Monthly Archives: August 2020

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A new look Regional Fisheries Ministers (RFMM) group met for the first time virtually last week to discuss the state of...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby It is illegal for any Papua New Guinean police officer to demand spot fines from people not wearing face...

By RNZ Pacific French Polynesian unions say they will hold a general strike this Thursday unless covid-19 measures are tightened. Five unions jointly issued the warning...

By RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the New Zealand alert level system is designed to work when there are active cases at lower...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk In the middle of the convicted mosque attack terrorist’s sentencing in New Zealand's High Court at Christchurch last week was language...

ANALYSIS: By Crispin Maslog A mad race to produce a vaccine against covid-19 has begun with the world’s superpowers leading the pack. At stake are...

COMMENT: By Bryan Bruce Let me start by putting my education cards on the table. I think public money should fund public schools. If you...

By RNZ Pacific The New Zealand Consul-General to the French Pacific, Bruce Shepherd, has died. According to Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes website, Shepherd died of a heart...

Pacific Media Centre newsdesk Papua New Guinea and French Polynesia have reported sharply rising Pacific statistics in the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. National Pandemic Response Controller David...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Selwyn Manning Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. At what point in time does an atrocity...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Cook Islands News has appointed senior journalist Rashneel Kumar to lead the paper through a challenging time for the country and...

By RNZ News Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. An Auckland University law professor says there is a risk...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinean and Australian police have linked the “black ship” intercepted by the PNG Navy north of Kavieng,...

By RNZ News Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. A man who confronted a terrorist on the day of...

ANALYSIS: By Andreas Harsono in Jakarta Kate Walton wanted to cook klepon and she tweeted it – showing a bag of flour, pandan, coconut etc....

The attacker behind New Zealand's worst mass shooting has been sentenced to life in prison, without the chance of parole. Video: Wayne Hay, Al...

By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter in Christchurch Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. The man who carried out...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Singaporean philosopher, former diplomat and academic Professor Kishore Mahbubani has warned the world is entering a global “Asian new order” and...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea's New Ireland Governor Sir Julius Chan has met and thanked Captain Nathan Tai Tombe and crew of the...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Alliance of Indonesian NGOs has denounced the UAE-Israel normalisation deal, saying it harms the Palestinian cause and is a "robbery"...

By RNZ Pacific Auckland-based Fijian doctor Api Talemaitoga has been made a member of New Zealand's covid-19 Surveillance and Testing Strategy Group. The doctor, who is...

By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter in Christchurch Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre. The contrast cannot be more...