Yearly Archives: 2024

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...
Rival flags of China and Taiwan

RNZ Pacific A security studies professor says China has been applying pressure to countries to switch diplomatic ties over from Taiwan, but Beijing says its...
PNG police recover looted items

By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The political fallout from the deadly riots in Papua New Guinea continues, including calls for a vote of...
Fiji drug haul 15 Jan 2024

EDITORIAL: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief of The Fiji Times The revelation that police have carried out what is believed to be one of Fiji’s biggest...
The charred ruins of Gerehu's central shopping district

PNG Post-Courier Gerehu, the sprawling suburban township to the north of Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby, is now a "ghost town" for shoppers. All major...
PNG Prime Minister James Marape

By Gorethy Kenneth and Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Rogue police officers have been alleged to be part of last Wednesday’s uprising of opportunists leading...
Former French Overseas Territories Minister Louis le Pensec

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific French Pacific desk correspondent One of the key players in the restoration of peace in New Caledonia in the 1980s,...
NGO Coalition on Human Rights in Fiji chair Shamima Ali

Pacific Media Watch Fiji human rights activists have paid tribute in a Suva vigil this week to the more than 100 journalists -- most of...