Yearly Archives: 2021
NZ’s Ardern appeals to Samoans to uphold democracy as crisis deepens
By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has appealed for people in Samoa to uphold its democracy and institutions.
Speaking...
Māori in the gallery: Coping with daily racism in the Beehive as a Māori...
COMMENT: By Rukuwai Tīpene-Allan
“Welfare dependent”, “inferior”, “savages”, “natives”...
Walking through Parliament, I head to my office in the press gallery, passing gilded portraits of reporters...
Supreme Court upholds original proclamation in Samoan crisis
By Sina Retzlaff in Apia
Samoa's Parliament will convene tomorrow as originally planned
The Supreme Court has issued orders to uphold the original proclamation, dated 20...
Samoa Supreme Court hears FAST party challenge over shock edict
RNZ Pacific
An urgent legal challenge against a shock proclamation by the Samoan head of state is being heard in the Supreme Court Chambers in...
Protest in Bandung rejects Papuan Otsus, militarism, war on Palestine
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Activists from the Papua People's Solidarity (Sorak) have protested against Indonesia's policies in the Papuan region, militarism and Israel's war on...
Gallery: Free Palestine rally in Auckland rejects Israeli ‘genocide’ and ‘ethnic cleansing’
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
More than 2000 people took part in Auckland today in a demonstration for justice for Palestine and against "genocide" and "ethnic...
‘Give us 10 minutes’ – how Israel bombed a Gaza media tower
By Colin Peacock, Mediawatch presenter
So many Palestinians have died in the attacks on Gaza in the past fortnight - and people in Israel...
Fiji police question rescued fishing boat crew over alleged beheading
RNZ Pacific
Three crew members from a Chinese-owned Fiji-flagged fishing vessel are being questioned by police after an alleged beheading at sea.
Six crew members from...
Pacific churches condemn ‘silencing’ of Papuan voices and media blackout
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Pacific churches have condemned the media blackout in West Papua, military crackdown in parts of the territory and the silencing of...
Samoa’s Fale Fono convenes Monday as court rules against HRPP appeal
By Lagi Keresoma in Apia
Samoa's Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal by the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) against the Supreme Court’s ruling...
PNG’s covid-19 cases still growing – 10 percent are health workers
RNZ Pacific
Ten percent of Papua New Guineans confirmed to have been infected with covid-19 are health workers, while the death toll from the pandemic...
Marwan Bishara: Why Netanyahu thinks America is stupid
COMMENT: By Marwan Bishara in Doha
The United States has provided Israel with the military means and diplomatic cover it needs to defeat Hamas in...
Embargoed French independence for New Caledonia report stirs comments
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonian politicians have begun commenting on an embargoed French government paper about the implications of the third independence referendum due next year.
Media...
NZ budget 2021: What does $108m mean for Pasifika ‘wellbeing’?
By Sela Jane Hopgood, RNZ Pacific journalist
In the New Zealand 2021 Budget, a big investment of NZ$108 million has been signalled to support the...
Covid-19: Timor-Leste registers 172 more cases – tops 5000 barrier
By Antonio Sampaio in Dili
Timor-Leste today registered 172 more cases of covid-19 infection with the majority in Dili - passing the barrier of 5000...
Goroka ‘swears in’ new officers in defiance of PNG court order
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Amid uncertainty and a court battle over the University of Goroka's vice-chancellor seat, Higher Education Minister Wesley Raminai surprised staff and...
Prosecuting gender violence culprits still a problem, Parkop tells women
By Janet Kari in Lae, PNG
Prosecution of perpetrators of gender-based violence around the country still remains a massive problem for Papua New Guinea, says...
John Minto: Time for NZ to speak up clearly for Palestinian rights and international...
ANALYSIS: By John Minto
When Nanaia Mahuta was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, there were hopes for a change in government thinking towards the struggles...
Gaza conflict: No matter how powerful Israel’s military becomes it still can’t win
ANALYSIS: By Paul Rogers, University of Bradford
Israel is the most powerful state in the Middle East. Its military forces may not match the likes...
France asked to pay for Tahiti nuke victims ahead of Paris summit
RNZ Pacific
The chair of the board of French Polynesia's social security agency CPS has called on the French state to pay for the medical...
Scott Waide: We must invest in our journalism schools to help shape our future
COMMENT: By Scott Waide in Lae
Papua New Guinea’s Communications Minister, Timothy Masiu, recently told a news conference to mark World Press Freedom Day that...
Samoa’s Head of State will convene Fono parliament to swear in MPs
RNZ Pacific
Samoa's Head of State has agreed to convene Parliament in order to swear in the members elected in April's general election after weeks...