Monthly Archives: September 2021

FLASHBACK: By David Robie When I arrived at my office at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji on the morning of 12 September...

ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Sydney Since the attacks on the United States by 15 Saudi Arabian Islamic fanatics on 11 September  2001 -- now...

ANALYSIS: By Clare Corbould, Deakin University Since the September 11 terror attacks, there has been no hiding from the increased militarisation of the United States....

RNZ News New Zealand has reported 23 new cases of covid-19 in the community today, more than double the amount reported yesterday. There was no media...

OPEN LETTER: By Elizabeth Fong A ranking of an institution of higher education by Times Higher Education (THE) is the ultimate recognition of excellence that...

LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTING: By Justin Latif, Local Democracy Reporter One of the positive cases from New Zealand's Assemblies of God Church of Samoa cluster has...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia has recorded its first death of the Covid-19 pandemic. The fatality was announced by territorial President Louis Mapou today in a televised...

RNZ News New Zealand health officials are investigating a mystery case of covid-19 who spent time in hospital and interacted with seven police officers before...

By Susan Price in Sydney West Papua activists have called on the Australian government to raise concerns about the Indonesian military’s ongoing human rights abuses...

COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis "So many detractors were saying, 'no you won’t get it, the Supervisor of Elections won’t allow it'. I said, 'well let...

RNZ Pacific The New Caledonian government has appealed to all medical and paramedical staff, including veterinarians, to help in the fight against covid-19. Sixty-six cases have...

Host Selwyn Manning with security analyst Dr Paul Buchanan on this week's A View From Afar podcast. Video: EveningReport.nz on YouTube A VIEW FROM AFAR: Podcast...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A person tested positive for covid-19 today at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital emergency department after turning up for an unrelated issue, the...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk France has declared a health emergency in New Caledonia after covid-19 was detected in the community, RNZ Pacific reports. The state of...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A one metre-deep hole in the ground is all there is to show of an almost K2.7 million state contract project...

By Edwin Nand in Suva A four-month-old baby boy has died from covid-19 in Fiji. Health Secretary Dr James Fong has confirmed the child was admitted...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Migrant Action Trust has condemned a proposal by a diversity academic calling for a New Zealand nation-building course before people...

COMMENTARY: By Jo Spratt When this novel coronavirus first swept the world last year, it was quickly obvious global vaccination was the only way out. Governments...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Māori political leader has branded opposition neoliberal ACT leader David Seymour's act this week undermining an indigenous response to New...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesian authorities have been accused of adopting a strategy of deploying military force to drive thousands of Papuans from their homes...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Taliban to provide immediate guarantees for the freedom and safety of women journalists...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk In a seven-minute social media broadcast, President Duwa Lashi La has declared it is time to stop the military regime’s ongoing...