Yearly Archives: 2017

ANALYSIS: By Scott Waide in Lae, Papua New Guinea In the early hours of October 23, 2017, a woman in her late 40s was dragged...

The Family, Sexual, Violence Actions office in Port Moresby has condemned news of women being violently abused in Papua New Guinea with manager Ruth...

ANALYSIS: By Dr Vanessa Griffen The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced earlier this month that the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to ICAN, the International...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea's National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop sought a court order to stop the burial of a journalist until...

By Kendall Hutt in Auckland How Indonesian society manages in the face of natural disasters is the focus of a global research collaboration as part...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The five-month battle against terrorists in the southern Marawi City on Mindanao has ended, Philippine Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced today. "After...

By Nethy Dharma Somba in Jayapura First Brigadier Berry Pramana Putra, a member of the National Police’s Mobile Brigade stationed in Timika, Papua, has been...

OPINION: By Murray Horton, of the Aotearoa Independence Movement Jacinda Ardern, we have some suggestions for when you go as New Zealand's incoming Prime Minister...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Disaster risk reduction efforts need to be understood as investments to sustain development plans rather than mere budget expenditures, says Indonesia's...

The mass wedding in Port Moresby today. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A mass wedding ceremony was conducted for six couples in the...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk One of New Zealand's best-selling and most-respected historians and social commentators, Professor Paul Moon, has been acknowledged for his contributions as...

OPINION: By Frank Macskasy Winston Peters has called it: NZ First is going into coalition with Labour-Greens. In reality, it was the only decision he...

Indonesia's foreign policy under President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has become more visible regionally and globally, contrary to popular assumptions from the early days of...

Jacinda Ardern's speech in full after being named next New Zealand prime minister. Video: Guardian Wires Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Queenmaker Winston Peters ended almost three...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk An unprecedented level of mismanagement of Papua New Guinea’s affairs since 2012 has caused serious health issues, including widespread suffering and...

OPINION: By Dr Shailendra Singh Climate change seems to be getting increasingly more news coverage recently, which is a positive outcome—on at least some levels. But...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Matangi Tonga has hit-out at what it says are attempts by the government to take over and “muzzle” the Tonga Broadcasting...

On the 10th anniversary of the Urewera raids, we should recount the lessons – and we should remember. Breathless police and media commentary about a...

By Dames Alexander Sinaga in Jakarta A civil society group has urged the Indonesian government to revoke a presidential decree on the indigenous resettlement schemes...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Prestige, financial prizes and the chance for your story to be read worldwide. This is what lies ahead for authors of...

ANALYSIS: By David Hall of AUT's The Policy Observatory The problem with climate change – like any wicked problem – is that its story can...

OPINION: By Phillip Miriori As many would be aware, we Bougainvilleans have been through a tough history with the disasters that came from the past...