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Indonesian Army helicopter with 12 on board goes missing in Papua
By Gemma Holliani Cahya in Jakarta
Silas Papare Air Force base in Sentani, Jayapura, has reported that an Mi-17 helicopter belonging to the Indonesian Army...
Xi Jinping’s grip on power is absolute, but new threats to...
ANALYSIS: By Bates Gill of Macquarie University
As China solidifies its new status as superpower and cementing its influence in the Pacific, The Conversation...
‘I click therefore I exist’ – media research and ‘humanism’
The AMIC 2009 conference highlights. Video: AMIC
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A new video has been produced on YouTube featuring highlights of this month's 27th AMIC...
Sydney declares a climate emergency – what does that mean in...
ANALYSIS: By Chris Turney in Sydney
Late on Monday night, the City of Sydney became the first state capital in Australia to officially declare a...
Indonesian police accused of torture in May postelection riots
By Marguerite Afra Sapiie in Jakarta
Indonesia's National Police are facing increased pressure as investigations by human rights organisations have found alleged use of...
Climate crisis: Bold call for security partners to prevent ‘catastrophe’
ANALYSIS: By Pip Hinman in Sydney
Long-time Australian climate campaigner David Spratt and former fossil fuel company executive Ian Dunlop have issued a bold call...
Tahiti’s Flosse ordered to repay millions in ‘phantom jobs’ case
By RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse and 12 other people have been ordered to jointly repay millions of francs they misspent on...
USP staff want Fiji’s pro-chancellor Thompson to step aside in abuse...
By Peni Komaisavai in Suva
Staff of the University of the South Pacific at the university’s main Laucala campus in Suva have called for pro-chancellor...
Court appearance: Mosque attack survivors’ and families’ painful day
FIRST PERSON: By Katie Todd, of RNZ News, reporting outside the High Court in Christchurch
The latest chapter in the court proceedings of the accused...
Timor-Leste’s lost oil millions blamed on Australia’s ‘rip-off’
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Fifteen months after a treaty pledged to usher in a “new chapter” in the relationship between Australia and neighbouring Timor-Leste, the...
$154m earmarked for development assistance in Fiji
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Fiji expects a total value of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in 2019-2020 to be F$154.4 million, reports FBC News.
According to FBC's...
After the NZ massacre, survivors and activists tell different story
The Al Jazeera 101 East investigative report ... was the Christchurch mosque killer a "true lone wolf?"
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Quiet, picturesque New Zealand was...
Samoa bans Elton John movie Rocketman from cinemas
By Justin Fa’afia in Apia
The Samoa Censorship Board has banned the screening of Rocketman – a biographical movie about the life of British rock...
‘Please explain’ call by hardliners over Australian police at Bougainville mine
By Chris Baria at PNG Mine Watch
The chairman of Bougainville Hardliners Group and former combatant-turned-businessman, James Onartoo, has called on the Autonomous Bougainville Government...
Marape unveils new-look PNG cabinet with reformist aims
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's new Prime Minister James Marape has overseen a shake-up of cabinet which he says will drive...
Papuan activists dispute Indonesia’s poll numbers, claim boycott success
By Evan Wasuka on ABC Pacific Beat
It may be more than a month since Indonesians went to the polls, but the country is still...
New Caledonia anti-independence parties fear losing hold on government
By RNZ Pacific
The former president of New Caledonia's Congress, Gael Yanno, says he is worried a mainly pro-independence government will be elected next week.
Yanno...
Morrison arrives in Solomons in first visit by an Australian PM...
By Ian Kaukui in Honiara
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has arrived in Solomon Islands on a two-day state visit.
His trip to Honiara marks his...
Catholic among 4 Indonesian officials on alleged murder hit list
By Katharina R. Lestari in Jakarta
A Catholic was among four top Indonesian officials allegedly targeted for assassination in a plot possibly linked to post-election...
NZ Budget gives boost for Pacific education, languages and health
By RNZ Pacific
The well-being of Pacific people in New Zealand has been recognised in this year's Budget with increases in funding for the community...
PNG’s ‘power broker’ minister Marape elected 8th PM for 8 million...
ANALYSIS: By EMTV News
James Marape, Papua New Guinea's former Finance Minister and the man who led the defections that brought down the Peter O'Neill...
Thousands of NZ teachers take to streets to protest for better...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
More than 50,000 New Zealand teachers - from both primary and secondary schools - walked out of classrooms across the country...