Yearly Archives: 2023

Jubi News in Jayapura An indigenous Papuan negotiation team has traversed rugged highlands forests in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian province in search of the New Zealand...

RNZ News New Zealanders should be prepared for the number of fatalities in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle to increase, says Prime Minister Chris Hipkins. He...

The National in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s new media draft policy would put a stop to reporting news not regarded as “positive” for the...

By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva The University of the South Pacific is expected to receive the first instalment of the promised $10 million part payment...

By Sally Murphy, RNZ News reporter Widespread damage has hit farms across Aotearoa New Zealand's North Island with those in parts of Gisborne and Hawke's...

By Tria Dianti in Jakarta Authorities in Indonesia’s Melanesian province Papua will negotiate with indigenous pro-independence rebels to secure the release of a New Zealand...

RNZ News As a huge effort ramps up in Aotearoa New Zealand to restore essential services to thousands of people in Tairāwhiti and Hawke's Bay,...

By Rebecca Kuku Media is not a tool of government to promote its agenda -- however altruistic that agenda may be, says media academic Dr...

COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis The brave little shrubs are doing their valiant best to stay intact as a plant pot skids across our balcony in...

BACKGROUNDER: By David Robie Papuan independence rebels are playing a desperate game of cat and mouse with Indonesian authorities over their hostage taking last week...

RNZ News A NZ Defence Force operation was beginning tonight to supply Wairoa in New Zealand's North Island with food and water after being cut...

RNZ News The extent of devastation caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in Aotearoa New Zealand is still unfolding with vast areas of the North Island flooded,...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia Pacific Report It has been a decade since The Daily Blog (TDB) came into being informing all and...

RNZ News At least 2500 people have been displaced by Cyclone Gabrielle this week, says Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty. About 1000 of those are in...

RNZ News A national state of emergency has been declared today after Cyclone Gabrielle unleashed fury across the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand. There has...

The Owen Wilkes book Peacemonger, edited by May Bass and Mark Derby, was due to be launched in Wellington today after earlier launches in...

RNZ Pacific A rebel group in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian province of Papua who abducted New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens says he is safe. The New Zealander,...

RNZ news A state of emergency has been declared in Northland, Auckland, Thames-Coromandel and this morning Ōpōtiki and Tairāwhiti as Cyclone Gabrielle starts to wreak...

RNZ News It has been a soggy few weeks for Aotearoa New Zealand's upper North Island, with late January's Auckland downpour and now, Cyclone Gabrielle. States...

ANALYSIS: By Camellia Webb-Gannon, University of Wollongong “Phil Mehrtens is the nicest guy, he genuinely is -- no one ever had anything bad to say...

By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva While steps are being taken behind the scenes by Fiji's coalition government to review the country's existing media legislation, civil...

RNZ News Cyclone Gabrielle was battering parts of the North Island of Aotearoa New Zealand with strong winds and heavy rain last night. Most of the...