Monthly Archives: November 2020
Ardern springs surprise with Mahuta now in charge of ‘Pacific reset’
By Jane Patterson, RNZ Political Editor
The bolt out of the blue in New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's new cabinet is Nanaia Mahuta as...
People want ‘truth’ about West Papua, say activists giving crisis update
Pacfic Media Watch Newsdesk
West Papuan activists and an Indonesian human rights lawyer criticised the recent military crackdown on the two Melanesian provinces of Papua...
Covid at Kwajalein Army base sparks Majuro worry, protocol changes
By Giff Johnson, Editor, Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent
Despite increasing calls this week from community and political leaders to keep the Marshall...
Challenging covid-19 – two critics of PNG’s K10m drug development plan
COMMENTARY: By My Land, My Country
The Post-Courier newspaper says a company, Niugini BioMed Ltd, set up just a month ago, will be be commissioned...
Nik Dirga: The one word that really matters for US election day – unity
OPINION: By Nik Dirga
I conducted a highly scientific study among a handful of my Facebook friends back home in America this week, asking them...
‘Suspicious’ fishing vessels spotted in Solomon Islands waters
By Priestley Habru in Honiara
A Pacific-wide maritime surveillance operation this week discovered a few suspicious foreign vessels in Solomon waters.
The Pacific Islands Forum Agency...
NZ Greens accept Labour’s offer for ‘cooperation agreement’
By RNZ News
Green Party delegates have voted to accept a deal with Labour which will give it two ministerial portfolios outside of cabinet in...