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Post-Courier: Violence in any form is a serious disease – target...
EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's police commissioner, David Manning, addressing the International Women’s Day celebrations this week, let it be known that...
Papuan activists protest in Jakarta, demand Jokowi pull troops in Papua
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Scores of Papuan activists have held a protest in front of the Army Strategic Reserves Command (Green Berets) headquarters in Central...
‘It’s still going to be messy’ warning as NZ hospital covid...
RNZ News
New Zealand's Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Royal NZ College of General Practitioners president Dr Samantha Murton gave a briefing today...
RNZ and TVNZ to be folded into mega public media entity,...
RNZ News
RNZ and TVNZ will be subsidiaries of a new mega public media organisation, Broadcasting Minister Kris Faafoi has confirmed.
Faafoi announced the long-awaited changes...
How will NZ’s law targeting sanctions against Russia work – and...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
With the cabinet meeting on Monday agreeing to targeted Russian sanctions legislation, New Zealand is preparing to circumvent...
Women’s empowerment ‘the key’ to building better Fiji, says PM
By Luke Nacei in Suva
It is the duty of men to uplift women and not undermine them or stand in their way, says Fiji...
Vanuatu’s health officials yet to reveal facts about first community covid...
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
Vanuatu's Ministry of Health (MOH) has yet to inform the public on when, where and how the first person...
US warns against travel to NZ due to rising level of...
RNZ News
The United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has raised its travel advisory warning on travel to New Zealand.
The CDC updated its...
Gavoka slams Fiji’s ‘shameless’ inaction over women’s rights
By Talebula Kate in Suva
Women’s participation in decision-making is fundamental to improving gender equality but despite making up half of Fiji's population, representation at...
Is the #MeToo era a reckoning, a revolution, or something else?
REVIEW: By Zora Simic, UNSW Sydney
“The world”, declares Laurie Penny on the first page of their new book, “is in the middle of a...
Covid-19: 28 Parliament protesters believed to have tested positive
RNZ News
Twenty-eight of the anti-public health protesters who occupied New Zealand's Parliament grounds over the past month have now tested positive for covid-19.
In a...
Bid for US Congress to acknowledge nuclear tests ‘darkest chapter’ in...
RNZ Pacific
Three members of the United States Congress have introduced a resolution to recognise the legacy of US nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands.
Congresswoman...
National’s leader Luxon and Bridges test covid-19 positive – record 696...
RNZ News
National Party leader Christopher Luxon is the latest in a string of members of Parliament reported to have tested positive to covid-19 as...
Pacific Climate Warrior on what the latest IPCC report means for...
RNZ Pacific
The United Nations chief scientific agency on climate change released its latest report on Monday.
The IPCC Working Group II report on climate impacts,...
Wenda backs urgent UN call for action over Papuan child killings,...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A West Papuan leader has praised the "bravery and spirit" of Ukrainians defending their country against the Russian invasion while condemning...
Palestine double standards: Ten lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
ANALYSIS: By Professor Hatem Bazian
Ten lessons to be learned from the Russian invasion of Ukraine as the war rages into its second week.
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RSF refers Russian strikes on four Ukrainian TV towers for ICC...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor about Russian strikes on four radio...
PNG police arrest suspect in torture and killing of women in...
The National
A Papua New Guinean primary school teacher has been arrested for allegedly torturing a woman with a hot knife in sorcery-related violence in...
How protesters demanding ‘freedom’ from covid restrictions ignore the way liberty...
ANALYSIS: By Andrew Vonasch, University of Canterbury and Michael-John Turp, University of Canterbury
Like the many similar movements against vaccine mandates and other pandemic restrictions...
Super Rugby: Drua notch a win, and Moana Pasifika plays first...
RNZ Pacific
The Fijian Drua have made history, defeating the Melbourne Rebels 31-26 in Queensland for their first-ever Super Rugby win last night, and Moana...
‘Double standards’ claims as world reacts to Ukraine crisis, ignores Papua
By Prianka Srinivasan for ABC Pacific Beat
International media has been facing scrutiny from indigenous groups in the Pacific for the way it has been...
Australian group calls for action over UN Indonesian ‘Papuan abuses’ report
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A West Papuan advocacy group in Australia has appealed to Foreign Minister Marise Payne to take the cue from a new...