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Pacific media groups cite AI, censorship, and limited resources as key challenges in their work

Written by Mong Palatino

3 days ago

Australia's summer weather extremes bring wide-ranging natural emergencies

Written by Kevin Rennie

3 March 2025

Cook Islands and China sign partnership agreement amid transparency and security concerns

Written by Mong Palatino

17 February 2025

Pacific nations react to Trump’s order withdrawing the US from the Paris climate agreement

Written by Mong Palatino

27 January 2025

Stories about Oceania

Vanuatu prime minister criticizes post-earthquake documentary for peddling alleged ‘foreign media bias’

Vanuatu officials complain that an Australian report unfairly singled out Chinese construction projects

Written by Mong Palatino

13 April 2025

Trump's tariffs on penguins and pine trees feel like a late April Fools joke

Uninhabited Heard and McDonald islands among puzzling Australian external territory targets

Written by Kevin Rennie

8 April 2025

American who grabbed baby wombat from its mother not welcome down under

Apology by hunting influencer Sam Jones falls flat with Australian social media users

Written by Kevin Rennie

18 March 2025

Avarua protestors demand transparency in the China-Cook Islands agreement

The deal boosts China's growing presence and influence in the Pacific

Written by Mong Palatino

4 March 2025

Rescue of hiker missing for a fortnight welcome news down under

The 23 year old was found and rescued after 13 days

Written by Kevin Rennie

14 January 2025

Australia is the first nation to ban social media for under-16s

Landmark legislation sees the Australian government committed to the novel step of child protection by banning social media for under sixteens.

Written by Gayle Pescud

10 January 2025

Protests erupt in New Zealand over Treaty Principles Bill

Some Māori legislators staged a haka dance during a parliamentary session

Written by Mong Palatino

15 November 2024

Palau newspaper faces defamation charges over leaked tax report

The complainant is a company owned by the father of the country's president

Written by Mong Palatino

12 November 2024

Saving an Aussie emblem from extinction: The greater bilby

Conservationists are working to bring this marsupial species back from the brink

Written by Kevin Rennie

21 October 2024

Marshall Islands demands justice for US nuclear testing in the Pacific

US nuclear tests left a deadly radioactive legacy

Written by Mong Palatino

17 October 2024

Pacific island nations want ‘ecocide’ to be an international crime

Three nations submitted a petition to the International Criminal Court

Written by Mong Palatino

7 October 2024

Samoan journalists balk at planned restrictions during Commonwealth meeting

Authorities said they are merely following existing media guidelines

Written by Mong Palatino

16 September 2024

Australian Ghost Nets Art: Indigenous people turning trash into treasure

Creating artworks from abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear to highlight effects of ocean pollution

Written by Kevin Rennie

15 September 2024

Pacific leaders’ statement removes Taiwan reference after China complaint

The original statement affirmed a 1992 agreement recognizing the region's development partners

Written by Mong Palatino

3 September 2024

Cairns fair showcases northern Queensland Indigenous art with style

Cairns Indigenous Art Fair celebrates its 15th anniversary with a diverse range of artworks

Written by Kevin Rennie

2 September 2024

Australian journalists strike for better pay and working conditions

After five days of striking, the journalists secured a better deal

Written by Mong Palatino

6 August 2024

‘Free at last’: Aussies respond to Julian Assange homecoming

Wikileaks founder’s release from prison brings mixed reactions down under

Written by Kevin Rennie

8 July 2024

Australia's northern hairy-nosed wombat is back from brink of extinction

Critically endangered species are being released into secure forest locations

Written by Kevin Rennie

26 June 2024

Decolonization, the climate crisis, and improving media education in the Pacific

David Robie has been writing about the Pacific for over five decades

Written by Mong Palatino

25 June 2024

New Caledonia cries, ‘Everything is negotiable, except independence’

France has suspended the controversial bill but tension remains

Written by Mong Palatino

13 June 2024

Uproar in Fiji after parliament approves salary increase for top government officials

Critics said legislators should address more urgent social concerns

Written by Mong Palatino

2 June 2024

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