Yearly Archives: 2021
The ultimate guide to why the COP26 summit ended in failure and disappointment (despite...
ANALYSIS: By Robert Hales, Griffith University and Brendan Mackey, Griffith University
After two hard-fought weeks of negotiations, the Glasgow climate change summit is, at last,...
NZ reports new covid case high of 207 as ‘clock ticking’ for Christmas
RNZ News
An epidemiologist says New Zealand's record high covid-19 case numbers today and the spread across the North Island are a reminder that the...
World strikes ‘uncomfortable’ pact at COP26 climate summit
SPECIAL REPORT: By Chloé Farand, Joe Lo, Isabelle Gerretsen and Megan Darby
After a series of tense huddles, more than 24 hours into overtime, the gavel went...
Fiji political parties call for probe into elections chief Saneem’s ‘behaviour’
By Litia Cava in Suva
Leaders of four political parties in Fiji are calling for a “complete clean-up” of the Elections Office before preparations for...
Auckland mayor Phil Goff calls NZ anti-lockdown protesters ‘stupid’
RNZ News
Auckland mayor Phil Goff has hit out at anti-lockdown protesters who held up traffic on roads throughout the country today, describing their actions...
NZ sends medical team to PNG as covid-19 overwhelms health system
RNZ Pacific
A New Zealand medical and logistics support team with essential supplies to assist Papua New Guinea with its covid-19 crisis has departed New...
France keeps December 12 date for New Caledonia independence vote
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The French High Commissioner in New Caledonia, Patrice Faure, has confirmed the December 12 date for the independence referendum, fuelling tension...
Fiji’s Thompson and Khan voted out of USP top jobs after education saga
By Samisoni Pareti in Suva
A major development out of the besieged University of the South Pacific has meant that two main characters in a...
Scott Waide: I hate covid-19 with a passion – but this pandemic is teaching...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Scott Waide in Port Moresby
Our mother, Patricia, sits on the bed in a small room she is currently sharing with our...
Not enough nurses to deal with NZ self-isolation covid cases, says union
RNZ News
Auckland is a thousand nurses short and lacks the capacity to deal with the amount of people self-isolating at home, according to New...
‘Work together’ plea by Bougainville leader over covid-19 surge
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama has urged his people not to take a surge in covid-19 positive cases lightly, reports the PNG...
PMC communications researcher named on Meta Aotearoa panel
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
A Pacific Media Centre advocate and researcher is one of five people named today in the Meta Aotearoa News Innovation Advisory...
Iwi urge pastor Tamaki to ‘follow science’ in fight against covid-19
RNZ News
An iwi that pastor Brian Tamaki descends from are calling him out to say he is putting Māori communities at risk.
This follows mass...
‘Be professional’ plea to Indonesian journalists over risk to Koman’s family
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has appealed to news media that reported on intimidation against the parents and relatives of...
Rev James Bhagwan: Climate justice now for the sake of humanity
COMMENTARY: By Reverend James Bhagwan
The climate emergency is the result of an ethical, moral and spiritual crisis, manifested in a fixation on profit.
The extractive...
PM Ardern in Auckland, AstraZeneca vaccine now available – 147 new cases
RNZ News
Some Aucklanders enjoying new freedoms today said there had been stress and anxiety in the community during New Zealand's longest lockdown.
The country's largest...
It’s time to deliver on Pacific climate financing, says Cook Is PM
COMMENTARY: By the Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
After years of empty promises by major emitters, it's time to deliver on climate financing.
The world...
Graham Davis: A COP26 slap in the face for Fiji’s ‘oceans champion’
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis
What do you do when the other small island nations don’t recognise your brilliance and won’t go along with your suggestions?
Well,...
Crackdown on environmental activism as climate crisis worsens, says report
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
As world leaders meet in Glasgow for the UN Climate Summit (COP26), peaceful environmental activists are being threatened, silenced and criminalised...
NZ anti-vax protests, firefighters given vaccine mandate – 125 new cases
RNZ News
Thousands of protesters turned up at New Zealand's Parliament today, demanding an end to covid restrictions, while another group blocked Auckland's northern boundary...
NZ Parliament on high security as anti-vaxxer protesters gather
RNZ News
New Zealand's Parliament was on high security today as thousands marched through the capital Wellington for an anti-lockdown and anti-vaccination protest.
Thousands of people...
Parents of Papuan rights defender Koman attacked in Jakarta
RNZ Pacific
Advocacy groups in Indonesia have condemned an attack on the parents of human rights lawyer Veronica Yoman, who speaks out for West Papuan...