Yearly Archives: 2017
Educator calls for less ‘tick-box teaching’ and more creativity
Professor Welby Ings ... talking "disobedient thinking" at TedxAuckland in 2013, some of the ideas underpinning his new book. Video: TedxTalks
Despite being expelled from...
New Greenpeace vessel key to ‘do or die’ battle against oil industry
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
In light of news of President Donald Trump’s executive order today -- undoing integral climate change policies implemented under former...
‘Ordinary hero’ who challenged French Polynesian ‘nuclear horror’ dies
Bruno Barrillot talking about the legacy of French nuclear testing in the Pacific in the Witnesses of the Bomb programme in a 2013 multimedia...
Church supports ‘concrete feet’ environment protest in Jakarta
The church in Indonesia has lent its weight behind an ongoing demonstration outside the presidential palace by Javanese farmers protesting against the establishment of...
‘Nothing stopping investigative journalism,’ claims Khaiyum
Communications Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum claims there is "absolutely nothing" stopping investigative journalism in Fiji, the major television network reports,
Media freedom – especially for critical...
Prominent opposition Indonesian journalist Ahmad Taufik dies
Prominent Indonesian journalist Ahmad Taufik has died after an illness in Jakarta. He was 51.
Taufik, known as an opposition journalist during President Suharto’s dictatorship,...
Environmental damage, social conflicts overshadow Indonesia’s palm oil future
By Ratri M. Siniwi and Muham in Jakarta
Palm oil is an important commodity for Indonesia's economy, contributing US$17.8 billion, or about 12 percent, to...
The Bonfire screening highlights heart-wrenching Arctic story
By Christina Milligan
The multi-award winning feature film The Bonfire has been screened to a small but appreciative audience at Auckland University of Technology following...
5 mind-boggling things about Pilger’s doco The Coming War on China
With dozens of US military bases encircling China with a "giant noose," and America's historic nuclear presence in the Pacific region, a war between...
Celebrating Pasifika – the art of Samoan female tattooing
By Kendall Hutt
A small, enthusiastic crowd gathered among the shelves of one of Auckland’s libraries earlier this week to listen to a lively and...
Sharon Bhagwan Rolls: Feminists face shrinking spaces at UN
COMMENT: By Sharon Bhagwan Rolls in New York
Pacific -- and global -- feminists are facing challenging times this week in New York with efforts...
SAS soldier backs up Afghan raid claims – Herald calls for inquiry
A NZ Special Air Service soldier has confirmed civilians were killed in a 2010 raid carried out by the unit and says the truth...
Indonesia steps up fight against foreign research biopiracy
By Hans Nicholas Jong and Moses Ompusunggu in Jakarta
Though it may sound like a conspiracy theory, the Indonesian government has taken seriously allegations that...
Quality claim root cause of double-priced Niuean taro
By Brandon Ulfsby
Niuean taro has made a return to the shelves and the stomachs of many in New Zealand -- but the humble vegetable...
On the oil protest front line: ‘It’s their future they’re fighting for’
By Kendall Hutt
Young environmentalists were on the front lines of the fight against oil and gas exploration in New Zealand today with the People's...
Asia Pacific Report tribute to Teresia Teaiwa – thanks to Tagata Pasifika
Dr Teresia Teaiwa featured in a Tagata Pasifika video when winning the Manukau Institute of Technology Pacific Education Award prize at the SunPix Pacific...
NZ climate change protesters blockade oil conference in Taranaki
Climate change protesters blockaded the Petroleum Summit in the New Zealand city of New Plymouth today where the government was expected to announce the...
Authors of new book call for full inquiry into SAS ‘betrayal’ claim
Radio NZ video news feed of the Hager and Stephenson media conference last night. YouTube
Author and investigative journalist Nicky Hager and war correspondent Jon...
CAFCA calls on NZ to ‘pull the plug’ on American Empire
The Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) says it is time for New Zealand to pull the plug and to finish the business...
Former guerrillas dominate Timor-Leste’s presidential election
People in Timor-Leste went to the polls yesterday to elect a new president. Their choice was between eight candidates with former guerrilla fighter Francisco...
PMC journalists gear up for new ‘Bearing Witness’ climate challenge
The Pacific Media Centre's popular “Bearing Witness” climate change project enters its second year next month.
As part of a collaborative venture between Auckland University...
Two French journalists deported from Papua over alleged visa violations
By Nethy Dharma Somba in Jayapura
Indonesia's Tembagapura Immigration Office has banned two French journalists, Jean Frank Pierre, 45, and Basille Marie Longhamp, 42, from...