Monthly Archives: May 2016
Ian Shirley: The NZ budget that has failed Auckland
ANALYSIS: By Professor Ian Shirley
New Zealand's 2016 budget offered Auckland nothing in the way of vision or hope and it continued the National government’s...
Lecturers strike as students blockade campus at Papuan university
East New Britain Students Association members from the University of Papua New Guinea are calling on Prime Minster Peter O'Neill to step down and...
Free jailed Wewak students now, says PNG opposition leader
By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby
Opposition Leader Don Polye has called on Papua New Guinea's police hierarchy to immediately release students detained in the...
PNG shuts out West Papuan leader on ‘order from top’
Octovianus Mote, secretary-general of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, says he has been refused entry to Papua New Guinea without any reason...
Student leader reports huge PNG support during ‘awareness’ rallies
By Carmella Gware in Lae
University students carrying out awareness in the Highlands region of Papua New Guinea have received overwhelming support from the rural...
Overdue recognition for trailblazing Kiwi foreign correspondent
Despite being one of New Zealand's most successful foreign and war correspondents, Diana Goodman is far from a household name in her home country
But...
Indonesia next on the buyer list for French submarines?
By Prashanth Parameswaran of The Diplomat
A local Indonesian shipbuilder has formed a formal working group with a French company to explore Jakarta’s submarine requirements...
Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka: Don’t be bullied, Indonesia is not Melanesia
By Dr Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka in Honolulu, Hawai'i
Late last week, the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement rejecting the Solomon Islands Prime...
PNG students take campaign to provinces – opposition MPs plan protest vote
Students from the University of Papua New Guinea - many already having left the campus after this week's eviction order from the administration -...
Timor-Leste plays diplomacy ‘catch up’ with ASEAN membership
By Tama Salim in Dili
Just 14 years into independence, Timor-Leste has secured membership of a number of international forums, declaring its intent to catch...
Brush up on perceptions of ASEAN trade partners, envoy tells NZ
By TJ Aumua in Auckland
New Zealanders need to catch up with reality about the country's trade partners in the South-East Asia region, says an...
France, New Caledonia support education, ‘francophone’ steps in Vanuatu
Prime Minister Charlot Salwai, Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Leingkone and Education Minister Jean-Pierre Nirua have visited Noumea within the framework of the regional cooperation...
Pacific corruption-fighters worry over online database future
Jemima Garrett reporting for Pacific Beat
Journalists, lawyers and corruption-fighters are sounding the alarm as one of the Pacific's most comprehensive online databases faces an...
PNG’s national court orders temporary stay on student eviction
By Sally Pokiton in Port Moresby
A temporary stay against the eviction of University of Papua New Guinea students from both the Waigani and Taurama...
Images: 5000 students at UPNG face sudden eviction after protests
About 5000 students have been ordered to leave the Waigani campus of the University of Papua New Guinea - but a court ruling late...
John Key to make first NZ prime minister visit to Fiji in decade
Prime Minister John Key will make an official two-day visit to Fiji next month – the first by a New Zealand Prime Minister since...
Jakarta has something to hide over West Papua, says Wenda
By Johnny Blades of Radio NZ International
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua claims Indonesia is paranoid about regional efforts to seek accurate information...
New tech downgrades reading, harms critical thinking, says Fiji academic
By Losalini Bolatagici in Suva
Critical thinking — the ability to reason effectively — is declining and it's worrying.
Dr Jito Vanualailai, director of the research...
International students hit by UPNG suspension in response to protests
NBC's PNG Tonight reporter Mark Kayok reports on UPNG council's decision to indefinitely suspend semester 1 and the hostile response with a threat by...
West Papuans in Vanuatu reject Jakarta response to Solomons PM
By Len Garae in Port Vila
West Papuan leaders, through the Vanuatu Free West Papua Association in Port Vila, have rejected the Indonesian government’s statement...
PNG’s two universities contrast in management style over protests
Administrations at both of Papua New Guinea's two major universities have contrasting approaches to dealing with the national student standoff against the prime minister.
While...
West Papuans, activists protest against Sorong oil palm expansion
As the indigenous people of Sorong, Nabire, Merauke and elsewhere in West Papua continue to resist oil palm expansion, there now appears to be...