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PNG fugitive Tommy Baker’s prison rescue bids fail – but another...
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby
Two attempts by Papua New Guinea’s most wanted man, Tommy Baker, to rescue 11 members of his notorious gang...
‘We were really terrified,’ says Dunedin supermarket stabbing witness
RNZ News
A man who was at the Countdown supermarket in New Zealand's South Island city of Dunedin when four people were stabbed has described...
Timor-Leste reports 126 more covid cases – almost all in Dili
By Antonio Sampaio in Dili
The Timor-Leste health authorities have registered a total of 126 new infections with SARS-CoV-2 in the last 24 hours, almost...
Indonesian police seize Papuan leader Victor Yeimo on ‘treason’ claims
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A Papuan leader who has been sought by Indonesian police over the 2019 Papua "Spring" uprising, Victor Yeimo, has been arrested...
Brutality escalates as Indonesian crackdown takes force in Papua
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Brutality in West Papua has escalates with civilian and military casualties in the past month, reports SBS News.
The killing of Indonesia’s...
What’s the Valneva covid-19 vaccine, the French shot that’s supposed to...
ANALYSIS: By Adam Taylor, Griffith University
A covid-19 vaccine from French company Valneva has yet to complete clinical trials. But it has caught the eye...
Fiji reports three new community covid cases – two patients recover
By Talebula Kate in Suva
After 1616 tests in the past 24 hours, Fiji’s Ministry of Health and Medical Services has reported three new cases...
He Puapua report proposals bogged down in ‘swamp of politics’
ANALYSIS: By Meriana Johnsen, RNZ News political reporter
It was supposed to chart a new way forward but He Puapua, a report on how the...
Samoa Observer: Silence tears down a nation
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board
The caretaker Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Dr Sa'ilele Malielegaoi, thinks the newspaper you hold in your hands is dedicated...
Don’t brand West Papuan resistance OPM ‘terrorist’, say ex-general, critics
General Gatot Nurmantyo, a former commander in the Indonesian National Armed Forces, giving his television interview - in Bahasa Indonesian. Video: TV-One Indonesia
Asia Pacific...
Fiji reports 7 new local covid cases as memory lapses ‘cost...
By Timoci Vula in Suva
Fiji has today reported seven new cases of covid-19 and all are locally transmitted cases. These were confirmed after 1349...
Terrorist tag in West Papua could worsen racism, says rights group
RNZ Pacific
Human Rights Watch is urging the Indonesian government to rethink its classification of rebels in West Papua as terrorists.
Indonesia has formally designated Papuan...
Where will NZ stand in rising tensions between China and other...
ANALYSIS: By Jane Patterson, RNZ News political editor
Rising tensions between Australia and China have raised the question of where New Zealand would stand if...
Fiji’s Lautoka hospital plunges into lockdown over new covid case
By Timoci Vula in Lautoka, Fiji
Fiji's Lautoka Hospital is now closed to members of the public after a new positive case announced last night...
Single Asian Female: A reflection
REVIEW: By Sherry Zhang
Last week, writer Sherry Zhang was at the opening night of Auckland Theatre Company's production of Single Asian Female. She's waited...
Wenda warns over massive ‘demon troops’ military crackdown in Papua
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Indonesia is unleashing a massive military crackdown in West Papua with the use of "demon troops" and spurning human rights, warns...
More twists in Samoa election saga, with more court action likely
RNZ Pacific
The decision by Samoa's head of state to call a second election will be challenged in the courts, as the country's month-long political...
‘Stop fighting or be tossed out of Moresby,’ warns Parkop
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby
National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has warned Papua New Guinean ethnic groups to stop fighting and killing each...
Cook Islands PM on travel bubble: ‘Today, we start to rebuild’
By Charlie Dreaver, RNZ News political reporter
Cook Island businesses holding out for much needed tourists have now got a reprieve with a travel bubble...
It’s not surprising Indian-Australians feel singled out. They have long been...
ANALYSIS: By Sukhmani Khorana, Western Sydney University
In the past five years, the number of overseas-born migrants from India grew more than any other group...
Yamin Kogoya: Reckless Jakarta is turning West Papuans into ‘terrorists’ to...
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya
The Indonesian government has officially labelled the OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdeka) Free Papuan Movement and its military wing, the TPNPB (West...
#HoldTheLine – hundreds of Maria Ressa supporters post ‘pressure’ videos
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
On World Press Freedom Day 2021, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the #HoldTheLine coalition launched an innovative campaign of solidarity with...