Yearly Archives: 2021
‘I’m not afraid of terrorism. I’m afraid of being accused of being a terrorist’...
ANALYSIS: By Randa Abdel Fattah, Macquarie University
Those born after 2001 have only known a world “at war on terror”.
This means a generation growing up...
204 covid patients in Fiji hospitals – 20 severe, 9 critical
By Rohit Deo in Suva
Fiji health authorities report that there are currently 204 covid-19 patients admitted at the country's hospitals.
According to the Ministry of...
Missed opportunities to deradicalise attacker in NZ tragedy, says criminologist
By Katie Todd, RNZ News reporter
An Australian criminologist who deemed the New Zealand shopping mall attacker "low risk" in 2018 believes there were missed...
Auckland terror attacker ‘brainwashed’ by neighbours, mother says
The mother of Auckland's LynnMall shopping mall terror attacker in New Zealand says he was brainwashed by neighbours from the Middle East.
Ahamed Aathill Mohamed...
NZ reports 20 new covid community cases – lockdown slows virus spread
RNZ News
New Zealand reported 20 new community cases of covid-19 today, according to the Ministry of Health.
Speaking at today's government briefing, Director-General of Health...
‘No jab, no job’ covid policy of PNG employers stirs constitutional row
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Papua New Guinean chief executives believe the country's entire workforce needs to be vaccinated against covid-19 to be fully productive, says...
Auckland terrorist’s name suppression revoked, but remains secret for now
By Sarah Robson, RNZ News Reporter
Name suppression for the man responsible for yesterday's New Zealand terror attack at a west Auckland supermarket has been...
NZ mall stabbings a terrorist attack by ‘lone wolf’, says PM Ardern
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says an attack at Auckland's New Lynn Countdown supermarket today was a terrorist attack carried out by...
Honiara court jails high school student, 18, for ‘lockdown’ breach
By Assumpta Buchanan in Honiara
A high school student is one of three people -- including his two brothers -- who has been sentenced to...
Medical treatment for Victor Yeimo after police break up Papua protest
By Hengky Yeimo in Jayapura
Papuan activist Victor Yeimo has been receiving medical treatment in hospital following a police crackdown on a protest in the...
Samoa’s PM Fiame sacks AG over ‘lack of public trust’
RNZ Pacific
Samoa's Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, has sacked the Attorney-General, Savalenoa Mareva Betham Annandale, effective immediately.
The government suspended the Attorney-General and the Clerk...
Pacific health boost aims to meet urgent and sustained demand in NZ
RNZ Pacific
Pacific health providers say a major New Zealand government funding boost is not just a recognition of the critical role they play in...
Nauru president praises USP for its global top 10% university ranking
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
President Lionel Aingimea of Nauru has praised the University of the South Pacific for becoming ranked among the world's top 10...
NZ police arrest alleged covid-positive MIQ hotel escaper in Auckland
RNZ News
A man with covid-19 who allegedly escaped an Auckland MIQ facility today has been charged with breaking lockdown rules and has been bailed...
Indonesia holds fire on Afghanistan relations – awaits Taliban government
By Marcheilla Ariesta in Jakarta
Indonesia, the world's fourth largest country by population with 270 million, has not yet determined its stance towards the Taliban...
Fiji news media ‘acted responsibly’ in questions over AG’s ego, says FMA
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
Fijian Media Association president Stanley Simpson says a journalist who asked Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum to respond to comments made against...
Fiji reports 290 new covid cases, 8 more deaths in 24 hours
RNZ Pacific
Eight more people have died from covid-19 in Fiji, taking the death toll past 500.
The Fiji government also confirmed 290 new cases for...
Ex-tapol Filep Karma shocked over prosecutor’s ‘racist’ treatment of Yeimo
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Former Papuan political prisoner Filep Karma has also joined activists and Victor Yeimo's family along with Yeimo's lawyer who protested at...
NZ flight attendant’s journey from redundancy to leading vaccine centre
By Nita Blake-Persen, RNZ News Checkpoint reporter
A former Air New Zealand flight attendant who is now at the frontlines of Auckland's covid vaccination...
‘I’ll stay in Afghanistan as long as I can,’ says reporter Charlotte Bellis
New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis asks a key question about women's rights in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover during spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid's first media...
Trevor Richards: How about an apology from NZ Rugby?
COMMENTARY: By Trevor Richards
Apologies have been in the news recently.
Last month, French President Emmanuel Macron told "French" Polynesia (Ma'ohi Nui) that French nuclear testing...
Arrests, torture, beatings and jail – inside Myanmar’s daily junta reality
SPECIAL REPORT: By Phil Thornton
The military’s brutality is a daily reality for all the people of Myanmar. As Myanmar’s army prepares to deploy and...