Yearly Archives: 2021

By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report Both the INEOS and Altrad logos will be emblazoned on the All Blacks jerseys and shorts for the next...

Suara Papua in Jayapura "Since it was first established on November 19, 2008, the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) has always been confronted by many...

ANALYSIS: By ‘Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki As in 2008, 2010 and 2014, none of the female candidates standing in Tonga’s 2021 general election this week have been...

RNZ Pacific Vanuatu's leader is formally supporting the demand of Kanaks in New Caledonia for a delay in next month's third and final referendum on...

COMMENT: By Graham Davis If anyone is wondering why the Fijian media hasn’t reported the details of my reporting on Grubsheet Feejee of the Prime...

RSF president Pierre Haski announces the 29th RSF Press Freedom Awards in Paris. Video: RSF Reporters Without Borders The 2021 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom...

By Jane Patterson, RNZ political editor, and Rowan Quinn, health correspondent As New Zealand readies for more covid-19 cases, warnings about the ability of public...

By Yance Wenda in Jayapura Deputy chair Debora Mote of the Papuan People’s Assembly (MRP) says the Indonesian state's security forces should be protecting indigenous...

Kaniva Tonga Tonga's PTOA Party (Democrats) lost both their rival leaders and majority votes in some strongholds with defeats to seven independent candidates among People's...

By Anish Chand in Suva Of 1000 Fijians surveyed by Transparency International, 11 percent claimed they were asked for sexual favours in exchange for government...

RNZ Pacific Tonga has new noble MPs and at least one returning MP among the people's representatives, according to preliminary election results. The polls have closed...

RNZ Checkpoint A New Zealand emergency medical specialist has written about their experience working at an Auckland hospital, issuing a warning ahead of yesterday's Auckland...

By Poreni Umau and Phoebe Gwangilo in Kokopo Kokopo Business College in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain province has evicted male students by force...

RNZ Pacific The new vice-chancellor of the Auckland University of Technology is calling on young Pasifika peoples pursuing their education to stay the course. Toeolesulusulu Dr...

PNG Post-Courier PNG Power Limited -- faced with a business on the brink of total collapse due to ageing infrastructure -- is losing K25 million...

RNZ Pacific Pacific civil society organisations say COP26 was the most exclusionary and inequitable of the annual United Nations climate negotiations so far and the...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Pacific Islanders believe corruption is a big problem in both their governments and the business sector, says a new report. About one...

By Luke Nacei in Suva Opposition National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad has hit out at the Fiji government, calling on Prime Minister Voreqe...

RNZ News New Zealand reported a record 222 new community cases of covid-19 and one virus-related death today. There are now 91 people in hospital and...

By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent About 2000 New Zealand district health board workers had not been vaccinated 15 hours before the deadline to...

By Ella Stewart, RNZ News reporter A Northland high school principal says she has been accused of being "complicit in mass genocide" by people opposed...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Pacific scholar and senior university sector leader Toeolesulusulu Dr Damon Salesa has been appointed as the next vice-chancellor of Te Wānanga...