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Big week for climate action rallies and democracy – pro-coal in Australia

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May 25, 2019

Democracy

Gary Juffa: Dear PM O’Neill, we’ll stop you selling out our country

Democracy

Duma’s URP defects from O’Neill coalition bloc in PNG power shift

Education

NZ seeks ‘explanations’ over USP mismanagement allegations

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Climate

Big week for climate action rallies and democracy – pro-coal in...

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May 25, 2019

By Megan Darby of Climate Home News It has been a big week for democracy, starting with a pro-coal verdict in Australia and ending with...

Gary Juffa: Dear PM O’Neill, we’ll stop you selling out our...

May 25, 2019

Duma’s URP defects from O’Neill coalition bloc in PNG power shift

May 24, 2019

NZ seeks ‘explanations’ over USP mismanagement allegations

May 24, 2019

UN chief waffles over West Papuan human rights violations

May 23, 2019

6 killed as post-election Prabowo protest turns into Jakarta riots

May 23, 2019

CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate

Big week for climate action rallies and democracy – pro-coal in...

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May 25, 2019

By Megan Darby of Climate Home News It has been a big week for democracy, starting with a pro-coal verdict in Australia and ending with...

Climate

UN chief calls for immediate climate action to ‘save Pacific –...

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May 21, 2019

COMMENTARY: By Dan McGarry in Port Vila Vanuatu and other Pacific nations can teach a lesson to the world, says UN Secretary-General António Guterres. “That lesson...

Guterres praises Fiji over leadership in global battle against climate change

May 16, 2019

UN Security-General tells youth be ‘noisy as possible’ on climate change

May 13, 2019

NZ’s ‘toothless’ Zero Carbon Bill has no bite, says Greenpeace chief

May 10, 2019

Britain, home of industrial revolution, plans ‘net-zero’ climate change

May 4, 2019

FEATURES AND ANALYSIS

Democracy

Gary Juffa: Dear PM O’Neill, we’ll stop you selling out our...

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May 25, 2019

OPEN LETTER: By Gary Juffa, Governor of Oro Dear Prime Minister, You sold all our todays and were about to sell our children's tomorrows too. You...

Will AI decide one day humans are messing up the world...

May 21, 2019

Dear editor, why smartphones are ruining our nakamal storytelling

May 18, 2019

Scott Waide: Why banning Facebook in PNG is a really bad...

May 17, 2019

Britain, home of industrial revolution, plans ‘net-zero’ climate change

May 4, 2019

Adrian Blackburn: A Herald love/hate relationship and the new premium

May 4, 2019

MULTIMEDIA

Democracy

Duma’s URP defects from O’Neill coalition bloc in PNG power shift

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May 24, 2019

The United Resources Party, led by Hagen Open MP William Duma, including four ministers, switches to the opposition. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The...

UN chief waffles over West Papuan human rights violations

May 23, 2019

6 killed as post-election Prabowo protest turns into Jakarta riots

May 23, 2019

Guterres praises Fiji over leadership in global battle against climate change

May 16, 2019

Philippines opposition fails to rock Duterte’s Senate dominance

May 14, 2019

Ex-minister Marape declares rival camp ‘steadfast’ in O’Neill challenge

May 6, 2019

HUMAN RIGHTS

Climate

Big week for climate action rallies and democracy – pro-coal in...

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May 25, 2019

By Megan Darby of Climate Home News It has been a big week for democracy, starting with a pro-coal verdict in Australia and ending with...

Democracy

Gary Juffa: Dear PM O’Neill, we’ll stop you selling out our...

PMC Editor -

May 25, 2019

OPEN LETTER: By Gary Juffa, Governor of Oro Dear Prime Minister, You sold all our todays and were about to sell our children's tomorrows too. You...

UN chief waffles over West Papuan human rights violations

May 23, 2019

6 killed as post-election Prabowo protest turns into Jakarta riots

May 23, 2019

Canberra cannot ignore Manus Island suicide attempt crisis, warns advocate

May 22, 2019

Will AI decide one day humans are messing up the world...

May 21, 2019

INSTITUTIONS

Climate

Big week for climate action rallies and democracy – pro-coal in...

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May 25, 2019

By Megan Darby of Climate Home News It has been a big week for democracy, starting with a pro-coal verdict in Australia and ending with...

Democracy

Gary Juffa: Dear PM O’Neill, we’ll stop you selling out our...

PMC Editor -

May 25, 2019

OPEN LETTER: By Gary Juffa, Governor of Oro Dear Prime Minister, You sold all our todays and were about to sell our children's tomorrows too. You...

Duma’s URP defects from O’Neill coalition bloc in PNG power shift

May 24, 2019

NZ seeks ‘explanations’ over USP mismanagement allegations

May 24, 2019

UN chief waffles over West Papuan human rights violations

May 23, 2019

6 killed as post-election Prabowo protest turns into Jakarta riots

May 23, 2019

MEDIA

Australia

Outrage, polls and bias: 2019 election shows media regulation needs

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May 22, 2019

By Denis Muller in Melbourne Two big media-related issues have emerged from the federal election: how opinion polls are reported and the polarisation of the...

Editor's Picks

Death of Bougainvillean journalist Eric Tapakau stuns colleagues

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May 22, 2019

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Former Post-Courier business editor Eric Tapakau died in Port Moresby over the weekend, where he was seeking medical treatment for a...

Student journos form ‘biggest newsroom’ to cover election

May 20, 2019

Fiji exposé website Newsroom wins three NZ journalism awards

May 20, 2019

Dear editor, why smartphones are ruining our nakamal storytelling

May 18, 2019

Scott Waide: Why banning Facebook in PNG is a really bad...

May 17, 2019

SPORTS

New Caledonia

‘Great goal’ wins Hienghéne victory in Oceania Champions League

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May 13, 2019

By RNZ Pacific Hienghéne Sport won their maiden OFC Champions League football title after a sensational 60 metre strike by substitute Amy Antoine Roine earned...

New Caledonia

New Caledonian football teams end NZ’s Oceania dominance

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April 29, 2019

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk New Caledonian football teams Hienghène Sport and AS Magenta have ended New Zealand’s dominance of the OFC Champions League with upset...

End ‘colonial mindset’ over skewed world rugby, says Samoan PM

March 13, 2019

Five Palestinians cheering for France at the World Cup 20 years...

July 15, 2018

Cook Islands, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu win medals at Games

April 11, 2018

Tongan ban on girls playing rugby and boxing ‘not our policy’,...

March 23, 2018

SOCIO-ECONOMICS

Economics

Brexit referendum asked the wrong questions, says AUT academic

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January 22, 2019

By Anya Imandin The right answer to the wrong question over the Brexit referendum is still the wrong answer, says an Auckland University of Technology...

Economics

Contribution by Pacific community more than money, says academic

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November 21, 2018

By Rahul Bhattarai The Pacific community has contributed immensely to New Zealand's economy - but that isn't the only contribution, says a leading development studies...

O’Neill replies on Maseratis, shuns ‘racist’ critic as opponents call strike

October 15, 2018

Diabetes ‘ongoing disaster’ tops Fiji health bill at $124 million

April 16, 2018

Accidents expose lax safety hitting Indonesia’s infrastructure projects

February 15, 2018

PNG’s opposition blasts O’Neill over ‘fake budget, fake revenues’

December 6, 2017

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Fiji to set up relocation trust fund for villages hit by...

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Banabans climate change student documentary chosen for third festival

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Banabans of Rabi student doco given Tongan film festival premiere

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Banabans of Rabi short climate change documentary chosen for Nuku’alofa

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While PNG promotes APEC big money, youth are building grassroots resilience

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40 luxury Maseratis for PNG, but little effort put into climate...

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Tukuitonga goes into battle on behalf of Pacific for WHO position

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ARTS & PERFORMANCE

Vanuatu student journalist launches first poetry collection and aims higher

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October 24, 2018

By Harrison Selmen in Suva, Fiji Vanuatu student journalist Telstar Jimmy launched her first poetry book in Fiji last week and vows bigger plans ahead...

How a talented bone carver fuses tikanga, art and wellbeing

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October 17, 2018

By Irra Lee Tikanga-based mahi toi and mental wellbeing come together in an Auckland artist’s work with pounamu and bone. Maha Tomo, of Ngai Tahu, Rangitane,...

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February 16, 2018

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Auckland’s popular Silo Park will come alive to the sounds of the Caribbean next week. Part of the Summer at Silo Park...

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Analysis

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May 21, 2019

By Arnold Chanel in Suva Countless fictional novels and Hollywood movies have time and time again provided glimpses of a scenario where Artificial Intelligence breaks...

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January 23, 2019

By Mong Palatino of Global Voices Fiji’s Online Safety Act took effect this month amid concerns that it will be used to censor the internet. The...

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Documentaries

How soldier guitars, culture and faith paved way for Bougainville’s peace

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April 23, 2019

The trailer for Will Watson's documentary on Bougainville peacemaking, Soldiers Without Guns. FILM REVIEW: By David Robie While a gripping film about the apocalyptic Bougainville war,...