Monthly Archives: August 2022

Marking the 1986 People Power uprising

By Diana G. Mendoza in Manila The Philippine media described him as “Steady Eddie,” a warrior and survivor, and an accidental hero of the world-renowned...
Media freedom in Solomon Islands

Solomon Times The Solomon islands Prime Minister's office (PMO) has accused local news media of being involved in a "war on media freedom” that is...
Cook Islands national flag

RNZ Pacific The Cook Islands Parliament looks set for a shake up after today's general elections. In preliminary results, the ruling Cook Islands Party has performed...
PNG Police Commissioner David Manning

By Miriam Zarriga and Marjorie Finkeo of the PNG Post-Courier Police are closing in on 15 candidates in Enga who allegedly used guns to threaten...
Prime Minister of Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

By Giles Dexter, RNZ News political reporter New Zealand will provide $15 million to support Samoa with its climate change priorities. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made...
Te Reo Māori

By Ashleigh McCaull, RNZ News Te Ao Māori reporter On the 35th anniversary of te reo Māori becoming an official language, the Māori Language Commission...
PNG election defeats

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea politics -- or for that matter, Parliament -- will no longer be the same any more...
VARS project for Vanuatu squatters

By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Port Vila A VT2 billion grant from the World Bank Group is set to reform unplanned urban settlements...
Shortage of healthcare workers

ANALYSIS: By Paula Lorgelly, University of Auckland Late last month, New Zealand Health Minister Andrew Little stated what most who work in health already know. Healthcare...
Marjorie Tua’inekore Crocombe

By Rod Dixon in the Cook Islands News Marjorie and Ron Crocombe lived up to exacting standards in their personal and professional lives and their...
Dr Ashley Bloomfield

COMMENTARY: By Nick Rockel On Friday I watched Ashley Bloomfield’s last afternoon health update. After all we’ve been through over the past couple of years,...