Monthly Archives: May 2022

By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Fiji's Court of Appeal has ruled that the Russian luxury yacht Amadea, seized by the US government...

By Prianka Srinivasan of ABC Pacific Beat A senior Papua New Guinea journalist says an ongoing dispute between journalists and management at television broadcaster EMTV...

RNZ Pacific The United States government can now remove the US$325 million luxury yacht Amadea, owned by Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov, currently docked in Fiji. A...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Fiji Women's Rights Movement warned today that the value of midwives in the Pacific country was being undermined because of...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk A Melbourne-based Indonesian media academic has warned that declining media freedom in Australia is undermining the country's ability to project liberal...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The next Australian government must recommit to press freedom by putting in place overdue reforms to support public interest journalism, says...

By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila Nobel laureates José Ramos-Horta and Maria Ressa have urged Southeast Asians to keep working toward a better region where democratic...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesia's Labour Party has demanded that the 2024 elections be held on schedule and that they be transparent and fair during...

ANALYSIS: By Michael Kabuni and Stephen Howes Central to the selection of the prime minister in Papua New Guinea following a general election is Section...

By John Lewis of the Otago Daily Times Aotearoa New Zealand's new NZ SeaRise website, designed to show how the country's coastline will be affected...

By Lian Buan in Manila The retraction of Kerwin Espinosa, one of the main accusers in the Philippines Bilibid drug trade allegations, has drummed up...

By Wata Shaw in Suva The University of the South Pacific’s latest international ranking is a "testament to the excellence" that pervades the university, says...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News climate reporter Explosive new data shows the sea level is rising twice as fast as previously thought in...

ANALYSIS: By Suze Wilson, Massey University and Toby Newstead, University of Tasmania The war in Ukraine would test even the most hardened political operator: millions...

RNZ News For the first time in more than two years, New Zealand's border will reopen to international visitors at midnight tonight. On 19 March 2020,...

PNG Post-Courier A former election manager for Papua New Guinea's National Capital District (NCD) who was charged with election fraud for corruptly receiving a...