Monthly Archives: October 2022
Win for diversity in Wellington, defeat in Auckland as NZ votes local
RNZ News
Wellington's Tory Whanau has convincingly won the mayoralty race for Te Whanganui-a-Tara in a triumph for diversity in Aotearoa New Zealand's local government...
NZ local elections: A Pacific mayor possible for biggest city Auckland?
By Jonty Dine, RNZ News reporter
The race for the Auckland mayoralty ends this weekend in the Aotearoa New Zealand local elections and polls indicate...
Papuan students abroad plead for Governor Enembe to get treatment
Jubi/West Papua Daily
Papuan students studying in Russia and Australia have appealed to the Indonesian government to respect the health rights of Papua Governor Lukas...
Red Roses hot favourite to win 2022 Women’s Rugby World Cup
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi
The Red Roses of England are overwhelming favourites to win the 2022 Rugby World Cup being hosted by New Zealand...
Journalists risk prosecution under Australia’s ‘foreign interference’ law
UQ News
Journalists may face decades in prison for "foreign interference" offences unless urgent changes are made to Australia’s national security laws, according to a...
PNG daily Post-Courier joins fight against gender-based violence
By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby
The Post-Courier daily newspaper is one of 15 companies in Papua New Guinea that have pledged to fight against...
Gavin Ellis: NZ government media teams that breach the law
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis
New Zealand's Ombudsman, Peter Boshier, has given government agency media teams a well-deserved kick up the fundamental over some of their...
Parkop calls for full probe into brutal murders of two Moresby women
By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop wants the city’s police to fully investigate the gruesome murder...
FBoy Island vs public interest media: the culture clash at the heart of the...
ANALYSIS: By Peter Thompson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The 980 submissions in response to the Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media Bill...
Quality of iTaukei language under threat, says Fiji scholar
By Rachael Nath of RNZ Pacific
Concerns are being raised about the future survival of the iTaukei (Fijian) language as a threat of extinction looms...
NZ university union members to strike tomorrow over pay demand
RNZ News
Thousands of New Zealand tertiary union members will go on strike at eight universities tomorrow over a cost of living pay demand.
The Tertiary...
Honiara doesn’t want to be forced to choose sides, says Foreign Minister
RNZ Pacific
Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele says the country joined an agreement with the United States only after changes to wording relating to...
Delegates from French Polynesia head to UN decolonisation committee
RNZ Pacific
Delegates from French Polynesia have flown to New York for the annual meeting of the UN Decolonisation Committee.
The veteran pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru...