Monthly Archives: October 2018

Papua New Guinea has shown unwavering commitment to next month’s Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit with its controversial purchase of 40 Maserati luxury sedans....

By Michelle Grattan in Canberra The Morrison government has sent qualified signals that it might agree to some refugees from Nauru being settled in New...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Advocacy groups have called on children and young people to defeat the "ultimate supervillain" – silence – to help end violence...

By Irra Lee Tikanga-based mahi toi and mental wellbeing come together in an Auckland artist’s work with pounamu and bone. Maha Tomo, of Ngai Tahu, Rangitane,...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Two New Zealand activists have raised thousands of dollars through crowdfunding after an Israeli court fined them for their role in...

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea's government is under mounting pressure to account for a purchase of 40 luxury vehicles for next...

Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says the Papua New Guinean government will not spend any money on the purchase of 40 Maserati luxury sedans to...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The news editor for National Media Group (GMN) in Timor-Leste has been dismissed due to his role as the TL Press...

A Frontline Insight item about Joe Moses and the Paga Hill struggle for justice in Papua New Guinea. Video: Reuters Foundation Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk An...

By Rio Apinino in Denpasar, Bali Indonesian police have closed down the Peoples' Global Conference Against the IMF-World Bank which should have opened earlier today...

By RNZ Pacific A refugee journalist detained on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island says winning an Italian award for investigative journalism could end censorship of...

"How your newspaper gets to you" ... Vanuatu Daily Press press rolling with the day's news. Video: VDP Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Vanuatu Daily Post,...

ANALYSIS:  By Bernadinus Steni and Daniel Nepstad Large landscapes of intact tropical forests will figure prominently in global strategies to avert catastrophic climate change and...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Japan's candidate, Dr Takeshi Kasai, has been elected as the next World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for the Western Pacific. Health...

By Lian Buan in Manila The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo is keen on pushing for the public disclosure of President Rodrigo Duterte’s state...

Warming beyond 1.5C will unleash a frightening set of consequences and scientists say only a global transformation, beginning now, can avoid it. Climate Home...

By Sri Krishnamurthi Health challenges in the Pacific Islands require acute and immediate attention from the World Health Organisation, says Dr Colin Tukuitonga, a New...

ANALYSIS: By Dr Vannessa Hearman When the earthquake and tsunami hit the city of Palu, Central Sulawesi, last weekend, they not only brought wreckage and...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Twenty four students attended face-to-face training sessions in Suva last week as the final step of an intensive 16-week training programme...

Vanuatu says New Zealand should get on the right side of history and support West Papuan self-determination. However, reports James Halpin of Asia Pacific...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Health and human rights advocates fear the mental ill-health of refugees on Nauru could worsen following the Pacific government's move to...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern recently addressed the UN General Assembly about the reality of climate change in the Pacific, and the threat inaction holds...