Yearly Archives: 2016

Report from Pacific Media Watch Human rights advocates have appealed to President Joko Widodo to "end impunity and consolidate democracy" on the eve of his...

Report from Pacific Media Watch By Catherine Putz of The Diplomat Of Vanuatu’s 270,000 people, an estimated 200,000 turned up to vote in last Friday's snap...

Report from Planet Rugby After French rugby union coach Guy Novès selected a Fiji-born Sevens flyer for the national squad, he has now also called...

Report from Pacific Media Watch By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila For the first time in Vanuatu’s political history since 1980, three Kalsakau brothers from the...

From the Pacific Media Centre An enterprising new media collaboration between a journalism school and an independent news organisation will take off on Thursday evening...

Report from Pacific Media Watch By Jennifer Eder in Blenheim An annual New Zealand protest has drawn a colourful crowd to the South Island province of...

Report from Pacific Media Centre This truth has no place in the Australian consciousness. Among settler nations with indigenous populations, apart from a facile “apology”...

Report from Pacific Media Watch The party that led Vanuatu at independence more than three decades ago is confident that it will emerge as part...

Report from Pacific Media Watch Profile by Ivamere Nataro in Suva If you're a person who loves history and values culture then you would certainly want...

Report from Pacific Media Watch Opinion by Professor Wadan Narsey in Suva There should have been institutional protests a few weeks ago when the Bainimarama government...

Report from Loop Vanuatu Joshua Lafoai and Harold Obed in Port Vila Voting in Vanuatu’s snap election has ended and last night unofficial results were showing...

Report from The Sydney Morning Herald By Michael Neilson in Jakarta Activists are suing the Indonesian government in a bid to stop development they say will...

Report from SBS Indonesia's attorney-general has the funds and the will to wield the death penalty again, even though last year's record 14 executions failed...

The Hateful Eight movie trailer: Roadshow Report from The Conversation By Liam Burke Quentin Tarantino has secured his place in popular culture by reaching into neglected corners...

"Retired" Vanuatu Daily Post publisher Marc Neil-Jones talks about the "audio posts" at his Secret Garden retreat. Asia Pacific Report Gallery - Pictures and video...

Report from Pacific Media Watch By Glenda Willie in Port Vila Transparency International Vanuatu has called on all candidates in today's snap election to act with...

Report from Pacific Media Centre Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa on Rote Island, Indonesia The captain of an asylum seeker boat who said he was paid...

Report from Pacific Media Watch in Suva The decision by the United States to withdraw from the 30-year Tuna Treaty with Pacific Island countries will...

Report from the Pacific Media Centre With the window for Bougainville's independence referendum now open, time is of the essence if the ABG is to...

Report from Pacific Media Watch By Paul Eddison in Caen, France The call-up of Sevens star Virimi Vakatawa to France's Six Nations squad was a calculated...

Report from Pacific Media Watch in Port Vila By Godwin Ligo of the Vanuatu Daily Post Port Vila-based Ambrym chief Worwor Issac says he has observed...

Video spotlight on Vakatawa's brilliance - 6 tries in the 2015 Wellington Sevens Report from Pacific Media Watch in Paris France head rugby union coach Guy...