Monthly Archives: March 2024

Asia Pacific Report An Australian solidarity group for West Papua today warned of a fresh "heavy handed" Indonesian crackdown on Papuan villagers with more "arrests...

RNZ Pacific The Indonesian government has confirmed it is investigating a viral video showing security forces in Papua torturing a civilian. The video -- which can...

By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva Tonga Tonga's Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni Hu’akavameiliku has resigned as Minister of Defence in order to appease King upou...

COMMENTARY: By Ronny Kareni Recent videos depicting the barbaric torture of an indigenous Papuan man by Indonesian soldiers have opened the wounds of West Papua's...

Asia Pacific Report A leader of one of New Zealand's main Palestine solidarity groups today called on the government to expel the Israeli ambassador and...

Asia Pacific Report Time is running out for media people and academics wanting to tell their innovative story or present research at the 2024 Pacific...

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Papua New Guinea and Bougainville appear no closer to the tabling in the National Parliament of the referendum...

Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan pro-independence leader has condemned the "sadistic brutality" of Indonesian soldiers in a torture video and called for an urgent...

By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Prominent Pasifika community leader Pakilau Manase Lua has resigned from New Zealand Rugby's (NZR) Pasifika Advisory Group, saying...

PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape says funding for impending byelections is not an issue. “We are assisting the Electoral Commission with funding,...

Pacific Media Watch Editorial staff at Australia's public broadcaster ABC have again registered a vote of no confidence in managing director David Anderson and senior...

By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Defence Minister Dr Billy Joseph attended the second Japan Pacific Islands Defence Dialogue (JPIDD) in Tokyo,...

Asia Pacific Report Te Kuaka, an independent foreign policy advocacy group with a strong focus on the Pacific, has called for urgent changes to the...

By A Firenze in Gadigal/Sydney Palestinians fleeing war-ravaged Gaza for safety in Australia were left stranded when the Labor government abruptly cancelled their visas. The “subclass...

By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter The New Zealand government is being urged to create a special humanitarian visa for Palestinians in Gaza with...

ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk An "organic law" to postpone New Caledonia's provincial elections has passed the final hurdle and...

RNZ PACIFIC Q&A: By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist In Papua New Guinea, sorcery accusation-related violence (SARV) remains a significant form of violence across...

By Wendy Bacon in Sydney Twenty-four weeks of city marches and a five-week vigil outside the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s electoral office in Marrickville have...

By Paul Gregoire in Sydney One year since Prime Minister Anthony Albanese went to San Diego to unveil the AUKUS deal the news came that...

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist Sexual harassment of women journalists continues to be a major problem in Fiji journalism...

By Melyne Baroi in Port Moresby A senior National Court judge in Papua New Guinea has dismissed an expatriate prisoner’s request to have his sentence...

RNZ News New Zealand's media and communications minister is defending pulling out of pre-booked interviews about her portfolio, saying they would have been "boring" for...