives

Pacific Media Watch -
April 2, 2026
0
A pro-Kanak independence rally for New Caledonia
Decolonisation

Thousands take to Nouméa streets ahead of French Parliament debate on...

APR editor -
April 2, 2026
0
Greenpeace wins lawsuit against Fonterra
Analysis

The supermarket trip that led to Fonterra admitting its ‘100% New...

APR editor -
April 1, 2026
0
President Trump's obsession with Kharg island
Analysis

Why Trump’s ‘fantasy’ obsession with Kharg Island may lead to disaster

APR editor -
April 1, 2026
0
New Zealand surgical team leader in Vietnam Dr Peter Eccles-Smith
Analysis

How museums can remember war while honouring civilian trauma and resistance

APR editor -
April 1, 2026
0
Māori radio network chair Peter-Lucas Jones
Culture

Māori radio network says funding cuts threaten survival of iwi stations

Pacific Media Watch -
March 31, 2026
0
The Fiji HIV crisis
Culture

‘We’re doing something about it’ – Fiji’s health minister defends HIV...

APR editor -
March 31, 2026
0
Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh
Crime

Israel passes extreme death penalty law targeting only Palestinians

APR editor -
March 31, 2026
0
Dimona's nuclear opacity
Asia Report

Deafening silence about the Israeli Dimona nuclear double standard

APR editor -
March 30, 2026
0
1...789...434Page 8 of 434

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

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

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

Spanish MEP Irene Montero
Asia Report

Spanish MEP accuses EU of failure to act over Israeli ‘kidnapping,...

Niue's Dalton Tagelagi
Democracy

Close vote sees Niue’s Dalton Tagelagi back in as prime minister

Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating as security forces mistreat the Global Sumud Flotilla captives
Asia Report

Peace Action demands NZ summon Israeli ambassador over brutal action against...

A woman protester holds up a “Wanted” poster featuring Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Asia Report

Israel becomes world’s most disliked country, global survey finds

EDITOR'S PICKS

Spanish MEP Irene Montero
Asia Report

Spanish MEP accuses EU of failure to act over Israeli ‘kidnapping,...

New Caledonia’s MP at the French National Assembly Emmanuel Tjibaou (pro-independence) after the French National Assembly endorsed changes in New Caledonia’s electoral roll for provincial elections
Decolonisation

French National Assembly allows ‘native’ voters to take part in local...

Chinese embassy staff in Nauru with government officials hosted a New Year Candy Parade on 2 January 2026
Asia Report

Nauru orders public servants, govt bodies to follow ‘One China’ policy

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating in the Gaza flotilla detainees video
Asia Report

Peters condemns Israeli minister over flotilla video as 3 Kiwis detained

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

Spanish MEP Irene Montero
Asia Report

Spanish MEP accuses EU of failure to act over Israeli ‘kidnapping,...

New Caledonia’s MP at the French National Assembly Emmanuel Tjibaou (pro-independence) after the French National Assembly endorsed changes in New Caledonia’s electoral roll for provincial elections
Decolonisation

French National Assembly allows ‘native’ voters to take part in local...

Chinese embassy staff in Nauru with government officials hosted a New Year Candy Parade on 2 January 2026
Asia Report

Nauru orders public servants, govt bodies to follow ‘One China’ policy

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating in the Gaza flotilla detainees video
Asia Report

Peters condemns Israeli minister over flotilla video as 3 Kiwis detained

Editor's Picks

Spanish MEP Irene Montero

Spanish MEP accuses EU of failure to act over Israeli ‘kidnapping,...

May 21, 2026
New Caledonia’s MP at the French National Assembly Emmanuel Tjibaou (pro-independence) after the French National Assembly endorsed changes in New Caledonia’s electoral roll for provincial elections

French National Assembly allows ‘native’ voters to take part in local...

May 21, 2026
Chinese embassy staff in Nauru with government officials hosted a New Year Candy Parade on 2 January 2026

Nauru orders public servants, govt bodies to follow ‘One China’ policy

May 21, 2026
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating in the Gaza flotilla detainees video

Peters condemns Israeli minister over flotilla video as 3 Kiwis detained

May 21, 2026
Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating as security forces mistreat the Global Sumud Flotilla captives

Peace Action demands NZ summon Israeli ambassador over brutal action against...

May 21, 2026
Load more

Popular Reports

PNG's Parliament Haus in Port Moresby

New bid to tackle Papua New Guinea’s chronic lack of women...

May 20, 2026
A New Zealand protest over the Gaza genocide with a focus on the media

Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...

May 15, 2026
Spanish MEP Irene Montero

Spanish MEP accuses EU of failure to act over Israeli ‘kidnapping,...

May 21, 2026
Israeli military intervene in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea to seize the Global Sumud Fleet

Irish president’s sister, 2 Kiwis among Gaza flotilla activists detained by...

May 19, 2026
Chinese embassy staff in Nauru with government officials hosted a New Year Candy Parade on 2 January 2026

Nauru orders public servants, govt bodies to follow ‘One China’ policy

May 21, 2026
Load more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

  • Pacific Report8274
  • Politics6069
  • Human Rights4730
  • Syndicate4590
  • Global4001
  • New Zealand3561
  • Indigenous2960
  • RNZ Pacific2588
  • Media2293
  • Pacific Media Watch2023
  • Asia Report2005
  • Democracy1942
  • Security1911
  • Military1766
  • Justice1708
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