Monthly Archives: March 2023

Vanuatu journalist and editor Dan McGarry

RNZ Pacific Vanuatu's Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Trading Post Ltd, the owner of the Vanuatu Daily Post newspaper, BUZZ FM96 and other...
Vanuatu, which drove the UN move, is celebrating a global climate victory

By Barbara Dreaver in Port Vila Vanuatu is in celebration mode after winning a significant battle on the world stage over climate change. In a United...
A meeting of the Caledonian Union, one of the partners in the FLNKS

By Jan Kohout, RNZ Pacific journalist New Caledonia's Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) say they will tell the French Prime Minister of the...
West Papuans in a solidarity fundraising rally to support for the victims of this month's tropical cyclones in Vanuatu

Asia Pacific Report Twenty West Papuans who were fundraising for the victims of tropical cyclones in Vanuatu were today arrested by Indonesian police in Jayapura,...
Vanuatu's Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau at UN

RNZ Pacific The UN General Assembly has adopted a Vanuatu-led resolution calling for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on climate...
Today FM co-host Tova O'Brien

RNZ News The Mediaworks' radio station Today FM abandoned scheduling today when presenters broke from programming to question the future of their employer. Broadcasters told their...
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson

Radio Waatea Greens' co-leader Marama Davidson believes she knows who was riding the motorbike that hit her during a protest against British anti-transgender activist Kellie-Jay...
PNG's Communication Minister Timothy Masiu

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Communication Minister Timothy Masiu has hit back at recent reports termed as "inaccurate" over the control of media in...
The Fiji Times

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist The Fiji government has announced it will repeal the controversial Media Industry Development Act...
Solomon Islands University vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau

By Giff Johnson in Majuro Big picture conversations about the future of the Pacific islands should be happening, but they are not, says one of...
Indonesian security forces' assault on West Papuan rebels triggers counter-attack

By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Indonesian security forces in Papua last week launched an offensive against the West...
Security firms largest employer in Papua New Guinea

By Gorothy Kenneth in Port Moresby Private security companies are currently holding Papua New Guinea together with the largest workforce of 29,445 and supporting the...
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

RNZ Pacific Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has joined a growing list of Pacific leaders to object to the US$250 billion nuclear submarine deal...
Indonesian police quell a demonstration in the Papuan region

RNZ Pacific A joint force of Indonesian military and police are claiming to have shot dead a member of the West Papua National Liberation Army...
Fijian media stakeholders at the public consultation on the Media Ownership and Regulation Bill 2023 in Suva

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist The Fiji government is signalling that it will not completely tear down the country's...
Police allege 52kg methamphetamine was located on a "black flight" from PNG to Australia

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby The production and trafficking of methamphetamine (meth), cocaine and now heroin is on the rise with Pacific countries now...
Nga Ratonga Ao Māori head Maika Te Amo

By Johnny Blades, RNZ The House journalist An increased appetite to learn te reo Māori among members and staff from different parts of the Parliamentary...
British gender activist Posie Parker in Auckland

RNZ News British gender activist Posie Parker has left New Zealand, calling it the "worst place for women she has ever visited". Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known...
Ramadan in Gaza

By Wafa Aludaini in Gaza During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims from all corners of the globe come together to celebrate. Each country has...
Communications Fiji Ltd news director Vijay Narayan talks to Acting Police Commissioner Juki Fong Chew

By Krishneel Nair in Suva "The most important thing from my perspective is a strategic partnership -- a partnership where the media should not be...
Drua's Teti Tela in action

By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific senior sports journalist, and Sri Krishnamurthi, RNZ Pacific journalist The Fijian Drua will need to start and finish well, while...
When 12 Filipino senators made the historic decision to vote "no" to the US in Subic Bay

By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila The Philippines and the United States will hold their largest Balikatan exercise this year, with 17,600 troops expected to participate...