Yearly Archives: 2021

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Journalists are fearful that increased harassment, abuse and violence directed towards them during the covid-19 pandemic could become the new normal,...

By Yogi Ernes in Jakarta Indonesian police have seized 15 Papuan students among scores arrested at a May Day rally in central Jakarta on the...

By Talebula Kate in Suva Fiji has reported no new case of coronavirus infection after the screening of 7560 Fijians and 1212 tests conducted by...

COMMENT: By Matt McCarten It’s time for progressive activists to step up. The working class needs you. On May Day - International Workers Day - we...

By Thierry Lepani in Port Moresby Only seven governors out of Papua New Guinea's 21 provinces and Bougainville attended a meeting in the capital Port...

By Josefa Babitu The Australian government has announced an A$170 million (F$267 million) programme for the Pacific region to strengthen gender equality initiatives over the...

By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Fiji's government has taken the most drastic measures since covid-19 hit the country in March last year. Most of...

By David Robie Branding armed Papuan resistance groups as “terrorists” has sparked strong condemnation from human rights groups across Indonesia and in West Papua, some...

By Barry Guy, RNZ News sports reporter New Zealand Rugby is accusing the Players' Association of misrepresenting the reasons for their opposition to the Silver...

ANALYSIS: By Tim Murphy and Mark Jennings, co-editors of Newsroom Less than half the New Zealand public now professes "overall trust" in news media outlets,...

An unverified video clip purportedly from a military YouTube channel claiming that nine Papuan rebels had been shot, 28 April 2021. The video of...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk One of the world’s first deep sea mining pilot tests has resulted in a huge machine being stuck on the seafloor...

RNZ Pacific One of Fiji's latest two cases of covid-19 remains a concern for health authorities. The Health Ministry said a 53-year-old caretaker from the town...

RNZ Pacific Deported Canadian academic Professor Pal Ahluwalia is still vice-chancellor and president of the University of the South Pacific, says chancellor Lionel Aingimea. Professor Ahluwalia...

By Josefa Babitu A French Polynesian territorial government cabinet minister says the pandemic and climate justice have provided an opportunity to think about the progress...

RNZ Pacific Micronesian leaders have received an apology from their colleagues in the Pacific Islands Forum. In what has been described as a frank and open...

By Vijay Narayan and Semi Turaga in Suva Fiji's Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr James Fong, has confirmed that the Health Ministry has stopped police...

By Anita Roberts in Port Vila Vanuatu needs to continue to maintain its strong support for West Papua by ensuring that the United Liberation Movement...

International Federation of Journalists Australia’s journalists’ union – the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) – has voted to end its decades long relationship with...

By Phil Pennington, RNZ News reporter It took seven months for the New Zealand police to set up their first team for scanning the internet...

COMMENT: By Qiane Matata-Sipu Yesterday I worked a 13-hour day unpaid. It’s pretty common in my world. It’s pretty common in the worlds of Indigenous...

By Ardila Syakriah and Reno Surya in Jakarta and Surabaya The hopes of the families of the sailors aboard the Indonesian Navy’s KRI Nanggala-402 submarine...