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West Sepik administration fumes over handling of Papua border crossers
By Jeffrey Elapa in Vanimo, PNG
The West Sepik administration is not happy with the way illegal border crossers are being handled by the Indonesian...
Gavin Ellis: The Pacific Media Centre must break free to survive
THE KNIGHTLY VIEWS: By Gavin Ellis
For many years I thought universities were the ideal place to establish centres of investigative journalism excellence. Now I’m...
The Conversation story – celebrating 10 years of news from experts
ANALYSIS: By Misha Ketchell, The Conversation
When the first whispers started to circulate about The Conversation I was working behind the scenes for Media Watch...
Solomon Islands police appeal for help to stop covid spread over...
RNZ Pacific
Police in Solomon Islands say they cannot successfully secure the western border with Papua New Guinea and stop the spread of covid-19 without...
Papuan student accomplishes first commercial pilot licence in NZ
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland
Nickson Stevi Yikwa had a dream. As a Papuan student, he wanted to gain a commercial pilot's licence in New...
PNG on ‘verge of covid red zone’, warns deputy pandemic chief
By Clifford Faiparik in Port Moresby
Eleven new covid-19 coronavirus deaths were reported in Papua New Guinea on Friday and Saturday, raising the country’s death...
Indonesian suicide bombing rocks Makassar Cathedral on Palm Sunday
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A bomb believed to have been detonated by two suicide attackers in Indonesia exploded outside a Catholic cathedral in Makassar, South...
PNG military police help out with covid-19 awareness campaign
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby
Thirty Papua New Guinea Defence Force soldiers are working with other security personnel and the NCD covid-19 team to...
Hard to speak up at first as the only woman, but...
Catherine Mori is the oldest female employee in the Customs and Tax Administration in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). And she may well...
OPM isn’t a ‘terrorist group’ – the Indonesian state is, says...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Indonesia has been accused of a 'disgraceful attack on the people of West Papua' by considering listing the pro-independence militia Organisasi...
Rally protests against anti-Asian covid violence, abuse in US and NZ
RNZ News
More than a thousand people have turned out for a rally in central Auckland calling for discrimination against Asians to stop.
They claim Asians...
Jokowi is a ‘hero’ for Myanmar, what about justice for the...
By Kristianto Galuwo in Jayapura
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has responded to comments by the President of the Republic of Indonesia,...
NZ plans Cook Islands vaccination campaign, two-way travel bubble
RNZ Pacific
New Zealand expects to open a two-way travel bubble with the Cook Islands in May and is planning a vaccination campaign there.
The leaders...
Tuna brands largely failing to combat slavery in Pacific, says new...
RNZ Pacific
A new report has found that tuna fishing companies in the Pacific are doing little to stop slavery on their boats.
The canned tuna...
PNG police chief warns PMVs ‘mask up or face being pulled...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
As the covid-19 coronavirus infections continue to rise seemingly unabated, Papua New Guinea's National Pandemic Response Controller David Manning has acted...
Unions call on Fiji PM to explain draft police bill ‘crazy...
RNZ Pacific
Unions in Fiji say it is hard to believe the Prime Minister only found out about the controversial draft Police Bill after public...
Brendon Blue: Non-homeowners are paying the cost of the covid-19 recovery
ANALYSIS: By Brendon Blue for The Democracy Project
The day after New Zealand's first lockdown was announced, I expressed to a senior colleague my concern...
Bryan Bruce: NZ’s housing crisis – ask the right questions and...
COMMENTARY: By Bryan Bruce
You can't get the right answer if you keep asking the wrong question.
A question this neoliberal New Zealand government and previous...
Indonesian police make an arbitrary arrest of 5 students in Jayapura
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Indonesian police have made an arbitrary arrest of ffve students holding a peaceful action in front of the Jayapura University of...
Panic buying and generosity: A year since NZ entered covid lockdown
RNZ News
Today marks one year since Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the call to put New Zealand into a covid-19 lockdown.
At the time, Aotearoa...
Getting the message through: How are South Aucklanders staying informed about...
Have the New Zealand government’s covid-related messages been getting through to Pacific and non-Pacific ethnic communities in South Auckland? Justin Latif tried to find...
Social media ‘bullshit’ threatens coping with covid-19 outbreak in PNG
By Sue Ahearn, founder of The Pacific Newsroom and former editor, ABC International
A PNG member of Parliament died from covid-19 this week but it...