Monthly Archives: June 2022
Petition to officially name country Aotearoa delivered to Parliament
By Giles Dexter, RNZ News political reporter
New Zealand's Te Pāti Māori has handed over its petition -- with 70,000 signatures -- calling for the...
Amnesty says police forced Papuans to cut hair and beards in Intan Jaya
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Amnesty International Indonesia has revealed that police officers forced a number of residents of Intan Jaya regency in Papua to cut...
Australia has more women in cabinet than ever before: what difference will diversity make?
ANALYSIS: By Louise Chappell, UNSW Sydney and Claire Annesley, UNSW Sydney
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s first cabinet is Australia’s most diverse ever. Not only do...
O’Neill warns Marape over ‘improper’ eleventh hour China meeting
PNG Post-Courier
Opposition People’s National Congress leader Peter O’Neill is urging Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape and the government to refrain from signing...
As Wong makes her mark in the Pacific, the Albanese government should look to...
ANALYSIS: By Tony Walker, La Trobe University
Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s decision to embark on a diplomatic offensive to outflank China in the Pacific within...
Church bells, police sirens mark 60 years of Samoa’s independence
RNZ Pacific
Church bells and police sirens rang out across Samoa at midnight to herald the start of 12 months of nationwide celebrations for the...
PNG’s energy minister, supporters flee for their lives in elections attack
By Shirley Mauludu in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Energy Minister Saki Soloma and his supporters had to run for their lives when they were...
Temaru hits back over probe in pro-independence Radio Tefana case
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's pro-independence leader and mayor of Faa'a, Oscar Temaru, says double standards are at play in probing him over the payment of...
French reporter ‘paid with his life’ for reliable Ukraine war coverage
Pacific Media Watch
Appalled by French reporter Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff’s death in Ukraine on Monday, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for a transparent investigation into...
