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Fiji communities eager to meet ‘our PM’ Rabuka on NZ visit
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Members of Fijian communities in Auckland and Wellington are eager to meet Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka next week when he arrives on his...
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Latest Island Studies journal features social justice activism and advocacy
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A new edition of the Okinawan Journal of Island Studies features social justice island activism, including a case study of Aotearoa New...
Background to SCORI – is this a sell-out of Pacific’s ‘Sea...
By concerned citizens of the Pacific
The signing of the memorandum of understanding between the University of the South Pacific's vice-chancellor and president, Professor Pal...
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Duncan Graham: Compromise worked in Aceh – why not West Papua?...
There are parallels between Indonesia’s Aceh where an Australian surfer faced a flogging, and West Papua where a New Zealand pilot may be facing...
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Timor-Leste’s opposition party wins election ‘punishing’ ruling Fretilin coalition
ABC Pacific Beat
Timor-Leste independence hero Xanana Gusmao has won the parliamentary election, but the country's first president may contest the count after his party...
HUMAN RIGHTS
Obituary: Tui Rererangi Walsh O’Sullivan, the ‘flying bird in the sky’
OBITUARY: By Dominic O'Sullivan
Tui Rererangi Walsh O'Sullivan, 4 July 1940 -- 20 May 2023
Kia ora koutau katoa. Kia ora mo o koutou haerenga i...
Latest Island Studies journal features social justice activism and advocacy
Asia Pacific Report
A new edition of the Okinawan Journal of Island Studies features social justice island activism, including a case study of Aotearoa New...
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Fiji communities eager to meet ‘our PM’ Rabuka on NZ visit
RNZ Pacific
Members of Fijian communities in Auckland and Wellington are eager to meet Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka next week when he arrives on his...
Additional budget funds earmarked for USP arrears, says Prasad
By Repeka Nasiko in Lautoka
The University of the South Pacific will be receiving additional funding from the Fiji government in the 2023-2024 national budget,...
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Latest Island Studies journal features social justice activism and advocacy
Asia Pacific Report
A new edition of the Okinawan Journal of Island Studies features social justice island activism, including a case study of Aotearoa New...
NZ’s Media Freedom Council slams mayor Brown’s ban attempt as ‘insult...
RNZ News
New Zealand's Media Freedom Council has called Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown's exclusion of some media outlets from his budget speech today "unacceptable".
In an...
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Four women feature in Tahiti’s new Tavini Huira’atira government
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's newly-elected President Moetai Brotherson has presented a 10-member government, which includes four women.
Brotherson has confirmed his pre-election choice of Eliane Tevahitua...
‘Free Jimmy Lai now’ plea by RSF and 116 global media...
Pacific Media Watch
More than 100 media leaders from around the world have joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in signing an unprecedented joint statement expressing...
SOCIO-ECONOMICS
Tahiti’s pro-independence ‘blue wave’ back at helm with decisive win
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva
Mā'ohi Nui's blue wave of the pro-independence Tavini Huir'atira has won its bet -- to be back in the helm...
Rich-lister supports NZ capital gains tax as new research opens fresh...
By Anneke Smith, RNZ News political reporter
One of New Zealand's wealthiest people says he supports a capital gains tax, as new research lays...
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Te Whānau-a-Apanui take Te Matatini kapa haka title 2023
RNZ News Te Ao Māori
Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau-a-Apanui from Mātaatua have been crowned Te Matatini champions for the third time in Aotearoa...
The genocide next door – West Papuan band spreading message of freedom
By Moale James
“West Papuans are being denied their basic human rights … Human beings have a right to freedom. Freedom to be treated fairly...
Tagata Pasifika: Youth lead indigenous storytelling at Moana Loloto
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Young Pasifika performers and artists came together last week for Moana Loloto, a night of indigenous storytelling to explore four pressing...
Outrage, opposition to Cook Islands Rocketman ban
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A prominent Cook Islands lawyer intends to take a court challenge against the censor’s impending ban of the film Rocketman, reports the...
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Background to SCORI – is this a sell-out of Pacific’s ‘Sea...
By concerned citizens of the Pacific
The signing of the memorandum of understanding between the University of the South Pacific's vice-chancellor and president, Professor Pal...
Magnitude 7.7 earthquake near Loyalty Islands triggers tsunami threat for Vanuatu,...
RNZ Pacific
New Zealand's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is warning coastal areas are expected to experience strong and unusual currents and unpredictable surges following...
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Fantasy like Moana? ‘No, I just wanted to tell my story,’...
REVIEW: By Sri Krishnamurthi
From Island girl to an airline pilot seems like the Disney fantasy Moana yet nothing could further from the truth when...