Yearly Archives: 2024
‘We have to keep pressuring Australia to do the right thing’, says Tuvalu MP...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor
Tuvalu's Transport, Energy, and Communications Minister Simon Kofe has expressed doubt about Australia's reliability in addressing the climate...
UN experts ‘alarmed’ by Kanaky New Caledonia deaths as Pacific fact-finding mission readies
By Stefan Armbruster of BenarNews
France has been criticised for the “alarming” death toll in New Caledonia during recent protests and its “cold shower” approach...
RSF tackles Taiwan’s media freedom ‘Achilles heel’, boosts Asia Pacific monitoring action
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie in Taipei
It was a heady week for the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) -- celebration...
PNG bus shooting: ‘This sort of revenge killing is unheard of’
By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist
Papua New Guinea police say 10 people have been tragically killed after a series of violent "revenge killings" along...
PM defends Fiji’s UN ‘ambush’ vote – challenged by human rights advocate
Pacific Media Watch
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has "cleared the air" with the Fijian diaspora in Samoa over Fiji’s vote against the United Nations resolution...
Prabowo takes power as Indonesian military set up new battalions – what now for West...
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin
In the lead up to the inauguration of President Prabowo Subianto last Sunday, Indonesia established five "Vulnerable Area Buffer Infantry Battalions"...
Rabuka’s message to free Kanaky movement: ‘Don’t slap the hand that feeds you’
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is cautioning New Caledonia's local government to "be reasonable" in its requests from...
‘We’ll be talking about the future of negotiations’, says Rabuka on New Caledonia mission
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist in Apia
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says he will take a back seat in the upcoming Pacific leaders'...
NZ’s Labour calls on other cities to follow Israel boycott lead
Asia Pacific Report
New Zealand's opposition Labour Party has backed Christchurch City Council and called for other cities to block business with firms involved in...
UN rapporteur condemns Israeli ‘death sentence’ claim trying to silence last Gaza journalists
Pacific Media Watch
Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, says Israel’s declaration that six...
Indonesia to offer ‘amnesty’ for West Papuans contesting Jakarta’s rule
The National, PNG
Indonesia will offer amnesty to West Papuans who have contested Jakarta's sovereignty over the Melanesian region resulting in conflicts and clashes with...
King Charles arrives in Samoa for ‘resilient environment’ CHOGM
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist in Apia
King Charles III and his wife Queen Camilla have landed in Apia, Samoa.
The monarch has been greeted...
Kanak leader Christian Tein’s jailing in France overturned in new legal twist
Asia Pacific Report
France's Supreme Court has overturned a judgment imprisoning pretrial in mainland France Kanak pro-independence leader Christian Tein, who is widely regarded as...
NZ’s third-largest city sanctions Israel over illegal Palestine settlements
Asia Pacific Report
Christchurch, New Zealand's third-largest city, today became the first local government in the country to sanction Israel by voting to halt business...
Deadly bus ambush in PNG’s Enga province kills, wounds many
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
A deadly ambush unfolded in Enga province between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. last night, leaving multiple people dead...
New Caledonia crisis: Pacific leaders’ mission must ‘look beyond surface’
INTERVIEW: By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Last week, New Caledonia was visited by France's new Overseas Minister, François Buffet, offering a more conciliatory...
Apia Ocean Declaration to be ‘crown jewel’ of CHOGM climate ‘fight back’
By Sialai Sarafina Sanerivi in Apia
The Ocean Declaration that will be agreed upon at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) this week will...
Prabowo’s presidency sparks fear and faint hope in Indonesia’s contested Papua
By Victor Mambor in Jayapura
With Prabowo Subianto, a controversial former general installed as Indonesia’s new president, residents in the disputed Papua region were responding...
Rio Tinto class action begins over ‘toxic’ Bougainville mine disaster
By Harry Pearl of BenarNews
An initial hearing of a class action against mining giant Rio Tinto over the toxic legacy of the Panguna copper...
One year of war in Gaza – protect journalists now, says IPI
Pacific Media Watch
This week marked the grim one-year anniversary of the surprise October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the beginning of the Israeli...
West Papua – the war on our doorstep under The Pacific spotlight
Pacific Media Watch
ABC’s The Pacific has gained rare access into West Papua, a region ruled by Indonesia that has been plagued by military violence...
Bring France into decolonisation talks, French Polynesian president tells UN
By Stefan Armbruster 0f BenarNews
French Polynesia’s president and civil society leaders have called on the United Nations to bring France to the negotiating table...
