Monthly Archives: December 2021

Matthew Wale (left) and Manasseh Sogavare

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...
Ban on unvaccinated NZ teachers

By John Gerritsen, RNZ News education reporter New Zealand Education Ministry figures indicate just 2.4 percent of school teachers -- about 1400 people -- have...
Opposition whip Lynda Tabuya

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...
Opposition leader Matthew 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...
Dr Emalani Case

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,...
Associate Professor Damon Salesa

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...
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

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...
Rioting in Honiara

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...
Indonesian military watch over protest action at Timika

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...
Noumea covid protest

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...