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    • The opening of the 2026 session of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (C-24) meeting
      Decolonisation

      Renewed UN calls for decolonisation action on New Caledonia, French Polynesia,…

      Despite the presence of many well-known pro-Palestinian activists, there was no security in the room
      Analysis

      ‘You’re a liar! You’re a liar!’ NZ foreign minister Peters insults…

      Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday
      Asia Report

      ‘Is it NZ First, or Israel First?’ Ormsby challenges NZ foreign…

      Vanuatu's Anna Naupa (left) has been appointed as the new Melanesian Spearhead Group Director-General
      Decolonisation

      Vanuatu’s Anna Naupa becomes first woman to lead MSG Secretariat

      Iran deal proves one thing
      Analysis

      Trump went to war against Iran and got a deal far…

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Students protest at the University of the Philippines Manila
Asia Report

Philippines forgets history and sells its soul for another Marcos

David Robie -
May 10, 2022
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The Porgera mine and township of Paiam
Crime

100 PNG security forces arrive in Porgera, tension eases

APR editor -
May 10, 2022
0
The failed "pink revolution"
Asia Report

36 years after ousting dictator Marcos, Filipinos elect son as president

APR editor -
May 10, 2022
0
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr
Asia Report

Dictator’s son Bongbong Marcos Jr leads partial count in presidential race

APR editor -
May 10, 2022
0
Fiji National University's Nasinu campus
Education

FNU formalises ‘exciting’ real world collaboration with Auckland Uni

APR editor -
May 10, 2022
0
Pro-independence Kanaks
Culture

FLNKS insists on full sovereignty for Kanaky New Caledonia

APR editor -
May 10, 2022
0
Porgera tribal fighting at weekend
Crime

Fierce fighting continues in PNG’s Porgera with death toll reaching 17

APR editor -
May 9, 2022
0
video
Asia Report

Millions of Filipinos troop to the polls to decide Duterte’s successor

APR editor -
May 9, 2022
0
The Norfolk Island protest site
Australia

Stand-off between protesters and police on Norfolk Island averted

APR editor -
May 9, 2022
0
A newspaper stand in Lautoka, Fiji
Democracy

‘Intimidated’ Fiji worst place for Pacific journalists, says RSF’s freedom index

Pacific Media Watch -
May 9, 2022
0
NFP leader Professor Biman Prasad
Elections

Prasad accuses FijiFirst of ‘political gimmick’ in highlighting 1987 coup

APR editor -
May 9, 2022
0
A Fiji news media conference 2020
Democracy

‘Be fearless – and amplify the voice of the people’, Prasad...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 9, 2022
0
New Zealand diasporic supporters of Vice-President Leni Robredo in the Philippine presidential election
Asia Report

Bongbong politics: Rehabilitating the Philippines’ martial law Marcos family

APR editor -
May 9, 2022
0
Professor Steven Ratuva
Climate

‘Call it what it is – climate crisis, not just change,’...

APR editor -
May 8, 2022
0
Fiji Journalists and media workers during the World Press Freedom day celebration
Fiji

Fiji criticised for legal ‘criminalisation’ of journalism in big drop in...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 8, 2022
0
New Zealand Pinoy supporters for the Leni-Kiko presidential elections ticket
Asia Report

‘Our blood is boiling’ – victims angry as dictator’s son edges...

APR editor -
May 7, 2022
0
La Dépêche de Tahiti - the last edition
Media

Finally gone, closure of Tahiti’s La Dépêche a ‘sad day for...

Pacific Media Watch -
May 7, 2022
0
The Russian super yacht Amadea at Lautoka
Fiji

Fiji’s Court of Appeal rules Russian super yacht will stay in...

APR editor -
May 7, 2022
0
Independent journalist Scott Waide
Democracy

Journalist blames starving of PNG province news on EMTV dispute

Pacific Media Watch -
May 6, 2022
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The Russian super yacht Amadea
Fiji

US free to remove Russian oligarch’s super yacht after Fiji court...

APR editor -
May 6, 2022
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NZ midwife Claire Eyes with Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro
Fiji

Don’t forget our midwives, warns Fiji women’s advocacy group

APR editor -
May 5, 2022
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RMIT journalism lecturer Tito Ambyo
Australia

Media freedom slide in Australia ‘undermining’ ability to project democratic values

Pacific Media Watch -
May 3, 2022
0
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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

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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

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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

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PSNA national organiser John Minto
Asia Report

Veteran activist John Minto gets $10,000 from NZ police after unlawful...

China and Australia among powers competing for Pacific influence
Asia Report

Alifereti Sakiasi: The geopolitical battle for Pacific media narratives

Iran deal proves one thing
Analysis

Trump went to war against Iran and got a deal far...

"You blow up a girls' school."
Asia Report

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

EDITOR'S PICKS

The opening of the 2026 session of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (C-24) meeting
Decolonisation

Renewed UN calls for decolonisation action on New Caledonia, French Polynesia,...

Despite the presence of many well-known pro-Palestinian activists, there was no security in the room
Analysis

‘You’re a liar! You’re a liar!’ NZ foreign minister Peters insults...

Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday
Asia Report

‘Is it NZ First, or Israel First?’ Ormsby challenges NZ foreign...

Vanuatu's Anna Naupa (left) has been appointed as the new Melanesian Spearhead Group Director-General
Decolonisation

Vanuatu’s Anna Naupa becomes first woman to lead MSG Secretariat

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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

The opening of the 2026 session of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (C-24) meeting
Decolonisation

Renewed UN calls for decolonisation action on New Caledonia, French Polynesia,...

Despite the presence of many well-known pro-Palestinian activists, there was no security in the room
Analysis

‘You’re a liar! You’re a liar!’ NZ foreign minister Peters insults...

Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday
Asia Report

‘Is it NZ First, or Israel First?’ Ormsby challenges NZ foreign...

Vanuatu's Anna Naupa (left) has been appointed as the new Melanesian Spearhead Group Director-General
Decolonisation

Vanuatu’s Anna Naupa becomes first woman to lead MSG Secretariat

Editor's Picks

The opening of the 2026 session of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (C-24) meeting

Renewed UN calls for decolonisation action on New Caledonia, French Polynesia,...

June 19, 2026
Despite the presence of many well-known pro-Palestinian activists, there was no security in the room

‘You’re a liar! You’re a liar!’ NZ foreign minister Peters insults...

June 18, 2026
Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday

‘Is it NZ First, or Israel First?’ Ormsby challenges NZ foreign...

June 18, 2026
Vanuatu's Anna Naupa (left) has been appointed as the new Melanesian Spearhead Group Director-General

Vanuatu’s Anna Naupa becomes first woman to lead MSG Secretariat

June 18, 2026
Iran deal proves one thing

Trump went to war against Iran and got a deal far...

June 18, 2026
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Trillionaire Elon Musk (right) hobnobbing with billionaires

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June 14, 2026
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June 16, 2026
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Eugene Doyle: Why I’ll be marching for global peace on June...

June 14, 2026
Vanuatu's Anna Naupa (left) has been appointed as the new Melanesian Spearhead Group Director-General

Vanuatu’s Anna Naupa becomes first woman to lead MSG Secretariat

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