Monthly Archives: November 2017
Migration expert calls for immediate climate action over displaced millions
Researchers in Bonn warn Pacific Islanders may be among the first to be forced to migrate due to climate change, as sea level rise...
Tongan Democrat landslide delivers numbers for Pohiva government
By Philip Cass of Kaniva News
Tonga's Democrats have won 14 seats today in the snap election in the only Pacific kingdom, giving them enough...
Lord Vaha’i wins in coin toss as Democrats lead early poll results
By Kalino Lātū, editor of Kaniva News
A coin toss was used to decide whether Lord Vaea or Lord Vaha’i today won the third seat...
Timoci shares his story of climate change – it’s real and urgent
Video: Fijian Government
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A 12-year-old Fijian student has wowed COP23 in Bonn with an eloquent and passionate speech.
Year 7 student Timoci Naulusala,...
‘We need climate, nuclear justice,’ says Marshalls president and poet daughter
Gender Day at the UN Climate Change Conference. Democracy Now! talks to the president of the Marshall Islands, Hilda Heine, and her daughter, poet...
Elections crucial, says Commonwealth observer chief ahead of Tongan poll
By Philip Cass
The general election tomorrow is crucial for the people of Tonga, says Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland.
Baroness Scotland said the elections would strengthen...
New PM Hou in Solomon Islands pledges to fight corruption
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Members of Parliament today elected Rick Houenipwela, MP for Small Malaita, as Prime Minister of Solomon Islands in a 33-16 vote...
Indonesia’s development dilemmas – a green info gap and budget pressure
Crucial to how Indonesia's news outlets cover the environment - and its destruction - is the ownership and vested interests of the media landscape. ...
Murray Horton: Root causes of Manus refugee crisis need to be sorted
Papua New Guinea immigration officials last week started dismantling parts of a prison camp housing hundreds of defiant refugees as an evacuation deadline loomed...
NZ protesters lock gates of Australian High Commission in Manus protest
The squalor faced by Manus Island refugees in Papua New Guinea. TRT video
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
New Zealand activists have chained themselves to the gates...
Fiji, Philippines campaigners call for ‘real climate leadership’ at COP23
Democracy Now! talks to campaigners from the Philippines and Fiji.
As the second week of the UN climate conference has got underway in Bonn, Germany,...
Activists from Puerto Rico to Pacific demand climate compo, no fossil fuels
Democracy Now!'s video on the Bonn protests demanding an end to fossil fuel extraction.
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in the German...
Candidates for Solomon Islands PM announced amid ‘political turbulence’
Amid continued “political turbulence” in the Solomon Islands, candidates for the position of prime minister have been announced, the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation reports....
Australia accused of ‘bullying’ Pacific neighbours out of climate compo
Pacific Media Report Newsdesk
Australia has picked up a second Fossil of the Day award at COP23 in Bonn for seeking to twist, water down...
Bentley Effect doco aims to ‘inspire’ NZ fight against oil, gas exploration
The Bentley Effect ... "inspiring celebration of the power of community". Video: The Bentley Effect Movie
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
In 2010, gas exploration in...
‘Healers, not harmers’ – Climate Warriors present COP23 declaration
Climate activists from across the Pacific region have presented a declaration on climate change to key Pacific environmental leaders at COP23.
The Pacific Climate...
‘The world must act now’ on climate change, calls Bainimarama
By Anita Roberts in Bonn
The Paris Climate Agreement must be implemented swiftly as backing away will expose people to more risks, Fiji's Prime Minister Voreqe...
Sogavare voted out as no confidence motion passes after ‘fierce’ debate
The Solomon Islands is without a formal Prime Minister tonight after the motion of no confidence against Manasseh Sogavare passed Parliament this evening after...
Sogavare appoints eight new ministers in effort to consolidate government
Following the resignation of nine ministers last weekend Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has made moves to consolidate the coalition government.
The Solomon Islands Broadcasting...
RSF condemns ‘gag’ of Tonga’s state broadcaster ahead of general election
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned moves by Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pōhiva’s government to "gag" the Tonga Broadcasting Commission prior to...
NZ exhibition aims to highlight ‘regeneration’ of refugees lives
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
Black-and-white photographs are aiming to start a conversation and dispel myths around former refugees and asylum seekers in New Zealand....