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
Tuesday, October 20, 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
    • Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
      Civil Society

      Who is a ‘Fijian’?: Constitution reform reignites identity debate

      Former SBS broadcaster Mary Kostakidis
      Asia Report

      Mary Kostakidis: How Gaza exposed the Australian media’s failings

      Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napa
      Democracy

      Vanuatu PM Napat may face fresh no-confidence motion in November

      A still from the feature films De Gaulle
      Commentary

      De Gaulle: Résistance and the subjective history of anti-Nazi struggle during…

      MEAA members at the ABC have overwhelmingly backed a motion defending the rights of elected union representatives
      Australia

      Australian journalist and unionist threatened with disciplinary action over opinion article

  • Multimedia
    • Multimedia
    • PMC on Demand
    • Audio
    • Gallery
    • Video
  • PMC on Demand
Last minute PNG pre-election clean-up at the weekend
Elections

Papua New Guinea voters head to the polls to choose from...

APR editor -
July 4, 2022
0
The detained "cash" man
Crime

PNG security detain man with K1.56m in suitcase as elections begin

APR editor -
July 4, 2022
0
Flashback to West Papua 1971
Democracy

OPM day – celebrating the 1971 Papuan ‘independence proklamasi’

APR editor -
July 4, 2022
0
The question for pro-choice supporters
Culture

Controversial Roe v Wade ruling triggers intense NZ media reaction

Pacific Media Watch -
July 3, 2022
0
The PNG general election 2022
Democracy

‘Vote wisely – not with cargo cult mentality’ PNG election eve...

APR editor -
July 3, 2022
0
Turuki Healthcare CEO Te Puea Winiata
Health and Fitness

Māori authority welcomes NZ health system reform as important first step

APR editor -
July 2, 2022
0
The PNG national flag - 2022 general election
Elections

Titanic power struggle tipped for PNG’s ‘game changer’ election

APR editor -
July 1, 2022
0
A Greenpeace protest against deep seabed mining
Environment

Greenpeace condemns NZ silence on Pacific deep sea mining risks

APR editor -
July 1, 2022
0
NZ opposition National Party leader Christopher Luxon and deputy Nicola Willis
Gender

Luxon’s dilemma: when politics and morals don’t match in response to...

APR editor -
July 1, 2022
0
NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Economics

New Zealand and European Union secure historic free trade deal

APR editor -
July 1, 2022
0
Fiji Attorney-General v Richard Naidu
Democracy

Graham Davis: Scandalous or ridiculous? The timing of a Fiji political...

APR editor -
July 1, 2022
0
Rappler founder Maria Ressa in Hawai'i
Asia Report

Nobel laureate Maria Ressa calls for journalists to fight ‘Devil’s megaphone’

Pacific Media Watch -
July 1, 2022
0
Members of the Proud Boys in Washington DC
Crime

NZ designates American Proud Boys and The Base terrorist groups

APR editor -
June 30, 2022
0
The Oekusi Post chief editor Raimundos Oki
Human Rights

Timor-Leste journalist Raimundos Oki charged with breach of ‘legal secrets’...

Pacific Media Watch -
June 30, 2022
0
Plans for a Papuan provincial 'carve-up'
Human Rights

Civil group appeals to Jokowi to cancel Papuan expansion plan to...

APR editor -
June 30, 2022
0
NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Economics

Some see NZ’s invite to the NATO summit as a reward...

APR editor -
June 30, 2022
0
Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr
Environment

Fiji, Palau and Samoa call for deep-sea mining moratorium at UN...

APR editor -
June 30, 2022
0
Rappler fights on
Asia Report

Stand with Rappler, defend press freedom in Philippines

Pacific Media Watch -
June 30, 2022
1
Nobel Peace laureate Maria Ressa
Asia Report

Rappler ordered to shut down by Philippines government, says Ressa

Pacific Media Watch -
June 29, 2022
0
New Zealand's mega public media initiative
Analysis

Gavin Ellis: Heavy work ahead on Aotearoa NZ’s Public Media Bill

APR editor -
June 29, 2022
0
Hopeful PNG women politicians at a recent health workshop
Democracy

Election of women to PNG Parliament crucial for future, says economist

APR editor -
June 29, 2022
0
PNG's Sir Julius Chan
Democracy

Twice PM, but state failure prompts Sir Julius in last shot...

APR editor -
June 28, 2022
0
1...193194195...456Page 194 of 456

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

A scene from NAZA . . . the controversial documentary on Israel's industrial scale murder in the Gaza genocide
Analysis

Gaza mass killing documentary a warning of global dystopian future

MEAA members at the ABC have overwhelmingly backed a motion defending the rights of elected union representatives
Australia

Australian journalist and unionist threatened with disciplinary action over opinion article

Former SBS broadcaster Mary Kostakidis
Asia Report

Mary Kostakidis: How Gaza exposed the Australian media’s failings

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay
Australia

Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay praised, pilloried, ignored by Australia

EDITOR'S PICKS

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
Civil Society

Who is a ‘Fijian’?: Constitution reform reignites identity debate

Former SBS broadcaster Mary Kostakidis
Asia Report

Mary Kostakidis: How Gaza exposed the Australian media’s failings

Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napa
Democracy

Vanuatu PM Napat may face fresh no-confidence motion in November

A still from the feature films De Gaulle
Commentary

De Gaulle: Résistance and the subjective history of anti-Nazi struggle during...

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

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
Civil Society

Who is a ‘Fijian’?: Constitution reform reignites identity debate

Former SBS broadcaster Mary Kostakidis
Asia Report

Mary Kostakidis: How Gaza exposed the Australian media’s failings

The joint Keris Woomera 26 exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and Australian Defence Force (ADF)
Asia Report

Advocacy group condemns joint Australian military training with Indonesia and ‘silence...

Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napa
Democracy

Vanuatu PM Napat may face fresh no-confidence motion in November

Editor's Picks

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

Who is a ‘Fijian’?: Constitution reform reignites identity debate

October 20, 2026
Former SBS broadcaster Mary Kostakidis

Mary Kostakidis: How Gaza exposed the Australian media’s failings

October 19, 2026
Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napa

Vanuatu PM Napat may face fresh no-confidence motion in November

October 19, 2026
A still from the feature films De Gaulle

De Gaulle: Résistance and the subjective history of anti-Nazi struggle during...

October 18, 2026
MEAA members at the ABC have overwhelmingly backed a motion defending the rights of elected union representatives

Australian journalist and unionist threatened with disciplinary action over opinion article

October 18, 2026
Load more

Popular Reports

Badly beaten photographer Heidi Levine in hospital

Masked settler assault on Washington Post photographer a snapshot of Israel’s...

October 18, 2026
Round 1 to the PNG Chiefs in NZ High Court

High Court declines NZ Rugby’s bid for interim injunction on PNG...

October 16, 2026
Te Pāti Māori's co-leader Rawiri Waititi (left) landed a "killer blow" to New Zealand First leader Winston Peters in last night's TVNZ election debate

Rawiri shines at Kingmaker debate as Māori voters set to rock...

October 15, 2026
MEAA members at the ABC have overwhelmingly backed a motion defending the rights of elected union representatives

Australian journalist and unionist threatened with disciplinary action over opinion article

October 18, 2026
Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napa

Vanuatu PM Napat may face fresh no-confidence motion in November

October 19, 2026
Load more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

  • Pacific Report8671
  • Politics6505
  • Human Rights5100
  • Syndicate5037
  • Global4429
  • New Zealand3802
  • Indigenous3297
  • RNZ Pacific2768
  • Media2474
  • Pacific Media Watch2333
  • Asia Report2271
  • Democracy2237
  • Security2068
  • Military2015
  • Justice1998
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