Yearly Archives: 2024

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

By Temalesi Vono in Suva Fiji's fired Education Minister Aseri Radrodro rebuffed three letters from the Prime Minister and legal advice from the Solicitor-General that...
Pro-Palestinian protesters calling for an immediate ceasefire

By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report A Palestinian advocate has appealed to the New Zealand government to call for a permanent ceasefire in...
PNG Prime Minister James Marape makes plea to the nation's youth

RNZ Pacific East Sepik Governor Allan Bird says Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape must take responsibility for the Port Moresby riots two weeks...
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

By Timoci Vula Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says the decision to dismiss Education Minister Aseri Radrodro from cabinet was taken after due process had...
Pro-Palestinian protesters carrying the Fiji and Tongan national flags

ANALYSIS: By Samer Jaber For two months now, the United States and other Western countries backing Israel have been talking about “the day after” in...
Fiji Crime Alert

EDITORIAL: By The Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley What is happening to us in Fiji? How did we get to this stage? The brutal attack and senseless...

RNZ News New Zealand's opposition parties have seized on a leaked ministerial memo about the coalition government's proposed Treaty Principles bill, saying the prime minister...
Leaked messages from a WhatsApp group called "Lawyers for Israel"

By Binoy Kampmark The Age has revealed the dismissal of ABC broadcaster Antoinette Lattouf last December 20 was the nasty fruit of a campaign waged against...
The Hui-ā-Iwi at Tūrangawaewae marae

RNZ Pacific Waikato Tainui estimate at least 10,000 people have been welcomed onto Tūrangawaewae marae to participate in an Aotearoa New Zealand national hui called...
Headlines on the "continuous threats" - both violent and sexual - faced by former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman

ANALYSIS: By Cassandra Mudgway, University of Canterbury The high-stress nature of working in politics is increasingly taking a toll on staff and politicians. But an...
PNG Prime Minister James Marape reshuffles cabine

By Jeffrey Elapa and Miriam Zarriga Papua New Guinea's predicted Cabinet reshuffle has taken place with Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey becoming the bombshell victim following last...
The University of Palestine in Gaza City

By Laura Pollock Gaza's last standing university has been destroyed by the Israeli army as military continued to strike targets in areas of the besieged...
"Shame on the NZ govt"

By Gideon Levy of Haaretz Three and a half hours. Three and a half hours from Jenin to Tul Karm. In three and a half...
President Hilda Heine being sworn in

By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent Marshall Islands officials quickly moved this week to reaffirm this nation's ties...
PNG Prime Minister James Marape makes plea to the nation's youth

RNZ Pacific In the wake of last week's riots and looting across Papua New Guinea's cities, the government has announced plans to get the country's...
Ansarallah , also known as the Houthis, are  the dominant force in Yemen

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The Biden administration has officially re-designated Ansarallah -- the dominant force in Yemen also known as the Houthis -- as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist...
South Africa's Justice Minister Ronald Lamola

ANALYSIS: By Karen Scott, University of Canterbury In 2023, the world witnessed a sustained attack on the very foundations of the international legal order. Russia, a...
NCD police chief Assistant Commissioner Anthony Wagambie

RNZ Pacific The latest victim of last week's rioting and looting in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby is the city's top police commander. National Capital...
Reporters Without Borders - Israel jails Palestinian journalists

Pacific Media Watch Israel has arrested a total of 38 Palestinian journalists since the start of its war with Hamas on October 7 and is...
PNG Post-Courier editorial

EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier Last year, the Papua New Guinea government moved in a subtle way into the Fourth Estate. It tried to -- and...
How the PNG Post-Courier reported the social media threat

PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea's Communications Minister Timothy Masiu has announced stringent measures to control social media in the country for the next 10 days...
Former Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman

RNZ News Former Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman -- a leading voice in Aotearoa New Zealand's Parliament for human rights, an independent foreign policy, and...