Yearly Archives: 2016

Ministries are pooling their efforts to save 126 Indonesian migrant workers facing the death penalty in Malaysia for drug-related offences, say Indonesian officials. The government...

OPINION: By Bougainville Freedom Movement Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has taken on the portfolio of Bougainville Affairs in his latest cabinet reshuffle. O'Neill...

By Tevita Vuibau in Suva The Fiji Times and Fiji Sun perform useful roles in Fiji society by balancing each other, says an executive...

By Tevita Vuibau and Nasik Swami in Suva The Fiji Times is publicly perceived to be a consistently better newspaper with better reach than its...

OPINION: By Bill Rosenberg Politicians, journalists and commentators who cannot understand why the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement marks the end of bipartisan support for similar...

Labour MP Peeni Henare says Ngapuhi have allowed the mana of Te Tii Marae to be "dragged through the mud" with the way they...

Zero Hedge By Tyler Durdan, a blog commentary written after the anti-TTIP protests in Berlin last October when more than 250,000 people demonstrated. FLASHBACK: When it...

Te Karere TVNZ New Zealand is now officially part of the world's largest ever free trade deal. Local officials joined ministers from 11 other countries to...

Pacific Media Centre More than 35 protests were organised in US cities to mark opposition to the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a huge international...

Pacific Media Centre OPINION: By Professor Jane Kelsey In New Zealand, we dared to declare ourselves nuclear-free in the 1980s - dire warnings that ditching the...

From Vanuatu Daily Post Air Vanuatu has received an independent assessment of Bauerfield International Airport from the Airport Consultancy Group (ACG) in Australia and has...

From The Fiji Times By Tevita Vuibau and Nasik Swami in Suva Lawyers acting for Fiji's now-suspended National Federation Party (NFP) have demanded an explanation from...

One of the biggest and most controversial trade deals in history has been signed by ministers from the Asia-Pacific region and the Americas, as...

Vanuatu Loop The former Lands Minister, Ralph Regenvanu, says he is available for the position of Vanuatu's next Prime Minister, Vanuatu Loop reports. Regenvanu's Graon mo...

Tokelau Office By Jaap Jasperse in Apia The brand-new Tokelau ferry Mataliki slipped quietly into Apia port this week, awaited by staff of the Tokelau Transport...

Radio Waatea Mana leader Hone Harawira says Prime Minister John Key has deliberately set the stage for protest at Waitangi. The former Te Taitokerau MP, who...

From Café Pacific Video and photos by Del Abcede in Auckland Māori protesters at the forefront of a massive people's protest for democracy in Auckland today...

Pacific Media Centre The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement has been signed at Sky City in Auckland today as the downtown heart of New Zealand's largest...

From Vanuatu Daily Post By Jane Joshua in Port Vila Lobbying for numbers to form Vanuatu’s next Government is continuing in earnest after the official declaration...

Stop TIPP In a statement, Germany’s largest association of judges and public prosecutors has firmly rejected the European Commission’s  proposal to create an investment court ...

From Waatea News Greens co-leader Metiria Turei says the Treaty of Waitangi protection clause in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement isn't as strong as the New...

Senator Elizabeth Warren spoke on the Senate floor on the eve of the signing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement by the 12 countries member...