Yearly Archives: 2018
Fiji judge orders retrial in ‘hate graffiti’ spray painting sedition case
By Jessica Savike in Suva
Fiji High Court judge Justice Vinsent Perera has ordered a retrial of former opposition SODELPA parliamentarian Mosese Bulitavu and Fiji...
Students, migrants boost Nepalese community in NZ by 1000%
By Rahul Bhattarai in Auckland
Almost 17,000 Nepalese people are now living in New Zealand following a sharp increase of migration from the Himalayas country,...
Opposition MP files criminal complaint over PNG election
By RNZ Pacific
A Papua New Guinea opposition MP has filed a criminal complaint against the Electoral Commissioner for alleged misdeeds in last year's general...
Why Papuans feel differently about Indonesia’s Independence Day
By Ivany Atina Arbi and Nethy Dharma Somba in Jakarta and Jayapura
The 73rd celebration of Indonesia’s Independence Day last week was tinged with reports...
Detained Freedom Flotilla journalist speaks out over Israeli illegal actions
Journalist Richard Sudan speaks out on PressTV.
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A British journalist on board last month's Freedom Flotilla mission to attempt to break the...
Former BRA and BLF fighters break arrows to heal Bougainville wounds
By Aloysius Laukai in Buka
The people of Haku have demonstrated their commitment to the Bougainville peace process by reconciling former fighters from the Bougainville...
Pioneering Samoan academic wins key social sciences role at UNESCO
By RNZ Pacific
A leading Samoan academic from Auckland University of Technology has been appointed to a key role at New Zealand's branch of United...
Ex-Bougainville VP blasts Canberra’s ‘top down’ interference in referendum
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A former Bougainville regional vice-president has condemned Australia for political interference over the independence referendum process, saying Canberra would be better...
Village on the broken mountain – the plight of PNG’s quake-hit Highlands
Special report by Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
"We have no home, our village is devastated, therefore I have to move my people to another...
Second expat vice-chancellor flees ‘for safety’ as PNG universities turn nasty
By Keith Jackson
A letter from the former vice-chancellor of Papua New Guinea's University of Natural Resources and Environment (UNRE) in Rabaul says senior staff...
NZ and Pacific countries contest Asian influence for WHO regional director
By Barbara Dreaver
Battlelines are being drawn as New Zealand and Pacific countries lobby for an important appointment at the World Health Organisation.
The region's health...
Rodrigo Duterte’s killing season now opens fire on Lumads and the Left
By Bong S Sarmiento in Mindanao
Tactics used to target Filipino drug suspects are now being deployed against leftist activists and alleged supporters of an...
Indonesian president’s belated call for tolerance leaves minorities at risk
By Phelim Kine
Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo did something extraordinary in his annual State of the Nation address this week - he issued a...
Tough dilemmas face soldiers on peacekeeping duties, says ex-colonel
By Rahul Bhattarai
Military forces on peacekeeping duties often face dilemmas that are difficult to resolve, says a retired colonel who is now an education...
Indonesian police break up Papuan ‘New York’ pact protest in Ternate
By Arnold Belau in Jayapura
Police have violently broken up a peaceful action being held by the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) in...
‘Staggering’ drop in PNG’s resource sector revenue hits development
By Glenn Banks and Martyn Namorong in Port Moresby
Government revenues from Papua New Guinea’s mining, oil and gas sector have essentially dried up.
With the...
Malcolm Evans – Neo-Israel
See solidarity article by Ramzy Baroud on Israeli-style apartheid
Indonesian police detain 49 in attack, vandalising of Papuan dormitory
By Bastian Tebai in Surabaya
Indonesian police last night arrested 49 Papuan students who live at the Kamasan Papuan Dormitory in the East Java provincial...
NZ teacher ‘superheroes’ call for a better deal in first strike in 24 years
Multimedia story by Leilani Sitagata in Auckland
About 30,000 primary and intermediate school teachers and principals went on strike for the first time in almost...
Dan McGarry: Fighting for media freedom and truth in the Pacific
When the host country Nauru banned the pool broadcaster, ABC, from the Pacific Islands summit set for next month, it was condemned widely for...
RSF calls on Nauru to allow banned ABC to cover Pacific Islands Forum
By Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Nauru to rescind its decision to bar Australia’s public radio and TV broadcaster, ABC,...
Ralph Regenvanu: Pacific regionalism, climate finance and women in politics
Tess Newton Cain talks to Ralph Regenvanu
During a recent trip to Port Vila, Tess Newton Cain caught up with Ralph Regenvanu, Minister for Foreign...