Monthly Archives: April 2024
NZ immigration work visa changes to target ‘unsustainable’ migration
RNZ News
The New Zealand government is bringing in immediate changes to the Accredited Employer Worker Visa, which it says will help protect migrants from...
PNG’s Marape orders military-police operation in Porgera over illegal mining
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has authorised a joint military and police operation in a decisive move to curb the escalating...
More pressure from US allies could see change to ‘untenable policy’ on Gaza, says...
Asia Pacific Report
Nour Odeh, a Palestinian political analyst, says that the US is more likely to move in the “right direction” when it comes...
Solomon Islands election 2024: Polling day workers cast early votes
RNZ News
The first votes of the 2024 Solomon Islands joint elections have been cast in Honiara on Friday.
The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) said...
PJR to celebrate 30 years of journalism publishing at Pacific Media 2024
Pacific Media Watch
Pacific Journalism Review, the Pacific and New Zealand's only specialist media research journal, is celebrating 30 years of publishing this year --...
Let in UN human rights mission to West Papua – stop Indonesian impunity, says...
PNG Post-Courier
The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) has declared its solidarity with civil society groups and student protesters demonstrating against the torture of a...
Thousands march across NZ demanding climate crisis action
Asia Pacific Report
From Whangārei in the north to Invercargill in the south, thousands took to the streets of Aotearoa New Zealand in today's climate...
PNG court rejects sex case accused MP’s bid to gag media
By Boura Goru Kila in Port Moresby
A Papua New Guinea court application to stop the news media from reporting on an alleged sexual offence...
Noumea faces more protests over New Caledonia voting rules change
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Demonstrations have been held in New Caledonia -- with more protests expected -- from both pro-...
Three NZ Arab doctors joining Kia Ora Gaza humanitarian aid mission
Asia Pacific Report
Three New Zealand doctors -- two Palestinian and one Iraq-born -- are planning to join the charity Kia Ora Gaza in its...
Fiji bus drivers criticise bullying by school student video – ‘we’re human’
By Temalesi Vono in Suva
Fijian bus drivers and bus checkers wake up early in the morning to serve the public so it is disappointing...
APR editor criticises NZ media coverage over the war on Gaza
Pacific Media Watch
Pacific media commentator and Asia Pacific Report editor David Robie has criticised New Zealand media coverage of Israel's war on Gaza, describing...
Sydney group slams ‘unjust’ Jakarta crackdown on Papuan torture protests
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian West Papuan solidarity group has condemned a brutal crackdown by Indonesian police against student protesters demonstrating against torture by the...
French Senate endorses new election rules for New Caledonia – but with amendments
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific
The French Senate has endorsed a Constitutional review project bearing significant modifications to the local...
Israel’s Al Jazeera ban ‘alarms’ media watchdog on free press stranglehold
Pacific Media Watch
The New York-based media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists says the announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of his intention to...
Indonesian military deny bombing Papua district in bid to free NZ pilot
Asia Pacific Report
Indonesia's military regional command in Papua has denied claims made by a pro-independence West Papuan group that abducted New Zealand pilot Phillip...
Asia Pacific community and media research group goes online
Asia Pacific Report
A community-based Asia-Pacific network of academics, journalists and activists has now gone online with an umbrella website for its publications, current affairs...
Baltimore bridge crash ship carrying toxic waste to Sri Lanka, says Mirror
Asia Pacific Report
The Singapore cargo ship Dali chartered by Maersk, which collapsed the Baltimore bridge in the United States last month, was carrying 764...
From Gaza to West Papua, the long struggle for justice and freedom
ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
On my office wall hangs a framed portrait of Shireen Abu Akleh, the inspiring and celebrated...
Open letter: AWPA calls on Wong to protest to Jakarta over brutal torture
OPEN LETTER: To Australia's Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong
Dear Foreign Minister,
I am writing to you on behalf of the Australia West Papua Association in...
French ‘nickel pact’ to bail out New Caledonia’s industry delayed
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
The signing of a "nickel pact" to salvage New Caledonia's embattled industry has not been signed...