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Vanuatu rescuers face tough challenges over Ambae volcano evacuation
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
The Penama Provincial Disaster and Climate Change Committee is facing a number of challenges in its efforts to help...
Terror in Indonesia – the threat posed by returning Islamic State...
By Jewel Topsfield of The Sydney Morning Herald in Jakarta
Heru Kurnia, an Indonesian who joined Islamic State in Syria, is describing watching children kick...
Vanuatu declares state of emergency over erupting volcano
By Bob Makin in Port Vila
The Vanuatu government’s Council of Ministers has declared a state of emergency on Ambae island, allowing public funds to...
10 reasons why NZ will still get a Labour-NZ First-Green government
OPINION: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog
Any suggestion - such as by much of the mainstream media - that the Labour Party...
Vanuatu evacuates 8000 villagers on Ambae as volcano erupts
By Bob Makin in Port Vila
Vanuatu's Manaro Voui volcano on Ambae is erupting and 8000 people are being evacuated on the island.
The Penama provincial...
NZ’s election 2017 winners, losers and the biggest issues
OPINION: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog
In 2014, New Zealanders shrugged off dirty politics and mass surveillance lies and then voted National...
Willie Jackson: Vision, hope and compassion will beat lies in NZ
OPINION: By Willie Jackson
Never before has Labour come from 23 percent to be neck and neck with National. Jacinda has touched people and made...
Barry Coates: Setting NZ on a path for transformative change
OPINION: By Barry Coates
There’s a lot at stake in this New Zealand general election tomorrow. We face huge challenges ahead, including tackling climate change...
West Papua: Five facts about Indonesia’s ‘dark, dirty secret’
ANALYSIS: By Connor Woodman
The Indonesian President, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, is desperate to keep hidden Indonesia’s dark, dirty secret - its brutal 50-year war in...
Jakarta advocacy group accuses hardline general over attack
By Dwi Andayani and Noval Dwinuary Antoni in Jakarta
Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) advocacy head Muhammad Isnur has accused retired Major-General Kivlan Zen and...
Dressed to impress – PNG’s second city Lae celebrates Independence Day
A flag-lowering ceremony held in the capital of Port Moresby on Saturday concluded Papua New Guinea's 42nd Independence anniversary celebrations. Video: EMTV News
Pacific Media...
Callamard slams $26 state budget for Philippine human rights body
By Paterno Esmaquel II in Manila
United Nations Rapporteur Agnes Callamard has slammed the P1000 (NZ$26) budget that the House of Representatives voted to...
Gary Juffa: Happy Independence Day PNG but what about our daughters?
OPINION: By Gary Juffa in Port Moresby
"O arise all you sons of this land"... that there is perhaps one of the problems to progress...
Papuan landowners in PNG to receive first LNG project royalties of...
Boera village in Central province landowners from the PNG LNG Project to receive royalties. Video: EMTV News
By Meriba Tulo in Boera village, Papua New...
Pangu Pati opposition bloc defects to O’Neill’s PNG government
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
After two weeks of controversy, Pangu Pati leader Sam Basil and most of his party have split with Papua New Guinea's...
Elite Rangers captain killed as battle for Marawi rages on
Filipino Colonel Romeo Brawner gives Day 112 updates on the battle for Marawi City, Mindanao. Video: Rappler
By Carmela Fonbuena in Marawi City, Philippines
A...
Jacinda has climate talk but Greens have the walk, says Greenpeace
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Greenpeace climate campaigner Kate Simcock has applauded the Greens for their climate policy announced yesterday.
“It’s exactly the sort of response to...
Mata’afa Keni Lesa: Don’t forget customary land, West Papua issues
OPINION: By Mata'afa Keni Lesa, editor of the Samoa Observer
On Friday, the 48th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting -- and all other related meetings...
Vanuatu to deport illegal workers in labour market crackdown
By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila
Vanuatu's minister responsible for labour matters, Alfred Maoh, has warned foreign workers engaged in paid employment in the country...
Mata’afa Keni Lesa: Another Pacific talkfest but what about the carbon...
OPINION: By Mata'afa Keni Lesa in Apia
There is no doubt about it. The leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum in Apia this week have...
Break-in ‘will not shake’ PNG’s Transparency International
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Transparency International Papua New Guinea (TIPNG) says its work will continue despite a break-and-entry incident that occurred at their Boroko premises...
NZ High Commissioner in Samoa casts first elections 2017 overseas vote
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
New Zealand's High Commissioner in Samoa, David Nicholson, cast the first vote for the upcoming New Zealand general election from the...