Pacific media groups cite AI, censorship, and limited resources as key challenges in their workWritten by Mong Palatino3 days ago
Australia's summer weather extremes bring wide-ranging natural emergenciesWritten by Kevin Rennie3 March 2025
Cook Islands and China sign partnership agreement amid transparency and security concernsWritten by Mong Palatino17 February 2025
Pacific nations react to Trump’s order withdrawing the US from the Paris climate agreementWritten by Mong Palatino27 January 2025
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 projectsWritten by Mong Palatino13 April 2025
Trump's tariffs on penguins and pine trees feel like a late April Fools jokeUninhabited Heard and McDonald islands among puzzling Australian external territory targetsWritten by Kevin Rennie8 April 2025
American who grabbed baby wombat from its mother not welcome down underApology by hunting influencer Sam Jones falls flat with Australian social media usersWritten by Kevin Rennie18 March 2025
Avarua protestors demand transparency in the China-Cook Islands agreementThe deal boosts China's growing presence and influence in the PacificWritten by Mong Palatino4 March 2025
Rescue of hiker missing for a fortnight welcome news down underThe 23 year old was found and rescued after 13 daysWritten by Kevin Rennie14 January 2025
Australia is the first nation to ban social media for under-16sLandmark legislation sees the Australian government committed to the novel step of child protection by banning social media for under sixteens.Written by Gayle Pescud10 January 2025
Protests erupt in New Zealand over Treaty Principles BillSome Māori legislators staged a haka dance during a parliamentary sessionWritten by Mong Palatino15 November 2024
Palau newspaper faces defamation charges over leaked tax reportThe complainant is a company owned by the father of the country's presidentWritten by Mong Palatino12 November 2024
Saving an Aussie emblem from extinction: The greater bilbyConservationists are working to bring this marsupial species back from the brinkWritten by Kevin Rennie21 October 2024
Marshall Islands demands justice for US nuclear testing in the PacificUS nuclear tests left a deadly radioactive legacyWritten by Mong Palatino17 October 2024
Pacific island nations want ‘ecocide’ to be an international crimeThree nations submitted a petition to the International Criminal Court Written by Mong Palatino7 October 2024
Samoan journalists balk at planned restrictions during Commonwealth meetingAuthorities said they are merely following existing media guidelinesWritten by Mong Palatino16 September 2024
Australian Ghost Nets Art: Indigenous people turning trash into treasureCreating artworks from abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear to highlight effects of ocean pollutionWritten by Kevin Rennie15 September 2024
Pacific leaders’ statement removes Taiwan reference after China complaintThe original statement affirmed a 1992 agreement recognizing the region's development partners Written by Mong Palatino3 September 2024
Cairns fair showcases northern Queensland Indigenous art with styleCairns Indigenous Art Fair celebrates its 15th anniversary with a diverse range of artworksWritten by Kevin Rennie2 September 2024
Australian journalists strike for better pay and working conditionsAfter five days of striking, the journalists secured a better dealWritten by Mong Palatino6 August 2024
‘Free at last’: Aussies respond to Julian Assange homecomingWikileaks founder’s release from prison brings mixed reactions down underWritten by Kevin Rennie8 July 2024
Australia's northern hairy-nosed wombat is back from brink of extinctionCritically endangered species are being released into secure forest locationsWritten by Kevin Rennie26 June 2024
Decolonization, the climate crisis, and improving media education in the PacificDavid Robie has been writing about the Pacific for over five decadesWritten by Mong Palatino25 June 2024
New Caledonia cries, ‘Everything is negotiable, except independence’France has suspended the controversial bill but tension remainsWritten by Mong Palatino13 June 2024
Uproar in Fiji after parliament approves salary increase for top government officialsCritics said legislators should address more urgent social concernsWritten by Mong Palatino2 June 2024