Yearly Archives: 2023
Papuan academics accuse Indonesia of new ‘indigenous marginalisation’ strategy
Jubi News in Jayapura
Academics at Papuan tertiary institutions have accused Indonesian authorities of a new "indigenous marginalisation" programme through the establishment of the autonomous...
NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood in debate
ANALYSIS: By Ella Stewart, RNZ News longform journalist, Te Ao Māori
National Party leader Christopher Luxon made claims about health outcomes that were clearly false....
Deputy mayor pays tribute to ‘fearless advocacy’ of suffragettes 130 years ago
Asia Pacific Report
Auckland Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson welcomed a large crowd on Suffrage Day yesterday to celebrate at a memorial to mark 130 years...
RWC2023: Fiji’s ’16th man’ – how French support boosts Flying Fijians
By Rodney Duthie
Lekima Tagitagivalu knows too well how the French are rugby crazy and wasn't surprised about the support shown to the Flying Fijians...
Samoa PM calls on world leaders to ‘leave nationalism behind’ to achieve UN sustainability...
By Pita Ligaiula of Pacnews
Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa says the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) is focused on how they will...
NZ election 2023: Hipkins and Luxon in fast-paced debate but fail to excite pundits
ANALYSIS: By Maree Mahony, RNZ digital journalist
Labour leader Chris Hipkins and National leader Christopher Luxon have faced off in a fast-paced but unspectacular debate...
Anti-corruption former MP Kramer appeals to PNG Supreme Court
PNG Post-Courier
Former MP for Madang Open and anti-corruption campaigner Bryan Kramer has filed a Supreme Court appeal against a National Court ruling dismissing his...
Campaigners call on PNG govt to act over destructive logging
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Civil society groups wanting to see an end to destructive logging practices by foreign companies in Papua New...
TVNZ tightens its belt with ‘tough calls’ citing ad revenue slump
MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
Aotearoa New Zealand's public television broadcaster TVNZ is planning significant cuts to content production, programmes and operational spending...
‘Quit lip service’ and reshuffle PNG cabinet for national benefit, says Nomane
PNG Post-Courier
Vice-Minister of Planning James Nomane has called on Prime Minister James Marape to put Papua New Guinea first and reshuffle cabinet to bring...
RWC2023: Simi Kuruvoli’s boot helps ‘best ever’ Flying Fijians beat Wallabies
By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific sports reporter in Saint Etienne, France
The Flying Fijians won its Rugby World Cup Pool C match against Australia 22-15...
Australian advocacy group condemns killing of 5 West Papuans – challenges Canberra
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian human rights advocacy group for West Papuans has condemned the killing of 5 youths found dead in Dekai, capital of...
‘It was set up to fail us’ – Palestinians reflect on 30 years of...
Though the Oslo Accords and its signatories made many promises to the Palestinians, in reality, it carved Palestine up into bantustans and ghettos with...
NZ election 2023: Greens promise five weeks’ annual leave to up family time
RNZ News
The Green Party, if elected in the Aotearoa New Zealand general election next month, is promising to up workers' minimum annual leave entitlements...
PNG Post-Courier: Our democracy, our Melanesian way
EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier
“Is there a democratic Papua New Guinean nation -- or is it merely an arbitrary nation built on a shaky,...
Marape calls for policies for a ‘better PNG’ in independence message
PNG Post-Courier
Prime Minister James Marape has reiterated his call for staff of the Department of Prime Minister and National Executive Council to "fully embrace...
OPM calls for decolonisation of West Papua, condemns UN ‘collusion’
Asia Pacific Report
The Free Papua Organisation (Organisasi Papua Merdeka-OPM) has sent an open letter to the United Nations leadership demanding that "decolonisation" of the...
Baby product business to teach Māori children pride in culture
TE WIKI O TE RĒO MĀORI: By Aroha Awarau
Last year Joelle Holland invested all of the money she had saved for a home deposit...
RWC2023: Tonga, Samoa name strong line-ups as Fiji due to make changes
By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific sports reporter in Bordeaux, France
Tonga has named their strongest match-day 23 to face world No 1 Ireland in the...
IFJ condemns Indonesia over bribery, harassment attempt on RNZ journalist
Pacific Media Watch
A Radio New Zealand Pacific journalist has alleged that an Indonesian official attempted to both bribe and intimidate him following an interview...
Fijian lawmakers vote for truth-telling body to ‘heal coup pains, scars’
RNZ Pacific
Fiji's Parliament has passed a motion for the coalition government to establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission "to facilitate open and free engagement...
NZ election 2023: Growing Pasifika population equals greater electoral power
RNZ Pacific
An academic says the power of Pacific voters is growing, giving them increasing influence in upcoming Aotearoa New Zealand elections.
University of Auckland associate...