Yearly Archives: 2016

Auckland University of Technology's annual Samoan Language Week debate - that "technology will be the death of Samoan language" (o le a liu efuefu...

By Nasik Swami in Suva Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has labelled the New Zealand media as "generally hostile". Speaking during the banquet to welcome New Zealand...

Prime Minister Peter O'Neill says the confrontation could have been avoided in a statement to the nation on EM TV News tonight. By Luke Kama...

Shouts of "shut up" and "don't directly insult me" resounded in Papua New Guinea's national Parliament when Rabaul MP Dr Allan Marat asked who...

The shooting of students peacefully protesting in Port Moresby yesterday is a disgraceful attack on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and expression,...

The Media Council of Papua New Guinea has condemned a police assault on a woman journalist during yesterday's confrontation between University of Papua New...

Four University of PNG students were rushed to Port Moresby General Hospital in critical condition earlier today, along with four others with minor injuries. All...

Several students were wounded when police opened fire today with tear gas and with what they said were warning shots against a University of...

The founding father and Governor of East Sepik Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare has condemned the actions of police this morning at the University...

Prime Minister Peter O'Neill announced today that a Commission of Inquiry will be established as soon as possible to investigate this morning’s police shooting...

At least one University of Papua New Guinea student was allegedly shot in the back at the main Waigani campus in the capital of...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Nid Satjipanon in Bangkok On 2 June 2016, human rights activist and lawyer Andy Hall took to the witness box in a...

By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ's Pacific Correspondent According to Prime Minister John Key, the 2006 Fiji coup is ancient history and the time is right for...

By Ruth Rungula in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Opposition has filed a notice of a motion for a vote of no-confidence today at its...

By Julie Hunter International law firm Blue Ocean Law and the Fiji-based regional non-governmental organisation Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) have released a report detailing...

A short documentary about the work of Pacific Media Centre students and staff by Alistar Kata ... made to mark WJEC at AUT University...

Now that the Festival of Pacific Arts is over, what happens next? The promotion and preservation of culture doesn't stop, reports Kuam News in...

By Quintina Naime in Port Moresby Student leaders at the University of Papua New Guinea’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences stand firm on their...

The NGO Coalition on Human Rights has declared its disappointment over the recent "unjust" incident resulting in the suspension of Opposition Member Roko Tupou...

One of Australia’s leading human rights organisations has spoken out in support of the retention of a mural in Darwin’s central business district  that...

Report and video story by TJ Aumua for Asia Pacific Report Name: Jale Samuwai Curuki Age: 30 Occupation: PhD candidate, University of the South Pacific Passion: Accounting, climate...

By Hans Nicholas Jong in Jakarta With few commitments to curb cigarette consumption, Indonesia is poised to have the largest population of smokers in the...