Yearly Archives: 2023

EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board There will be celebrations as well as self-contemplation in newsrooms around the world today to mark World Press...

Pacific Media Watch Pacific eyes will be on the World Press Freedom Index 2023 when it is launched today as concerns grow over the slip...

PNG Post-Courier Dissident Papua New Guinean politician and former cabinet minister Bryan Kramer has vowed to fight on in his campaign against corruption, saying the...

By Stefan Armbruster A pro-independence party has decisively won elections in French Polynesia, marking a historic shift in one of France’s Pacific territories. Veteran politician Oscar...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva Mā'ohi Nui's blue wave of the pro-independence Tavini Huir'atira has won its bet -- to be back in the helm...

RNZ Pacific The New Zealand government is investigating the case of a Pasifika overstayer who was detained after a dawn raid in South Auckland last...

By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huira'atira party has won the election for a new 57-member Territorial Assembly, paving the way...

ANALYSIS: By Michael Belgrave, Massey University Australian Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s recent claim that New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal has veto powers over Parliament was met...

Café Pacific An author and human rights advocate for West Papuan self-determination today sent an open letter to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the...

RNZ Pacific Voting has started in French Polynesia in the second round to elect a new Territorial Assembly for a five-year term. About 200,000 voters can...

By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva Drunkards urinating in public, people fighting and nightclub goers passed out on the streets are usually the first things tourists...

By Siteri Sauvakacolo in Suva The mass migration of Fiji nurses could soon be curbed after the Health Ministry’s submissions to the government over the...

RNZ News New Zealand is in the grip of a fourth wave of covid but it is predicted to be smaller than previous mass outbreaks. The...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby The successful restart of Papua New Guinea's New Porgera Limited gold mine is currently at high risk due to...

RNZ Pacific An Anzac memorial service was held above the site in the South China Sea where a Japanese freighter -- which had been carrying...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Pacific Youth are looking at how they can spark positive change following the Hiroshima G7 Youth Summit which has...

By David Robie As part of an Indonesian-backed disinformation and troll campaign against West Papuan pro-independence advocates, a Facebook page has emerged making bitter and...

Jubi News in Jayapura Captured pilot Philip Mehrtens has called on the Indonesian government to stop military operations in the Nduga highlands in a bid...

Jubi News in Jayapura Church leaders across denominations in Papua have urged President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to stop military operations and to promote a humanitarian...

By Dylan Murray in Port Moresby University of Papua New Guinea chancellor Robert Igara says his administration is in talks with the Chinese Embassy to...

RNZ Pacific A curfew has been imposed in part of Papua New Guinea and extra police have been moved in to quell unrest over the...

TRIBUTE: By Sir Charles Lepani The devastating news of Sir Rabbie Namaliu’s untimely death has been difficult for us all to understand. It has not been...