Monthly Archives: December 2021
Sogavare calls for Wale’s resignation, warns Suidani on ‘domestic terrorists’
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has called on opposition leader Matthew Wale to resign over allegations that he was...
About 1400 NZ school teachers refuse vaccination against covid-19
By John Gerritsen, RNZ News education reporter
New Zealand Education Ministry figures indicate just 2.4 percent of school teachers -- about 1400 people -- have...
Lives ‘more important than livelihoods’ over borders, says Fiji MP
By Luke Nacei in Suva
Opposition whip Lynda Tabuya says Fiji should have taken its cue from Australia and delayed the opening of its borders...
PM ‘must take responsibility’ for Honiara tragedy, says Wale
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
Opposition leader Matthew Wale has rejected the prime minister’s claim that he and other opposition members were behind last week's...
Raising West Papua’s banned Morning Star flag – a global act of solidarity
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
From Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau in Aotearoa New Zealand to Paris, France, and from Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara to Jayapura and far beyond,...
AUT’s new academic head seeks to build relationships around Pacific
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
Incoming new vice-chancellor for Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Toelesulusulu Dr Damon Ieremia...
New Zealand forces deployed to Solomon Islands in wake of riots
RNZ Pacific
The New Zealand government is deploying dozens of Defence Force and police personnel to Honiara in the coming days "to help restore peace...
Pacific regional response to Solomons post-riots crisis takes shape
RNZ Pacific
Fiji is the latest regional country to announce it is sending security forces to Solomon Islands where major unrest rocked the capital.
Days of...
Pressure mounts on Jakarta for dialogue, not brutal ‘war on Papua’
By David Robie
Pressure is mounting on Indonesia to back off its brutal and unsuccessful military strategy in trying to crush West Papuan resistance to...
Unease builds over final Kanaky New Caledonia independence referendum
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
There is growing unease over the French decision to hold Kanaky New Caledonia's third and final independence referendum on...