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, November 20, 2025
  • 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
    • The UNSC resolution not only makes US President Donald Trump the effective leader of the new administrative force that will be imposed upon the Gaza Strip, but also greenlights what it calls its International Stabilisation Force
      Analysis

      A shameful mandate for force: What the UNSC’s Gaza resolution means…

      Journalism Students' Association of USP . . . "The JSA is especially concerned that these attacks are eroding youth confidence in the [journalism] profession"
      Editor’s Picks

      Regional Pacific student journalists condemn Samoa PM’s ban as ‘deeply troubling’

      Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt
      Democracy

      Samoa editor says media freedom under attack in response to PM’s…

      New Zealand's "Voice of Oceania" Dame Jacinda Ardern at the COP3 climate summit in Brazil
      Analysis

      Jacinda Ardern: Why NZ’s tiny group of hysterical haters can’t face…

      "The silence of governments like ours imagines this dystopia as a new baseline"
      Analysis

      Marilyn Garson: How shall we speak now since the Gaza ‘ceasefire’?

  • Multimedia
    • Multimedia
    • PMC on Demand
    • Audio
    • Gallery
    • Video
  • PMC on Demand
A demonstration placard last weekend against Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's weakness over Palestine and condemning Israeli oppression against Gazan journalists
Asia Report

Facing up to genocide – a New Zealand journalist bears witness...

Pacific Media Watch -
August 22, 2025
0
Rival flags of influence in the Pacific - Israel and Palestine
Asia Report

Activist slams Pacific’s ‘dreadful response’ to Palestine amid growing links with...

Pacific Media Watch -
August 22, 2025
0
Jubi Media Papua co-founder Victor Mambor in Suva
Asia Report

West Papuan media plea for Melanesian support against Indonesian media blackout

Pacific Media Watch -
August 22, 2025
0
Assassinated Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Anas al-Sharif
Asia Report

NZ joins calls for urgent, independent foreign media access to Gaza

Pacific Media Watch -
August 22, 2025
0
Nuclear refugees from Rongelap in the Marshall Islands being evacuated on board the Rainbow Warrior to Mejatto island in May 1985
Civil Society

Nuclear-free Pacific advocates speak out in NZ human rights radio show

Pacific Media Watch -
August 21, 2025
0
NZ Police Commissioner Richard Chambers at the Fiji Police Force headquarters in Suva in May
Crime

NZ police chief acknowledges impact of criminal deportees on Pacific

APR editor -
August 21, 2025
0
Protesters at last weekend's rally and march in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland condemned New Zealand's policy over Gaza
Asia Report

PSNA condemns NZ ‘distraction’ over sanctions needed against Israel

APR editor -
August 21, 2025
0
"It is still not too late, however, for New Zealand to take a lead
Asia Report

NZ is trailing its allies over Palestinian statehood – but there’s...

APR editor -
August 21, 2025
0
The word "peace" in French is scrawled on the road between Nouméa and Magenta beach
Decolonisation

French Overseas Minister in New Caledonia in bid to ‘save’ Bougival...

APR editor -
August 20, 2025
0
When Israelis are kidnapped they are called hostages
Analysis

Saige England: Why I have spent a decade proudly standing with...

APR editor -
August 20, 2025
0
When a journalist is killed in a besieged war city, the loss is no longer personal
Analysis

When journalists like Anas al-Sharif are killed we lose access to...

Pacific Media Watch -
August 20, 2025
0
"Not a war - it's colonialism" declares a placard at the Auckland pro-Palestine rally and march on 16 August 2025
Analysis

Rewarding knowingly illegal conduct – some might say, Israeli terrorism

APR editor -
August 19, 2025
0
NZ's Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick
Asia Report

Suspended Green MP tells Al Jazeera NZ must stand on ‘right...

Pacific Media Watch -
August 19, 2025
0
President Surangel Whipps Jr at his first state visit to Taiwan in May 2025
China

Palau president calls exclusion of PIF partners a ‘missed opportunity’

APR editor -
August 19, 2025
0
A video clip posted by the Israeli "Security" Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on August 15 showed the bully taunting and intimidating a frail Marwan Barghouti
Analysis

Eugene Doyle: Saving Palestine’s Marwan Barghouti is our duty

APR editor -
August 19, 2025
0
Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
Climate

Eyes of Fire is an updated Rainbow Warrior classic and must...

APR editor -
August 19, 2025
0
Fiji Trades Union Congress board member Daniel Urai (left) and Fiji Trade Union Congress national secretary Felix Anthony
Economics

Call for legal shield for Fiji National Provident Fund in review...

APR editor -
August 18, 2025
0
Senior ministers from Australia and Vanuatu initialled the Nakamal Agreement at the top of Mount Yasur. (ABC News: Lillyrose Welwel) Photo: ABC News / Lillyrose Welwel
Democracy

New Australia-Vanuatu deal won’t replicate Falepili-style pact, says analyst

APR editor -
August 18, 2025
0
Journalist and film director Hassan Abu Dan
Asia Report

‘Will I make it back alive?’: Gaza journalists tell of being...

Pacific Media Watch -
August 18, 2025
0
Placards declare "Zionism a threat to humanity" and "Let Gaza live"
Asia Report

Pro-Palestinian protests across NZ call on government to sanction Israel

Pacific Media Watch -
August 18, 2025
0
New Zealand's government and its sycophantic media need more time to argue about this very "complex" Gaza genocide
Analysis

Gerard Otto on Palestine, genocide and the media: ‘Not if –...

Pacific Media Watch -
August 17, 2025
0
The alleged assault on an elderly protester at the Otāutahi Palestine solidarity rally
Crime

Why we need protection from brutality of some thuggish NZ police

APR editor -
August 17, 2025
0
1...8910...412Page 9 of 412

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

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

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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

Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt
Democracy

Samoa editor says media freedom under attack in response to PM’s...

Australian mentor Bob Howarth with journalists in Timor-Leste
Asia Report

Tribute to Bob Howarth: He touched the Pacific in ways words...

"If the Samoan Prime Minister is truly concerned about the vision of journalists, he need only look at those closest to him"
Democracy

Samoa Observer: The PM’s wish and our promise

Samoan PM La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt
Democracy

Samoan PM back home as journalist alleges assault outside his residence

EDITOR'S PICKS

The UNSC resolution not only makes US President Donald Trump the effective leader of the new administrative force that will be imposed upon the Gaza Strip, but also greenlights what it calls its International Stabilisation Force
Analysis

A shameful mandate for force: What the UNSC’s Gaza resolution means...

Journalism Students' Association of USP . . . "The JSA is especially concerned that these attacks are eroding youth confidence in the [journalism] profession"
Editor's Picks

Regional Pacific student journalists condemn Samoa PM’s ban as ‘deeply troubling’

Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt
Democracy

Samoa editor says media freedom under attack in response to PM’s...

New Zealand's "Voice of Oceania" Dame Jacinda Ardern at the COP3 climate summit in Brazil
Analysis

Jacinda Ardern: Why NZ’s tiny group of hysterical haters can’t face...

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

President Prabowo and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sign an Australia–Indonesia Security Treaty on board HMAS Canberra
Asia Report

Canberra pandering to Prabowo, while ignoring unrest in West Papua

The UNSC resolution not only makes US President Donald Trump the effective leader of the new administrative force that will be imposed upon the Gaza Strip, but also greenlights what it calls its International Stabilisation Force
Analysis

A shameful mandate for force: What the UNSC’s Gaza resolution means...

Journalism Students' Association of USP . . . "The JSA is especially concerned that these attacks are eroding youth confidence in the [journalism] profession"
Editor's Picks

Regional Pacific student journalists condemn Samoa PM’s ban as ‘deeply troubling’

Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt
Democracy

Samoa editor says media freedom under attack in response to PM’s...

Editor's Picks

The UNSC resolution not only makes US President Donald Trump the effective leader of the new administrative force that will be imposed upon the Gaza Strip, but also greenlights what it calls its International Stabilisation Force

A shameful mandate for force: What the UNSC’s Gaza resolution means...

November 19, 2025
Journalism Students' Association of USP . . . "The JSA is especially concerned that these attacks are eroding youth confidence in the [journalism] profession"

Regional Pacific student journalists condemn Samoa PM’s ban as ‘deeply troubling’

November 19, 2025
Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt

Samoa editor says media freedom under attack in response to PM’s...

November 19, 2025
New Zealand's "Voice of Oceania" Dame Jacinda Ardern at the COP3 climate summit in Brazil

Jacinda Ardern: Why NZ’s tiny group of hysterical haters can’t face...

November 18, 2025
"The silence of governments like ours imagines this dystopia as a new baseline"

Marilyn Garson: How shall we speak now since the Gaza ‘ceasefire’?

November 18, 2025
Load more

Popular Reports

"If the Samoan Prime Minister is truly concerned about the vision of journalists, he need only look at those closest to him"

Samoa Observer: The PM’s wish and our promise

November 18, 2025
Pacific youth climate activist at a demonstration at COP27 in 2022

COP30: ‘Ego manoeuvring’ behind scenes at UN climate talks, says Pacific...

November 15, 2025
Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt

Samoa editor says media freedom under attack in response to PM’s...

November 19, 2025
New Zealand's "Voice of Oceania" Dame Jacinda Ardern at the COP3 climate summit in Brazil

Jacinda Ardern: Why NZ’s tiny group of hysterical haters can’t face...

November 18, 2025
ABC's Fiji correspondent Lice Movono (from left), RNZ Pacific manager Moera Tuilaipa-Taylor and Islands Business editor Samantha Magick speaking during a women empowerment panel at the 2024 Pacific Media International conference

Pacific Media: A renewed commitment to research on Pacific media, development...

November 17, 2025
Load more

POPULAR CATEGORIES

  • Pacific Report7917
  • Politics5627
  • Human Rights4388
  • Syndicate4155
  • Global3581
  • New Zealand3360
  • Indigenous2650
  • RNZ Pacific2443
  • Media2138
  • Pacific Media Watch1762
  • Asia Report1722
  • Security1691
  • Democracy1666
  • Fiji1609
  • Papua New Guinea1607
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