Yearly Archives: 2017

By  Dames Alexander Sinaga in Jakarta Almost 13 years to the day since human rights activist Munir Said Thalib was poisoned with arsenic aboard a...

By Elizabeth Ah-Hi in Apia The Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Dame Meg Taylor, has promised protesters that their voice on West Papua...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk As Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull prepares to meet with his island counterparts this week in Apia, Samoa, Pacific civil society...

ANALYSIS: By Professor Jane Kelsey It is now certain that any decisions on the future of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) minus the US will...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Leaders from across the Pacific are meeting in Apia, Samoa, this week to discuss the future of the region’s oceans. Under the...

By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News Tongan interim Prime Minister ʻAkilisi Pōhiva says he suspected his rejection of a proposal by the Deputy Prime...

Al Jazeera's People & Power programme investigates disturbing claims that New Zealand’s rivers and lakes are among the most polluted in the developed world....

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk One of Cambodia's last remaining independent newspapers has announced it is closing today after 24 years, the latest in a series...

By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pōhiva has fired Deputy Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni and Finance Minister Tēvita Lavemaau, says a...

By Victor Mambor in Jayapura The Indonesian government's decision to allow one of the world's largest copper and gold mines to operate in Papua province...

Flashback: An EMTV News video report on the Bougainville peace. By Fabian Hakalits in Arawa It has been 16 years this week since the signing of...

A trailer for the controversial Anas investigation into corruption by Ghana's judiciary. Video: AnanseGH TV BOOKS: By David Robie The Ghanaian investigative journalist summed up the...

By Kendall Hutt in Auckland By the end of the 21st century, sea levels are expected to rise by a maximum of 1.5 metres as...

By Kendall Hutt in Auckland Auckland University of Technology has launched a “first of its kind” Indonesia Centre in a cultural diplomacy initiative. “This is both...

Alistar Kata's video report on the campaign for a fact-finding mission to West Papua produced before the 2015 Pacific Islands Forum. Video: Pacific Media...

By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News The sudden timing of Tonga’s early general election has hit some of the Tongan citizens living overseas who...

A video report by Fabian Hakalits. Source: EMTV News By Fabian Hakalits in Buka Panguna landowners will determine any reopening of the controversial mine on Bougainville,...

A live clip from the Swim for West Papua crew early in the venture bound for Geneva. Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A British team was today...

By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News The government of dismissed democracy Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pōhiva has been urged to take legal actions against King...

By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News The Speaker of Tonga’s Legislative Assembly has broken his silence and delivered a statement on air detailing what...

OPINION: By Gary Juffa My advice for Papua New Guinea's new MPs and their staff, minions, hangers on and supporters ... Some words about the middle...

By Kendall Hutt in Auckland  Engaging with the Pacific and its stories of climate change is key to tackling the global issue, Catholic organisations have...