Monthly Archives: December 2022

2022 PACIFIC REVIEW: By David Robie The Pacific year started with a ferocious eruption and global tsunami in Tonga, but by the year’s end several...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Jan Kohout, RNZ journalist Twenty four Pacific peoples have been recognised in the 2023 New Year's honours. A former...

By Naveel Krishant in Suva Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says he is the prime minister for the whole of Fiji and all of its people. In...

RNZ Pacific Fiji's Minister for Home Affairs and Immigration has invited the Commissioner of Police to resign, citing concerns on matters of confidence in him. Pio...

Pacific Media Watch The US tested 67 nuclear weapons on the Marshall Islands, tricking the people who lived on Bikini Atoll to leave their homeland...

By Talebula Kate in Suva Fiji's new Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation, Lynda Tabuya, plans to use surveys and online platforms as an...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop is stable and recovering at the Gold Coast University Hospital in Australia, according...

By Timoci Vula in Suva Fiji lawyer and former human rights activist Imrana Jalal has offered a "warning" to her motherland that should people be...

By Shayal Devi in Suva Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has already started work to achieve the People’s Alliance-led coalition 100-day plan outlined in its...

By Conan Young , Local Democracy Reporting editor This year was another huge one for Local Democracy Reporting, with our reporters at the forefront of...

By Felix Chaudhary in Suva Exiled University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia says he is thrilled at the prospect of returning to...

RNZ Pacific Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark is supporting aid agencies' decision to halt operations in Afghanistan, and a UN official has urged...

By Josefa Babitu in Suva The greenlight has been given to University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, and Dr Padma Lal, to...

By Rakesh Kumar in Suva Fiji’s new Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Professor Biman Prasad says the good policies of the government that...

RNZ Pacific Fiji has finally reached the other side of the long and winding road that was the 2022 general election and can enjoy the...

CHRISTMAS MESSAGE: By Benny Wenda As 2022 draws to a close, I would like to thank everyone who has supported the West Papuan struggle this...

RNZ Pacific Former coup leader and ex-prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka was today elected Fiji's new prime minister, winning 28 votes to Voreqe Bainimarama's 27. The secret...

RNZ News Thousands of people will be cancelling their Christmas Day plans thanks to the invisible grinch, covid-19. Leading epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker estimates 85,000 people...

By Timoci Vula in Suva "Merry Christmas Fiji!" This was the message to Fiji from kingmakers Social Democratic Liberal Party (Sodelpa) management board member and MP...

Pacific Media Watch The Social Democratic Liberal Party (Sodelpa) today decided to go into a coalition government in Fiji with the People’s Alliance and the...

By Ian Chute in Suva A complaint lodged against FijiFirst general secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum for alleged incitement at the Totogo Police station yesterday has been...

RNZ Pacific French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has accused the environment minister of defamation over seabed mining. Last week, Environment Minister Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu claimed Temaru's...