Monthly Archives: March 2016

More than a thousand Fijian, Vanuatu and Samoan youths will be helped to secure employment through organic agriculture with the launch of a US$1.5...

New Zealand’s performance on the Treaty of Waitangi, indigenous rights, privatisation of prisons and the Trans Pacific Partnership will be raised this week at...

By Lealaiauloto Fatu Tauafiafi in Auckland Seventeen Pacific island countries, including New Zealand and its territory Tokelau, will have the results of a Pacific-wide study...

An ABC Four Corners investigative programme crew has been detained by Malaysian police after trying to question Prime Minister Najib Razak over a corruption...

By Mark Bowling Allegations of recent military and police intimidation, beatings and torture, kidnapping and murder in West Papua, have been documented in a new...

By Josie Butler This week marks the beginning of the New Zealand government’s national roadshow on the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), a roadshow that...

Joanna, 11, talks about life in Vanuatu one year on after Cyclone Pam. Video: UNICEF By Karen Allen Something is seriously wrong in the Pacific. The numbers...

By Hannah Short Former president of Timor-Leste and Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr José Ramos-Horta praised the educational opportunity being provided for students from his...

By Alex Perrottet in The Fiji Times Severe tropical cyclone Winston unleashed the full force of mother nature on a beautiful country. But the peace and...

While Fiji comes to terms with its own devastation in the wake of category 5 Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston last month, Vanuatu is now...

Rev Robert Stringer from Melbourne, Australia, talks about his recent visit to West Papua where he met a range of community and church leaders....

Workers in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung from the Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance (KASBI) protested at the city hall this week...

Pack your sunhat and sunscreen, and plan your journey to Auckland's Western Springs Park – Pasifika returns this weekend. One of New Zealand’s longest-standing and...

By Lealaiauloto A F Tauafiafi in Auckland The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) has walked away with the top two global prizes awarded for efforts against...

By Bob Makin in Port Vila Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas has terminated the board of the national broadcaster Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation...

Evening Report editorial by Selwyn Manning The New Zealand government is considering the recommendations of a former deputy prime minister and lawyer as it embarks...

The findings of a major study which will put accurate and up to date numbers to the nature and extent of illegal, unreported and...

The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) has identified rampant violations by broadcasting companies, particularly television stations, of laws that govern the content they air to...

By Gregory Walsh Nineteen-year-old Mukesh was born into a marginalised community in an impoverished region of rural India. Now he documents corruption in his region's...

By Chris Brummit in Jakarta Indonesian police will be able to detain suspects for six months under a significant expansion of powers contained in a...

By Peni Shute in Suva Digicel Fiji has been given three licenses for 12 years to fully operate Sky Pacific, six months after formally acquiring...

By Allison Penjueli in Suva A total of $476.3 million of estimated damages in all sectors was recorded from damages caused by TC Winston, the...