# ![@MichaelFieldNZ Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::3165026894.png) @MichaelFieldNZ Michael Field

Michael Field posts on X about fiji, samoa, tonga, vanuatu the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [---------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

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**Social topic influence**
[fiji](/topic/fiji) #309, [samoa](/topic/samoa), [tonga](/topic/tonga), [vanuatu](/topic/vanuatu), [new zealand](/topic/new-zealand), [cook islands](/topic/cook-islands), [china](/topic/china), [australia](/topic/australia), [kiribati](/topic/kiribati), [tokelau](/topic/tokelau)

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"New cocaine bust on high seas near French Polynesian: [---] tonnes of cocaine from tug looking vessel.Since beginning of year [----] tonnes of drugs seized at sea adding [---] kg seized at Papeete worth an estimated $2.4 billion. Most destined for Australia https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2022778331960381804)  2026-02-14T21:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Another narco submarine in the Pacific - abandoned its cocaine gone Arno atoll Marshall Islands. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2021117097867395349)  2026-02-10T07:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Today's @Qantas Santiago to Sydney great circle flight reached Antarctica: passengers on the starboard side might have had awesome views of sometimes active volcano Mount Siple [----] metres @flightradar24"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022885833444045136)  2026-02-15T04:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This is a $21m Australian investment in Tuvalu opening today - climate change new boat harbour. Fortunately all survived. Tuvalu under Australian rule"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2020032057536311494)  2026-02-07T07:09Z [----] followers, 43.3K engagements


"My guess is more ships pass through Jomard Passage in Papua New Guinea than ships in the Bass Strait. https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/choke-point-a-strategic-risk-or-remoteutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web 🚨 THE WORLD RUNS THROUGH [--] STRAITS Trade Oil LNG Military power. Key chokepoints: Malacca 25% of global traded goods Hormuz 25% of global oil of LNG Singapore 50% of global seaborne trade Gibraltar Atlantic Mediterranean Bosphorus Black Sea outlet https://t.co/ivIxAeHXmX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2023147464552026382)  2026-02-15T21:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Bora Bora drug smuggler Raider now about [---] km north of Cape Reinga Aotearoa NZ with crew of Hondurans who lost [--] tons of cocaine to French Polynesia police heading for Sydney. French didnt want them in Papeete jail will Australia @MarineTraffic https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/bora-bora-cocaine-mysteryutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/bora-bora-cocaine-mysteryutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2022776342128034128)  2026-02-14T20:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Rugby league bores me but as @chrisluxonmp has just agreed to give each Origin spectator a $100 subsidy to watch a game can I have my $100 in cash - be nice to subsidise a cut of lamb over winter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2023148460376285635)  2026-02-15T21:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Fiji dailies for Monday February [--] @fijitimes @fiji_sun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2023194563368960447)  2026-02-16T00:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Tuvalu flagged shipHizir Reis detained in Italy for illicitly transporting [-----] tonnes of Russian iron. Investigators found ship had switched off AIS transponder. Tuvalu - pop [-----] - runs Singapore based open ship registry with approx [---] vessels. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2014150831675732462)  2026-01-22T01:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"On [--] April [----] a South Pacific Island Airways Cessna 402B lifted off from Pago Pago bound for Faleolo. It was a short flight- about [---] kilometres. Routine. The kind of hop people barely think about. It never arrived. https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/night-flight-that-never-arrivedr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/night-flight-that-never-arrivedr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2022493687444566244)  2026-02-14T02:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji dailies for Saturday February [--] @fijitimes @fiji_sun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2022517482624524659)  2026-02-14T03:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"It may have been coincidental but the first Pacific Forum post-dialogue talkfest was in Tarawa in [----]. Aotearoa PM David Lange then flew home and quit as premier. Two events may be unrelated"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1956141305790390609)  2025-08-14T23:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Aotearoa has its first Pacific KC. Samoan barrister Tiana Epati. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1971449044745716067)  2025-09-26T05:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"This Kiribati - Aotearoa thing looks like a shotgun wedding. the Vice President (did the president do another runner) and even @winstonpeters looks awkward. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2013106516308750498)  2026-01-19T04:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Why did French authorities after seizing cocaine let MV Raider Togo flagged & uninsured sail out of French Polynesia & into Cook Islands where it is in distress & causing problems for a small Pacific state. Were French authorities aiding drug trade https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2017469545699758317)  2026-01-31T05:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Cook Is Govt explain presence in Rarotonga of Togo flagged ship connected - in some way - to [--] tonnes of cocaine seized in French Polynesia. Statement makes it plain Papeete police & military have been vague careless & confusing about what happened https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2017808847239581781)  2026-02-01T03:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Startling: French authorities decided not to prosecute cocaine traffic passing through French Polynesia waters fearing it will overwhelm Papeete courts. Drugs to be dumped at sea & smugglers sent on their way. Administrative not justice. Will alarm nations facing the traffic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2017823907345317899)  2026-02-01T04:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"After bombing the hell out of life in the Marshall Islands American diplomats in Majuro say they are too poor to run a Facebook account"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2018160111974522954)  2026-02-02T03:10Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Togo flagged ship Raider caught in last month's nearly [--] tonne cocaine seizure in French Polynesia has left Rarotonga and is heading for Sydney according to @MarineTraffic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2019182137224683864)  2026-02-04T22:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"French authorities aided by NZ Customs make another large cocaine seizure in French Polynesia - [----] tonnes which follows last month's nearly five tonnes. Latest seizure also dumped in international waters & vessel & crew allowed to sail on https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2019222820870664353)  2026-02-05T01:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Australia spent $21 m on new boat harbour in Tuvalu - yesterday its first day of use proved a disaster. Canberra tried to save money with small outboards & badly designed boat. Fortunate no one died. Australia has a bit more to learn in colonisation https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2020340542404722795)  2026-02-08T03:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Without announcement NZ Govt has lifted limits on numbers of foreign fishing boat crews that can now work NZ waters: "unlimited" numbers of Indonesians Cambodians Vietnamese etc will work NZ catch including export hoki. Sanford & Sealord welcome back slave fishing @AwaPress"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2022116542855651816)  2026-02-13T01:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"14 tonnes of cocaine in six weeks. From Fiji to the high seas east of F'Polynesia multi-tonne shipments are moving through S'Pacific. My [----] running sheet tracks of seizures the patterns & the unanswered questions. https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/south-pacifics-narco-highwayutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/south-pacifics-narco-highwayutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2023188910382416242)  2026-02-16T00:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Just over a year ago Spokane Washington said they would move a prominent statue that marks the achievement of one of their sons who killed "savage foe". Samoans in [----]. The statue is still in a prime place. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/2022882952921960805)  2026-02-15T03:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Problem for @nzfirst is that its fate is not immortal its one man pony show is [--] years old"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2023266601676775821)  2026-02-16T05:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"BREAKING - France tells colony of French Polynesia (pop 278000) as #Covid19 sharply spikes that people must "learn to live with Covid19". They will keep keep border open to tourists"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1298120088600502275)  2020-08-25T04:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Wonder what is happening at Auckland Airport - looks like NZ953 has decided to go back to Nadi. Perfectly understandable - its blood cold here @flightradar24"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1964566770997743637)  2025-09-07T05:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Unnoticed in Aotearoa this is the 100th anniversary year of New Zealand's colonisation of Tokelau. It remains one of the few colonies in the world subject to UN calls for decolonisation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1992328017587405159)  2025-11-22T20:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Wonder how many New Zealanders realise that Auckland's Chelsea sugar is owned by world's largest palm oil grower & that ship currently unloading raw sugar is from Mozambique"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1998630562530226316)  2025-12-10T05:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Americans love calling Pacific nations "tiny". Cook Islands by area is world's 10th largest nation. https://michaelf27.substack.com/p/cook-islands-claims-empire-beneath The Cook Islandspopulation 15000are being courted by the U.S. and China as the two superpowers hunt for rare earths https://t.co/dXP71J5IbW https://michaelf27.substack.com/p/cook-islands-claims-empire-beneath The Cook Islandspopulation 15000are being courted by the U.S. and China as the two superpowers hunt for rare earths https://t.co/dXP71J5IbW"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2005016846458912914)  2025-12-27T20:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Australian cruise ship Coral Adventurer aground near Lae Papua New Guinea. @MarineTraffic data suggests tugs on way - area as known for heavy shipping due to being near Jomard Passage key chokepoint between Australia/NZ/New Caledonia and Asia. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2005052536915722458)  2025-12-27T23:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Cook Islands ship resisting US Navy Large Cook Islands flagged oil tanker trying to evade the US naval blockade of Venezuela. Bertha operating within shadow fleet and spoofing its position will have severe implications for Cook Is & NZ. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2008406233477157017)  2026-01-06T05:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""Cook Islands is a huge red flag." https://www.youtube.com/watchv=bcpg0S6LSTY&t=292s https://www.youtube.com/watchv=bcpg0S6LSTY&t=292s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2008423166331547683)  2026-01-06T06:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"As @realDonaldTrump seizes Greenland small Pacific lesson. Toward the end of 19th century Washington keen on eastern islands of Smoa. Got Tutuila in [----] but [----] people of Manua led by Tui Manua Elisala refused. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2009110297311891807)  2026-01-08T03:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"As I was implying yesterday there is the scope given the Tokelau/Swains/AmSam/Cooks borders. chances are Trump doesn't know about the Guano Act but he might. Clipperton (currently French) is an interesting one. So to Penrhyn another of the NZ Realm @MichaelFieldNZ @realDonaldTrump Thanks for that Michael. What do you think the chances are that under Trump renews its interest in Tokelau and the northern Cooks @MichaelFieldNZ @realDonaldTrump Thanks for that Michael. What do you think the chances are that under Trump renews its interest in Tokelau and the northern Cooks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2009478989308678343)  2026-01-09T04:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A brilliant little insight into the amazing world of Kiribati aviation and its scatted atolls - flown by a Fijian pilot. https://www.facebook.com/reel/895498786384319 https://www.facebook.com/reel/895498786384319"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2010550988973977978)  2026-01-12T03:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"From Vatican corridors to Smoas cabinet rooms from paopao races to organic farming revolutionsJim Kebbells life was anything but ordinary. My tribute - free to read https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/life-fully-lived-farewelling-jimutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/life-fully-lived-farewelling-jimutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2013096197960171929)  2026-01-19T03:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In Samoa new PM La'auli Schmidt showing alarming Trump features: signing search warrant on critic ordering @samoaobserver not to photograph him & all the while he faces criminal investigation too https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2013708552196505833)  2026-01-20T20:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Appeals for calm in Solomon Islands after local land owners attack and burn equipment at Gold Ridge on Guadalcanal https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2013816400133988363)  2026-01-21T03:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"US Joint Typhoon Warning Center has declared a Catagory [--] cyclone has formed near New Caledonia. Fiji Met which has regional control over naming says it does not qualify as a cyclone thus no name"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2014026360272953663)  2026-01-21T17:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In last week authorities in French Polynesia & Fiji seized around US$1.4 billion worth of cocaine smuggled from SAmerica. FPolynesia - [----] tonnes worth US$900m last Fridays Fiji - [----] tonnes worth US$520m. These are nation destroying threats. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2014066901949853845)  2026-01-21T20:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji dailies for Thursday January [--] @fijitimes @fiji_sun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2014080345717744027)  2026-01-21T20:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji court told [--] tonnes of cocaine transported aboard narco-submarines. It is [-----] km from Ecuador to Fiji. Narco-boats don't have range. Who helped them As @marinetraffic chart shows narcos would be among fishing boats and & supply tankers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2014451896782881197)  2026-01-22T21:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji dailies for Saturday January [--] @fijitimes @fiji_sun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2014814787457388756)  2026-01-23T21:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"French Polynesian authorities dump five ton of cocaine in to Pacific Ocean near Bora Bora. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2014870835979591925)  2026-01-24T01:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Developing storms in Cook Islands and near Vanuatu https://zoom.earth/maps/satellite/ https://zoom.earth/maps/satellite/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2015501144202903635)  2026-01-25T19:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Ban on Tongan horse meat pies in Aotearoa called discriminatory against Pacific people by food expert Melino Maka. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2015883460729307295)  2026-01-26T20:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A tribute to Pacific poet Sia Figiel who died yesterday in her Samoa prison cell. No further details given. Her last [--] months of her life were shrouded in a darkness. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2015886862259519719)  2026-01-26T20:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Too many Fiji army parades long ago killed interest in military parades but India's Republic day affair has a new angle. Bactrian Camels"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2015891597414826012)  2026-01-26T20:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In bizarre proposal to get NZ aid restored Cook Is PM Brown "offering" NZ exclusive formal defence & security agreement in wake of continuing controversy about a recent deal with China. There is already a deal: its why Cooks is part of "the realm of NZ" https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2015993686342164819)  2026-01-27T03:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Unknown beyond her own social circle she was to have a profound if unwanted impact on Smoa. While Margaret Mead explored the sexuality of adolescent girls managing to ignore political life of the territory. https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/anthropologist-and-another-generalr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/anthropologist-and-another-generalr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2016007101190205685)  2026-01-27T04:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji dailies for Wednesday January [--] @fijitimes @fiji_sun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2016360584036679684)  2026-01-28T04:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji dailies for Thursday January [--] @fijitimes @fiji_sun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2016610437224370202)  2026-01-28T20:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"BREAKING NEWS: Two tickets reserved at this afternoon's New Zealand screening of Melania"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2016616800063226000)  2026-01-28T20:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Labour MP John A Lee challenged the government: How long are we going to attempt to pursue the Hitler policy in Smoa https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/mau-treating-taisi-as-a-kingr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/mau-treating-taisi-as-a-kingr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2016641799536988577)  2026-01-28T22:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Bougainville signs deal with Lloyd Metals India to reopen Panguna copper & gold mine. Originall established by Australian/British Rio Tinto that led to bloody civil war. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2016697727946817652)  2026-01-29T02:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji dailies for Friday January [--] @fijitimes @fiji_sun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2016975315571265552)  2026-01-29T20:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Genius picture from AAP Australia: Australian PM Ramos Horta and an East Timor motorcade"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2017085987420327947)  2026-01-30T04:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In the name of Aotearoa New Zealand @winstonpeters kisses the butt of Donald Trump"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2017087872512512011)  2026-01-30T04:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Turns out that the leaf blower that is driving central Auckland batty with noise is mapping the place. Apparently Lord Auckland left gaps"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2017091333874487637)  2026-01-30T04:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji dailies for Saturday January 31"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2017457709491359809)  2026-01-31T04:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"In the Epstein files - no explanation why"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2017676954980520371)  2026-01-31T19:10Z [----] followers, 26.3K engagements


"Mixed reviews for Fiji Water"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2017687773969604683)  2026-01-31T19:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"An @NZAirForce P8 Poseidon has since [--] Jan been operating from Faaa Tahiti and out across to Pitcairn Island - area suspected as key transit point for cocaine smuggling https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2017775461934502078)  2026-02-01T01:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Looks like whole population of Pitcairn Island turned out to watch @NZAirForce P8 Posiden fly over. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2017784140670914754)  2026-02-01T02:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"France seized [----] tonnes of cocaine near Bora Bora - then destroyed the evidence and released the crew. Days later a mystery freighter limped into Rarotonga. The Pacific is left holding the consequences of Paris new seize and release doctrine. https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/bora-bora-cocaine-mysteryr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/bora-bora-cocaine-mysteryr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2018094652084339011)  2026-02-01T22:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Fiji dailies for Monday Februay [--] @fijitimes @fiji_sun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2018098414077292572)  2026-02-01T23:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"US embassy in Vanuatu seeking local donations to keep their Facebook account going"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2018113283233022280)  2026-02-02T00:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A favourite S'Pacific pixs: Pitcairn Islanders gather to watch an @NZAirForce P8 (left) on patrol over their marine reserve. This month [---] years before their ancestors gathered on a nearby beach and set fire to HMS Bounty. https://michaelf27.substack.com https://michaelf27.substack.com"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2018168689355530532)  2026-02-02T03:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji dailies for Tuesday February [--] @fijitimes @fiji_sun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2018420851960582526)  2026-02-02T20:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"New Zealand is supporting US demand that it be allowed to inspect "foreign research stations" in Antarctica Literal ICE agents banging on doors of Italian Indian British Russian & Chinese bases More madness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2018536494617817414)  2026-02-03T04:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Unexplained prison cell death of writer Sia Figiel in Samoa now in court case involving PM's gossipy niece & a former PM. In mad thriller like tale it involves brutal murder of American Caroline Gabbard - aunt of Trump's security head Tulsi. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2018546625627742281)  2026-02-03T04:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"You have to cut something of a dash when you are Aotearoa's new ambassador to the Kingdom of Tonga. Brody Sinclair and top hat"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2018903568464715849)  2026-02-04T04:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Peter Thiel appears at least [----] times in the Epstein files: can John Key and the @NZNationalParty explain why they gave him New Zealand citizenship. What was the deal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2018908392572805305)  2026-02-04T04:44Z [----] followers, 51.1K engagements


"Fiji dailies for Thursday February [--] @fijitimes @fiji_sun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2019146684459270363)  2026-02-04T20:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka was injured in a stone attack outside his office in Suva this morning. A man has been detained at the scene. Rabuka's injury appears light. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2019148630159233339)  2026-02-04T20:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Fiji Govt deny Prime Minister Rabuka was hit by a stone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2019155598470967753)  2026-02-04T21:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Second huge cocaine seizure in couple of weeks in French Polynesia: [----] tonnes of cocaine "seized and destroyed". Official announcement gives no word on fate of ship or smugglers. Last month's 4.87t was thrown in sea & ship & smugglers let go. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2019178946370367674)  2026-02-04T22:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Most US Embassies in Pacific posting notices saying they do not have enough money for FB posting. Not US Embassy in Nuku'alofa which posted today on glories of deep sea mining. While Tongans have severe US immigration problems some in Washington like Tonga's pro-deepsea mining"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2019250500970140139)  2026-02-05T03:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji makes the front of the dying @washingtonpost"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2019509142281736573)  2026-02-05T20:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji dailies for Friday February [--] @fijitimes @fiji_sun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2019509938935259186)  2026-02-05T20:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"No [--] on Wellington Best Sellers book list"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2019625365157847239)  2026-02-06T04:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Covert Aotearoa NZ military & civil mission Operation Kiwa just scored first success: [----] km away from Auckland busted a ship with [----] tonnes of cocaine - street value NZ$1.8 billion. And not a politician anywhere"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2019634604886618284)  2026-02-06T04:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Samoa police reveal writer & poet Sia Figiel died a "self-inflicted death by hanging." She was in prison accused of the murder of poet Dr. Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2019642636630695962)  2026-02-06T05:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji dailies for Saturday February [--] @fijitimes @fiji_sun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2019877916331618628)  2026-02-06T20:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"International Space Station will be visible throughout Aotearoa tonight from around 9.21pm as it passes right over Northland Auckland Tauranga Bay of Plenty and Gisborne. This will be a particularly bright pass for observers in the North Island"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2019926236789969255)  2026-02-07T00:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Details underwraps: NZ cyber security Five Eyes unit - GCSB - played major role in a $1.8b cocaine drug bust on high seas east of Tahiti - 4.25tonnes of cocaine dumped in ocean but smugglers & ship freed to try again https://michaelf27.substack.com/p/operation-kiwa-and-mirage-of-pacific https://michaelf27.substack.com/p/operation-kiwa-and-mirage-of-pacific"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2020333697887871147)  2026-02-08T03:07Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"His Majestys Armed Forces of Tonga might not be terribly threatening toward any one but their female unit looks fashionably cool in their German influenced uniforms https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2020350624265822405)  2026-02-08T04:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji dailies for Monday February [--] @fijitimes @fiji_sun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2020602145670832204)  2026-02-08T20:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I was once promised the governorship of Tokelau - a divine part of the Pacific marking a hundred years of New Zealand rule - free to read https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/not-paradise-lost-found-or-regainedr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/not-paradise-lost-found-or-regainedr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2020672452003778908)  2026-02-09T01:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"I was once promised the governorship of Tokelau - a divine part of the Pacific marking a hundred years of New Zealand rule - free to read https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/not-paradise-lost-found-or-regainedr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/not-paradise-lost-found-or-regainedr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2020673070147731696)  2026-02-09T01:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"And made in Pukekawa just south of Auckland in Aotearoa New Zealand That Lays commercial was the saddest thing surrounding potatoes since the potato famine in Ireland or maybe when Dan Quayle spelled potato incorrectly. That Lays commercial was the saddest thing surrounding potatoes since the potato famine in Ireland or maybe when Dan Quayle spelled potato incorrectly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2020684791063228781)  2026-02-09T02:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji dailies for Tuesday February [--] @fijitimes @fiji_sun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2020970872169975872)  2026-02-09T21:19Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Eighty three unvaccinated Samoan children died - many of them were the fault of RFK Jr - as the truths come out. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/09/rfk-jr-samoa-trip-senate-confirmationCMP=share_btn_url&fbclid=IwY2xjawP3S-hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeFLdu1cALEDT0Nt_ZCIPrlwbeAl-vjdadPCixi-D-5xIV1Y_gtmg6f7fewI4_aem_rj1PBIPbBvsUwLCc-JP5xg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2021002263230337258)  2026-02-09T23:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The two great Aotearoa NZ table anxieties: are we top "per capita" and "are we beating Australia" @Olympics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2021270195151700008)  2026-02-10T17:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji dailies for Wednesday February [--] @fijitimes @fiji_sun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2021427255143178727)  2026-02-11T03:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Will she reach Oz Cocaine smuggler MV Raider about thousand km off NZ says it going to Sydney. French Polynesia removed [----] tonnes of cocaine & then let ship & [--] SAmerican crew free. But they lost US$1.5b in cocaine - some one is not happy https://michaelf27.substack.com/p/bora-bora-cocaine-mystery https://michaelf27.substack.com/p/bora-bora-cocaine-mystery"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2021437195568152966)  2026-02-11T04:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji dailies for Thursday February [--] @fijitimes @fiji_sun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2021694642237190350)  2026-02-11T21:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji has just told the United Nations that they own the Mineriva Reefs not Tonga. there was an Australian aid supported shooting match over this previously https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/minervas-time-for-wisdomutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/minervas-time-for-wisdomutm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2021854478903992610)  2026-02-12T07:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji dailies for Friday February [--] @fijitimes @fiji_sun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/2022076902555660750)  2026-02-12T22:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Who is going to tell them that other than Vava'u whales #Tonga is dull with little functioning infrastructure https://x.com/nzherald/status/766404349786554373 A huge increase in travel searches for Tonga could result in a tourism boom for the Pacific island https://t.co/49yCA92Wmh https://x.com/nzherald/status/766404349786554373 A huge increase in travel searches for Tonga could result in a tourism boom for the Pacific island https://t.co/49yCA92Wmh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/766407093117005824)  2016-08-18T22:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"I do wish international media would ban the word "tiny" in any stories on the Pacific https://x.com/RechtsanwaltHH/status/786077238034894848 https://x.com/RechtsanwaltHH/status/786077238034894848"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/786095665000611840)  2016-10-12T06:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Gerrymander - we've being saying it wrong for decades https://www.facebook.com/wsj/videos/10157821913938128/UzpfSTUxODIwMzA2NToxMDE1NzcxMDM2MTUzMzA2Ng/ https://www.facebook.com/wsj/videos/10157821913938128/UzpfSTUxODIwMzA2NToxMDE1NzcxMDM2MTUzMzA2Ng/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1003487572440412162)  2018-06-04T04:04Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Getting @jamespeshaw of @NZGreens to a global warming junket in Fiji involved large scale carbon emissions. Heard of Skype"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1022249531872763904)  2018-07-25T22:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Jenny Shipley opened Mt Albert Swimming Pools [--] years back - now they are closing as they are collapsing. Tepid Baths opened [----] Newmarket [----]. still going. Says something for National Party values"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1049150829528141824)  2018-10-08T04:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Combination; school wants land by [----] & Community Board's Peter Haynes says "aquatic centre was essentially a leaky building with boilers that were on their last legs." Shipley opened what she said was "stunning new Aquatic Centre." Lasted [--] years @MichaelFieldNZ They closing Not the school wanting its land back @MichaelFieldNZ They closing Not the school wanting its land back"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1049154000174514176)  2018-10-08T04:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"One learns interesting stuff from a language student: like how surprised he was that Chinese restaurants on Auckland's Dominion Rd are owned by Chinese govt officials"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1102062016443764737)  2019-03-03T04:23Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Why did a Taiwan fishing boat carry a body of a Filipino fisher across the Pacific avoiding French Polynesia & American Samoa but hope to get away with dumping the body in Apia @GlobalFishWatch https://www.facebook.com/mjfield/posts/10159307340848066 https://www.facebook.com/mjfield/posts/10159307340848066"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1199549986058276864)  2019-11-27T04:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Fiji always diplomatically silent on West Papua accepts aid from Indonesia. [--] pieces. https://www.fijitimes.com/stc-harold-indonesia-sends-in-13000kg-of-humanitarian-aid/ https://www.fijitimes.com/stc-harold-indonesia-sends-in-13000kg-of-humanitarian-aid/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1260327270624813057)  2020-05-12T21:53Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"New Zealand #COVID19 18/6/20 + [----] total + [--] new case (traveller from Pakistan quarantined at border) + [--] deaths + No one in hospital + [--] active cases [------] tests - Director-General of Health"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1273423321481142273)  2020-06-18T01:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Palau & Micronesia agree on exact boundaries. They have established a set of specific coordinates which are based on the half way distance from Ngulu & Yap and the Northern Islands of Palau"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1305760504715988995)  2020-09-15T06:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"As many an author is finding out this very day"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1339431289275916288)  2020-12-17T04:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Always thought that was a silly expression: what ever was the point of having a cake and not eating it @fundypost Sigh. I suppose you're one of those people who wants to have their cake and eat it @fundypost Sigh. I suppose you're one of those people who wants to have their cake and eat it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1410820375739576320)  2021-07-02T04:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Tonga's main island of Tongatapu is to go into a seven day #Covid19 lockdown from midnight tonight - Tonga Prime Minister Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa announces"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1455028578723106816)  2021-11-01T04:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Strange ritual in Aotearoa: every year about this time group called Watersafety Council are favoured for wow-is-us moments in media things need to be done they say. And then Nothing much. Except more deaths"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1479168091296727041)  2022-01-06T19:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"A succession of tsunami waves are hitting Samoa from Tongan eruption - no significant damage so far according to witness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1482250663480688640)  2022-01-15T07:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"It is with gracious reserve that I have made known to Her Majesty that as a result of the sudden vacancy I am available to be Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal NZ Army Logistics Regiment but would prefer weekends off"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1482563925074149383)  2022-01-16T04:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Explained: How United States can nab a Russian/Cayman vessel in Fiji legally. and speculation on where Feds might take Amadea. Pearl Harbour Or Pago Pago https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1521961056133734400)  2022-05-04T21:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Niue PM Tagealagi says no deal with China. Saying relations with Beijing different from other Pacific nations as they don't owe China money: "we signed diplomatic ties with China in [----] & .we dont have any joint commitment apart from that diplomatic agreement""  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1531842457725714432)  2022-06-01T03:37Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"A reference to Niue. and not entirely accurate Tiny nation puts Great Britain to shame with heroic ocean protection plan. By @topsy_tee https://t.co/AiSwjyU1KG Tiny nation puts Great Britain to shame with heroic ocean protection plan. By @topsy_tee https://t.co/AiSwjyU1KG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1532093208305745920)  2022-06-01T20:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Fiji quietly killed its international movie industry: government subsidy cut from 75% to 20% with a cap - FJD$4 million. Might just cover catering. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1544082120137908225)  2022-07-04T22:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Odd matter in [----] Global Climate Report: "La Nia contributed to the warmest year on record for New Zealand but also to the coolest year since [----] for Australia" https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/international-report-2021-climate-record-high-greenhouse-gasesfbclid=IwAR2es9FEgHsvw14pTnWw5l1Ld8zt1-UOwWxLf51aCUl-MfGJq6EWnRsOlzM https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/international-report-2021-climate-record-high-greenhouse-gasesfbclid=IwAR2es9FEgHsvw14pTnWw5l1Ld8zt1-UOwWxLf51aCUl-MfGJq6EWnRsOlzM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1565430642858688512)  2022-09-01T20:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Being a "veteran journalist" and still writing I regularly find an earlier me being quoted in various PhD & masters papers from distant times. Wondered if these footnotes of old constitute a promissory note cashable in my veteran years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1567013798300753922)  2022-09-06T04:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Why is the Tokelau ferry tied up in Auckland and after three months still going no where. McCully Sheep farm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1579989148563165184)  2022-10-12T00:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Beauty of Tokelau - all working together for annual fono. https://fb.watch/giXtZssM2R/ https://fb.watch/giXtZssM2R/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1583611192668717057)  2022-10-22T00:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Gagana Tokelau . In Aotearoa its Tokelau language week. Seriously hard to get to a true Polynesian treasure https://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelfield/albums/72157615964119656/with/3844282104/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelfield/albums/72157615964119656/with/3844282104/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1584038653768400896)  2022-10-23T04:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


""Jennings son of the same name was responsible for the near destruction of Tokelau when he helped Peruvian blackbirders raid the other three Tokelau atolls." https://michaelf27.substack.com/p/swains-island-abandoned-says-us-census https://michaelf27.substack.com/p/swains-island-abandoned-says-us-census"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1585824725951221760)  2022-10-28T02:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Tokelau United States Senate heard was obviously American territory because American beachcombers had fathered most of the children there. Additionally Tokelau leaders had secretly asked the US to end New Zealand rule and annex it. https://michaelf27.substack.com/p/americans-adrift-in-pacific-for-decades https://michaelf27.substack.com/p/americans-adrift-in-pacific-for-decades"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1588332293768155136)  2022-11-04T00:48Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Sadly Smoa finished with Lady Naomi fine ship now [--] years old. A new girl has arrived. Recall sailing on her to Tokelau for first UN referendum & ship's chef coming proclaiming "We have run out of food but the good news we have plenty of wine." https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1588770405644349442)  2022-11-05T05:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Think Tokelau. Think Marilyn Monroe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1588987532380819456)  2022-11-05T20:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Tokelau wrong date @GavinWells3 @TinaNgataPublic New Zealand came to: Niue [----]. Rarotonga [----]. Samoa [----]. Victoria Land [----]. Tokelau [----]. @GavinWells3 @TinaNgataPublic New Zealand came to: Niue [----]. Rarotonga [----]. Samoa [----]. Victoria Land [----]. Tokelau 1949"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1589500083220774913)  2022-11-07T06:08Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Not true - Tokelau and Tonga are both [--] @PoliticsVerse There are only [--] countries worldwide restricting the vote age to 21: Cameron Kuwait Malaysia Oman Samoa Singapore Tokelau Tonga. [--] of them have a monarch. I don't know but somehow the republicans wants the USA to move backwards it's really insane @PoliticsVerse There are only [--] countries worldwide restricting the vote age to 21: Cameron Kuwait Malaysia Oman Samoa Singapore Tokelau Tonga. [--] of them have a monarch. I don't know but somehow the republicans wants the USA to move backwards it's really insane"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1590909578245378049)  2022-11-11T03:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Sorryother than myself who has as journo has covered elections in Tonga and referendums in Tokelau"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1590922099379404800)  2022-11-11T04:19Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Wembley Stadium's closest station is 'Wembley Stadium'. Stade de France transit station Stade de France. Yankee Stadium subway Yankee. Eden Park station would help visitors @MichaelFieldNZ what would you call it @MichaelFieldNZ what would you call it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1682254319482212352)  2023-07-21T05:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"So this very week Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in Korea started precise steel cutting for two heavily customised KiwiRail ferries. Ironically @NicolaWillisMP may have done China's PLA a big favour. They looking for new ferries with heavy decks (for trains - or tanks)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1735100741461880899)  2023-12-14T00:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"'This Sato Pan Toilet is ideal and straightforward for rural communities. It consumes minimal water; just one mineral water bottle. Not only does it save water but it also eliminates the inconvenience of traveling to beaches.' https://www.sibconline.com.sb/two-primary-teachers-in-south-vela-are-the-first-to-use-pan-toilets/ https://www.sibconline.com.sb/two-primary-teachers-in-south-vela-are-the-first-to-use-pan-toilets/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1776335507250880793)  2024-04-05T19:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"While Tongan/Samoan Tony Finau and Fijian Vijay Singh did not win this year's US Masters they did finish ahead of Tiger Woods on the prize money. And Aotearoa's Ryan Fox was ahead of them all. but behind the winners https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2024/04/14/masters-2024-prize-money-payouts-leaderboard-augusta-national/fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1MzsEBlPdSdhORk2nLssFGGlwJpTVVmOTx1e1nztIOo1Oix1Ee8HkdRUQ_aem_AVHf07--rBT-fDzrPpxIuA6vhEM6JOPbJdigA55cFgWko5htfKjeLvyhdujiieiuTGv8qLVgvEWOV7Uus7pWR6Tp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1780130566912016771)  2024-04-16T07:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"And now for some good news: . In latest season nearly [-----] baby turtles hatched on Tetiaroa in French Polynesia - island once owned by Marlon Brando https://www.tahiti-infos.com/Te-mana-o-te-moana-ange-gardien-des-tortues-marines-et-de-leur-sanctuaire-a-Tetiaroa_a221571.htmlfbclid=IwY2xjawEWdHhleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHXrbe2NFKvMfd2TJwKuc6B9lTqHwYHDeYncUeTwVNGUIid4i27ixWLmdGQ_aem_wi8cZpifWORBGrZNg5HsEw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1818462535386825158)  2024-07-31T01:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Coach's fault: time for a new one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1832506962472530018)  2024-09-07T19:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Clowns who run Auckland International Airport @AKL_Airport are on track to create one of world's worst airports: chaotic inefficient confused & dedicated to making as much money as possible while making it hell for travellers https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/528608/travellers-warned-to-expect-delays-around-auckland-airport-as-new-outlet-centre-opensfbclid=IwY2xjawFa-vFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYPG1S4_Zu6Z7jfMXVhpD24AllPRTnsrXlfYH9wdt6QKLFmdCHCVqXpNmA_aem_VE3Y3q_PDtP2FqYGYfjl1A"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1837297354074198233)  2024-09-21T01:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Whats in a name when it's Fiji Luigi Mangione's social media handles include reference to Luigi from Fiji. Fiji may be connected to Luigis university fraternity group rather than Fiji. All a bit The Truman Show"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1866537273195630891)  2024-12-10T17:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Cook Islands set to strike a major partnership deal with China causing deep concern in the New Zealand Government. The move would be a big win for Beijing which is trying to exert its influence and power across the Pacific. https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/05/cook-islands-deal-with-china-takes-nz-government-by-surprise/fbclid=IwY2xjawIP0ydleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHd0O2H9telhfjQSysPDzoFjSDz5EvxKUUKJdwXcSo9rLDwnSVuKrf-1qPA_aem_troQxqQ_fGsgi_eR6zLxtQ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1887007248070897796)  2025-02-05T05:16Z [----] followers, 13.1K engagements


"Donald Trump assaulted International Criminal Court - a number of states issued a statement in response in support of the ICC. One Pacific state signed that statement. Vanuatu. Even Australia & New Zealand shied away from standing up to Trump. https://www.government.nl/documents/diplomatic-statements/2025/02/07/joint-statement---sanctions-international-criminal-court-icc https://www.government.nl/documents/diplomatic-statements/2025/02/07/joint-statement---sanctions-international-criminal-court-icc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1888074159357628519)  2025-02-08T03:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Now things have really exploded in S'Pacific Nothing to do with Trump Chinese or Cook Islands Uproar exploded over a beauty contest in Solomon Islands. Even Samoa PM demanding explanation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1889109982190432432)  2025-02-11T00:31Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A small alarm: In [----] United States renounced its claim on parts of northern Cook Islands. That was done by President Jimmy Carter (famed for Panama) - now if China starts playing in Cook Islands wonder what Donald Trump might make of it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1889783441903751337)  2025-02-12T21:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Fiji dailies for Thursday February [--] @fijitimes @fiji_sun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1889823488711803010)  2025-02-12T23:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"If China gets over familiar with Cook Islands will some one point out to President Trump that in same year President Carter gave away Panama - he gave away the Cook Islands. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1889905876989067466)  2025-02-13T05:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Cook Islands Premier Mark Brown to attend China winter games https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1890091255276924985)  2025-02-13T17:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"China and Cook Islands sign cooperation deal but details remain secret. A realm territory of Aotearoa New Zealand its foreign minister @NewZealandMFA says they have no specifics & cannot comment on deal https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1890492645316739552)  2025-02-14T20:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"As China & Cook Islands sign a covert deal worth recallig that for over a century United States claimed large part of the Cook Islands. They only renounced it at the same time President Carter handed back a canal to Panama. @realDonaldTrump is backing out of that one"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1890540644726112414)  2025-02-14T23:16Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Chinas Valentine card to Cook Islands While Jimmy Carter was settling Guano Act claims he signed over Panama Canal in a deal Donald Trump wants to renounce and one can only wonder if he might want to do the same with the long forgotten Cook Islands deal https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/chinas-valentines-for-cook-islandsr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/chinas-valentines-for-cook-islandsr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1890633778512515207)  2025-02-15T05:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Back from China with a still secret piece of paper: Cook Islands Premier Mark Brown says when released for New Zealand to see "there will be nothing for them to be concerned about. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1891330781793980691)  2025-02-17T03:36Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"And the big story in the South Pacific today: sleeping dogs have taken over the Munda police station in the Solomon Islands. where did the police go https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1891559956668624996)  2025-02-17T18:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Chinese Communist Party's Global Times on Cook Islands: 'China has consistently supported South Pacific countries in making choices independently based on their own interests and does not intend to "replace" anyone.' https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202502/1328603.shtml https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202502/1328603.shtml"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1891564812645040458)  2025-02-17T19:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Cook Islands protest - around [---] mainly older people symbolic of the realm's fundamental problem: a rapidly declining youthful and. young population"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1891631363817660875)  2025-02-17T23:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Cook Islands - China full deal now released to the public. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1891677475429654666)  2025-02-18T02:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Now that the China-Cook Islands big six page document in out it seems Aotearoa Foreign Minister @NewZealandMFA got rather over exercised on very little. "One China." isnt even mentioned. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1891678847109644693)  2025-02-18T02:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Prime Minister @chrisluxonmp defence commitments pay off - new C130J Hercules have flush toilet replacing C130H's famed bucket on rear cargo door. As is evident however one needs to be tall for new toilet. And not shy - its a real throne. https://fb.watch/xPIupZQj_G/ https://fb.watch/xPIupZQj_G/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1891685016301719657)  2025-02-18T03:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Australia is a real bully toward small South Pacific states. It deporting convicted criminals to Nauru - they are not Nauruan or Australia - but rich Australia decides to make a smaller weaker state pay the price https://theconversation.com/australia-is-deporting-3-non-citizens-from-the-nzyq-group-to-nauru-what-could-it-do-instead-250053utm_medium=article_native_share&utm_source=theconversation.com https://theconversation.com/australia-is-deporting-3-non-citizens-from-the-nzyq-group-to-nauru-what-could-it-do-instead-250053utm_medium=article_native_share&utm_source=theconversation.com"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1891687846366367771)  2025-02-18T03:15Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji Prime Minister Rabuka celebrates receiving phone call from Israel's Netanyahu - Fiji going to open an embassy in Jerusalem. No mention is being made of how Fiji has deeply compromised its UN peace keeping credentials with its political decision"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1892067824991965250)  2025-02-19T04:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Aotearoa Foreign Minister Winston Peters has another bash at two Pacific states - Kiribati & Cook Islands. His failures to organise meetings is striking. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1892299006799225283)  2025-02-19T19:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A Chinese tuna fishing boat sailing from Samoa to French Polynesia has run aground at entrance to Papeete harbour https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1892311643251495075)  2025-02-19T20:33Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Blocked by the Minister of Defence @JudithCollinsMP . Nothing like running from journos who ask questions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1892381351719862699)  2025-02-20T01:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Rated a medium chance of becoming a cyclone Samoa and American Samoa are taking a severe pounding already. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1892428638756462794)  2025-02-20T04:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Wonder if People's Liberation Army Navy is in Tasman Sea in bid to get their Chinese gooseberries back from Aotearoa"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1892446358683983895)  2025-02-20T05:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"All that shipping out of Australia & New Zealand heading into Jomard Passage & onto . China. with iron ore for China to build ships milk powder to feed sailors and out of a sense of guilt returning the stolen Chinese gooseberries Some of the most scaremongering alarmist irresponsible language from our so called Minister of Defence. Is this the same China that is our largest trading partner I wonder. Luxon needs to remove her quickly. We dont need this sort of grandstanding. https://t.co/zChjzphe3c Some of the most scaremongering alarmist irresponsible language from our so called Minister of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1892477442457014660)  2025-02-20T07:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi to face motion of no confidence in Fale Fono next Tuesday. She might struggle to hold on. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1892706201273598085)  2025-02-20T22:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Aircraft heading from New Zealand to Sydney appear to be changing course over three ship Chinese fleet in Tasman Sea @flightradar24"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1893165878881173621)  2025-02-22T05:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Two South Pacific cyclones declared within an hour of each other: Alfred over the Coral Sea Rae between Fiji and Tonga"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1893567201749221755)  2025-02-23T07:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"#CycloneRae moving through Fiji & will hit Minerva Reef directly - in weather warnings Tonga is claiming Minerva ignoring Fiji's repeated claims to the unoccupied atoll https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/minervas-time-for-wisdomr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/minervas-time-for-wisdomr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1894102037157089574)  2025-02-24T19:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"A small fleet of Chinese warships randomly firing into the sky over the Tasman Sea forced an Air New Zealand flight from Auckland to Hobart to bootleg its way across Tuesday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1894250247473565881)  2025-02-25T04:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Will be interesting: NZ Govt just sent out its 'request for quotes' on a couple of Cook Strait ferries. With the combined genius power of @NicolaWillisMP & @NewZealandMFA we should be fine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1902932737738318262)  2025-03-21T03:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Villa Vailima bears no relationship to smaller affair that Stevenson lived in. What tourists see was Aotearoa NZ aid rebuilt by Fletcher Building Ltd & in a decision caught in a swell of political corruption given to rich Mormons. https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/under-a-wide-and-starry-skyr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/under-a-wide-and-starry-skyr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1940507372029727131)  2025-07-02T20:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Marshall Islands Nitjela or Parliament burned to the ground last night in Majuro. No explanation so far. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1960094324261302589)  2025-08-25T21:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Inside the destroyed Nitijela - Parliament of the Marshall Islands. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1960195085103939724)  2025-08-26T04:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The Marshall Islands tragedy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1960940263859441781)  2025-08-28T05:39Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji opens embassy in Jerusalem: PMs Rabuka and Netanyahu like brothers-in-arm https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1968374918279741575)  2025-09-17T18:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Another "narco sub" - high speed drug running boat - washed ashore in Solomon Is. Third this year - they are potentially very dangerous with chemical residues. Another one was found in French Polynesia several months ago. No sign of crew or drugs https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1974303729504694635)  2025-10-04T02:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Video of grounded Vanuatu patrol boat off Epi Island. Not looking good. Third of [--] Australian supplied vessels to be wrecked https://www.facebook.com/100002958715959/videos/pcb.1349851333222931/3679840545650717 https://www.facebook.com/100002958715959/videos/pcb.1349851333222931/3679840545650717"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1975040095020617835)  2025-10-06T03:27Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Those clowns at Auckland's Herne Bay who want heliports on their front lawn have nothing on the bloke at Half Moon Bay with this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1975364527878512935)  2025-10-07T00:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Life discovered in the deep South Pacific where the Cook Islands want to strip mine. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1976759897674203527)  2025-10-10T21:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Cook Is - [-----] people [---] km of land - just became one of worlds largest countries on paper. UN ruling gives them [---] million km of seabed & $12 trillion mineral trove. Small nation giant stakes. #CookIslands #DeepSeaMining https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/cook-islands-claims-empire-beneathr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/cook-islands-claims-empire-beneathr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1977163281447186939)  2025-10-12T00:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Attempts to refloat the grounded Vanuatu patrol boat RVS. Takuare (gift from Australia) seem lacklustre. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1977172869521211588)  2025-10-12T00:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Cooks had a combined area of [----] m km under previous definition - 14th or 15th largest state in the world. Addition of [------] km of Manihiki Plateau takes the Cooks to a continental [----] million km. That is about the size of Algeria. https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/cook-islands-claims-empire-beneathr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/cook-islands-claims-empire-beneathr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1977448050491863393)  2025-10-12T18:55Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Chinese PLA Navy medical ship Daishan Dao docking in Nuku'alofa Tonga Monday morning - livestreamed by Tonga Broadcasting - and showing (accidentally) that while the ship is docking it does not have its AIS on - no @MarineTraffic track"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1977479128954904759)  2025-10-12T20:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Striking photo of Fakaofo Tokelau from A. Perez Voyages. It speaks of a remarkable [---] or so people living on the edge of remote atoll surrounded by the vast South Pacific. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1977482876972347594)  2025-10-12T21:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Off beaches Pacific emptying out. Births still high but young people leaving - to care homes farms & factories. Islands with fewer islanders.#PacificMigration #Demography #SouthPacific #LabourMobility #PopulationCrisis https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/emptying-pacific-islands-withoutr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/emptying-pacific-islands-withoutr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1978575156885721391)  2025-10-15T21:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"My first meeting with Jim Bolger - almost exactly [--] years ago. in Poutasi Samoa. a splendid fellow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1978635534114119984)  2025-10-16T01:34Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fantastic pic in Birds of Auckland on FB: a leucistic ktare / kingfisher. https://www.facebook.com/photofbid=10161978361308174&set=pcb.24933232639641874 https://www.facebook.com/photofbid=10161978361308174&set=pcb.24933232639641874"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1978641747044618744)  2025-10-16T01:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Two weeks out from the start of cyclone season a Vanuatu patrol boat gifted to them by Australia remains grounded with seemingly little prospect of recovery any time soon. Vanuatu Police investigating crew. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1978959432860999781)  2025-10-16T23:01Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji dailies for Saturday Oct [--] @fijitimes @fiji_sun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1979292911994102137)  2025-10-17T21:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji court orders US owned @FIJIWater to halt firing Fiji workers. @fiji_sun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1979293782605791715)  2025-10-17T21:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Attempted salvage of Vanuatu grounded patrol boat Takuare (gift from Australia) underway but running into cyclone season. If successful repairs may take [--] to [--] years in Australia. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1979380210245197915)  2025-10-18T02:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji Deputy Prime Minister Manoa Kamikamica arrested and to appear in Magistrates Court today charged with perjury and giving false information to a public servant. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1979998423115051051)  2025-10-19T19:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Are we building Fijis economy or someone elses Because right now the evidence suggests were subsidising workforce development for Australia and New Zealand whilst our own economy struggles. https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/emptying-pacific-islands-withoutr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelf27/p/emptying-pacific-islands-withoutr=2rgq5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1980018582701674939)  2025-10-19T21:09Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The International Maritime Organisation's Marine Environment Protection Committees extraordinary session adjourned after failing to come to a consensus or call a vote on Net-Zero Framework agreed in April. The meeting voted to adjourn for one year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1980022115027038561)  2025-10-19T21:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji dailies for Monday October [--] @fijitimes @sun_fiji"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1980026476604076496)  2025-10-19T21:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Found on Guadalcanal between Bloody Ridge and NZ Camp Hill fragment of a ceramic egg cup featuring Royal New Zealand Air Force logo. A small but special link to the Kiwi's who served In Solomon Islands over [--] years ago. @NZAirForce https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1980089816160391274)  2025-10-20T01:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Fiji netball: Body of Fiji Pearls coach Unaisi Rokoura has been recovered from the Rewa River https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom https://www.facebook.com/groups/Pacificnewsroom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1980118562137342402)  2025-10-20T03:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Fiji dailies for Tuesday October [--] @fijitimes @fiji_sun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelFieldNZ/status/1980374187882750038)  2025-10-20T20:42Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

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