Monthly Archives: September 2023
Sato Kilman elected as Vanuatu’s new prime minister for record fifth time
RNZ Pacific
Four-time Vanuatu Prime Minister Sato Kilman has been elected to the top job for a record fifth time in Port Vila, ousting Alatoi...
NZ election 2023: National hits back over union ads slamming Luxon
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist
National says a series of attack ads targeting its leader Christopher Luxon funded by the Council of...
China’s Shandong Province expands its climate footprint to the Pacific
By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva
While Japan’s discharge of nuclear waste waters into the Pacific from its Fukushima nuclear plant has been drawing flak across...
Samoan climate activist welcomes UN’s recognition of children’s rights
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist
A young Samoan climate activist says the UN's new guidance on children's rights to a clean, healthy and sustainable...
Letters on West Papua – ‘united voices for justice will not be silenced’
Pacific Media Watch
Vanuatu Daily Post civil society correspondents have written in unison condemning the failure of the Melanesian Spearhead Group to admit West Papua...
Fiji owes $374.9m to Exim Bank, but China says ‘no strings’ attached to aid
By Shayal Devi in Suva
Fiji owes the Export-Import (Exim) Bank of China about $374.9 million, states the Ministry of Finance’s government debt report for...
Election 2023: Labour kicks off campaign with free dental promise
RNZ News
Labour has officially kicked off its Aotearoa New Zealand election 2023 campaign with a promise to extend free dental care to all those...
The silent war – Australia and Indonesia mum on Papuan human right abuses
An Australian academic has lit the fuse of diplomatic fury by publicly criticising Indonesia’s brutal response to the Papuan independence movement, a sensitive topic...
Fiji’s Prasad reaches out to the NZ diaspora to help rebuild nation
By Venkat Raman, editor of Indian Newslink
Fiji is on the road to economic recovery and the government looks forward to the support and assistance...
Hipkins warns NZ voters against ‘turning the clock back’ on reforms
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist
Parliament has ended for another term, shutting down ahead of the Aotearoa New Zealand election campaign with...
PNG capital’s Bomana jail full – refusing any new prisoners
PNG Post-Courier
Bomana jail, the main prison near Papua New Guinea's capital city of Port Moresby, is not accepting new prisoners due to overcrowding.
The jail...