Tag: History

By Agnes Herbert in Port Vila A founding father and former politician has urged young journalists to write more about Vanuatu’s history. In a presentation to...

RNZ News Joe Hawke -- the prominent kaumātua and activist who led the long-running Takaparawhau occupation at Auckland's Bastion Point in the late 1970s --...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Today -- 15 August 15 1962 -- marks "a day of betrayal for us West Papuans", says a Papuan leader as...

Flashback: Tagata Pasifika's John Pulu talks to Oscar Temaru in 2016. By David Robie One of the champions of the South Pacific’s nuclear-free and independence campaigners,...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk One of New Zealand's best-selling and most-respected historians and social commentators, Professor Paul Moon, has been acknowledged for his contributions as...

Forgotten Dawn Children's official trailer. By TJ Aumua in Auckland Filmmakers Joshua Iosefo and Corey Larry Sio found out this month that their short film Forgotten...

By David Robie on Aneityum, Vanuatu She had the most enchanting smile, even though she had lost her baby teeth. Her toothless grin turned out...

By Elly Burhaini Faizal in Jakarta A high school Indonesian history teacher in Batam, Riau Islands, has brought alternative narratives of the 1965 to 1966...

REVIEW: By Erica George of Amnesty International NZ "Mainstream journalism has failed to communicate not only peace, but also human rights in ways that have...

By Linawati Sidarto in Amsterdam A unique photographic exhibition in Amsterdam shows what the Dutch state tried to hide from its people about the grueling...

Indonesian police recently banned the Turn Left Festival in Jakarta. The Jakarta Post’s Margareth S. Aritonang and Pandaya analyse the incident, which has raised...

Democracy has died and been reborn several times in different countries in the region, writes Mong Palatino. On March 2, 1962, General Ne Win led...

June Keitadi -- as a five-year-old -- in the 1983 Huarere video "Nuclear Free". She is seen at 1m08. By David Robie in Auckland So the...

Report from Pacific Media Watch Profile by Ivamere Nataro in Suva If you're a person who loves history and values culture then you would certainly want...