Yearly Archives: 2021

ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya Two Melanesian state leaders addressed the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on West Papua last week. During the 76th UNGA, both Papua...

RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says cabinet has agreed to the use of vaccine certificates in New Zealand. New Zealand's "vaccine passport" is likely to...

By Ralf Rivas in Manila More than 900 individuals and companies linked to the Philippines have figured in millions of files on offshore accounts leaked...

Detik News in Sorong, West Papua A key road in Sorong, West Papua province, which had been damaged for two years, has been hurriedly resurfaced...

RNZ News The New Zealand government has set out a three-stage roadmap that gradually eases covid-19 restrictions in Auckland. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the government...

By Victor Mambor in Jayapura A major national sports event opened in Papua at the weekend, with officials hoping it will showcase the Indonesian government’s...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Finance Minister Sir John Pundari has warned Papua New Guineans who are still holding onto the 102 APEC "on...

By Rahel Narda Chaterine in Jakarta The Papua Advocacy Team says that Indonesian police committed acts of violence and sexual harassment while breaking up a...

RNZ News Parts of Waikato -- including Raglan, Huntly, Ngāruāwahia and Hamilton City -- will join Auckland in alert level 3 from midnight tonight, the...

Pacific Journalism Review A Frontline investigative journalism article on the politics behind the decade-long Bougainville war leading up to the overwhelming vote for independence is...

By Ihsanuddin in Jakarta Indonesian police forcibly broke up a protest marking the 1962 Rome Agreement in front of the US Embassy in Central...

Marshall Islands Journal The story of how the Marshall Islands went from being a bystander in commercial fishing in the Pacific to operating the world’s...

RNZ News About 2000 people have turned up to a New Zealand anti-lockdown protest in Auckland's domain arranged by Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki. Those attending...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby The Papua New Guinea government has admitted that the purchase of the controversial Maserati vehicles for use by the...

RNZ Pacific Some New Zealand people becoming ill with covid-19 have never engaged with the health system before, says Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William...

RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the New Zealand government still has "broad control" of the covid-19 delta outbreak in Auckland. Ardern and Director-General of...

COMMENTARY: By Ena Manuireva with Tony Fala In imperial and colonial contexts, dominant groups express their power in three ways: colonisation of the bodies of...

EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier Ten years ago, a dinghy carrying 5 medical research institute scientists disappeared in Papua New Guinea's West New Britain waters. The...

RNZ News Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield today gave a briefing on the vaccine rollout and current cases...

RNZ Pacific Fiji has reported its first death of a person living with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and diagnosed with covid-19. But the Health Ministry said...

COMMENTARY: By Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama in Suva Fiji Islands Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is the current Chair of the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum. Addressing the...

By Rita Peki in Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea Two deaths with two patients in critical condition is the status at one of Papua New...