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Big week for climate action rallies and democracy – pro-coal in...
By Megan Darby of Climate Home News
It has been a big week for democracy, starting with a pro-coal verdict in Australia and ending with...
Gary Juffa: Dear PM O’Neill, we’ll stop you selling out our...
OPEN LETTER: By Gary Juffa, Governor of Oro
Dear Prime Minister,
You sold all our todays and were about to sell our children's tomorrows too. You...
Duma’s URP defects from O’Neill coalition bloc in PNG power shift
The United Resources Party, led by Hagen Open MP William Duma, including four ministers, switches to the opposition. Video: EMTV News
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The...
NZ seeks ‘explanations’ over USP mismanagement allegations
By RNZ Pacific
New Zealand foreign minister Winston Peters says his government is "asking for explanations" about alleged mismanagement at the regional University of the...
UN chief waffles over West Papuan human rights violations
Vanuatu-based journalist Ben Bohane raises West Papuan questions with UN Secretary-General António Guterres during his visit to Vanuatu. Video: Ben Bohane/Ginny Stein
By Dan McGarry...
6 killed as post-election Prabowo protest turns into Jakarta riots
Protests to challenge the presidential election results have escalated in the capital of Jakarta for two nights running. Video: Jakarta Post
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Jakarta...
Canberra cannot ignore Manus Island suicide attempt crisis, warns advocate
By RNZ Pacific
The Australian election result has precipitated a wave of suicide attempts among Manus Island refugees that the government can no longer ignore,...
Police lay terrorism charge against man accused of mosque shootings
By RNZ
New Zealand police have laid a terrorism charge against the man accused of murdering 51 people in Christchurch in deadly terror attacks on...
UN chief calls for immediate climate action to ‘save Pacific –...
COMMENTARY: By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Vanuatu and other Pacific nations can teach a lesson to the world, says UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
“That lesson...
Will AI decide one day humans are messing up the world...
By Arnold Chanel in Suva
Countless fictional novels and Hollywood movies have time and time again provided glimpses of a scenario where Artificial Intelligence breaks...
Morrison leads Coalition to ‘miracle’ win, but how do they govern...
By Marija Taflaga of the Australian National University in Canberra
The man that has “always believed in miracles” has just delivered one for the Liberal...
PNG leadership rivals O’Neill, Marape both implicated in UBS loan saga
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
Political fallout from a controversial loan taken on by Papua New Guinea's government five years ago could hinder rather...
‘Fake news’ row over Robredo’s ‘step down’ promise on Philippine elections
By Pauline Macaraeg in Manila
Another "fake news" row has broken in the Philippines in the wake of the mid-term elections this week with Vice-President...
Staff, students demand transparency over USP ‘whistleblower’ allegations
By RNZ Pacific
Staff and students at the University of the South Pacific are demanding greater transparency from the university's administration.
They gathered yesterday to discuss...
Guterres praises Fiji over leadership in global battle against climate change
UN Webcast reports on the UN Secretary-General António Guterres in Fiji.
By RNZ Pacific
The UN Secretary General António Guterres has praised Fiji as a strong...
Philippines opposition fails to rock Duterte’s Senate dominance
Rappler’s real-time video coverage of the the 2019 mid-term Philippine elections.
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
All 12 spots open for election in the Philippines Senate have...
New Caledonia’s provincial elections sharpen independence political divide
By Walter Zweifel for RNZ Dateline Pacific
New Caledonia's anti-independence parties have retained their slim majority in the 54-member Congress made up of members from...
Amnesty Indonesia calls for justice over 1998 Trisakti student shootings
By Devina Halim in Jakarta
Amnesty International Indonesia is calling for justice and truth from the government over the Trisakti student shooting tragedy through legal...
Anti-independence bloc holds majority in New Caledonian provincial elections
By RNZ Pacific
Preliminary results from New Caledonia's provincial elections show that the anti-independence parties will retain their slim majority in the 54-member Congress.
Local television...
USP rocked by appointments, contract ‘abuse’ allegations
By Samisoni Pareti and Peni Komaisavai in Suva
Allegations of serious cases of mismanagement and abuse of process at the Fiji-based regional University of the...
‘Great goal’ wins Hienghéne victory in Oceania Champions League
By RNZ Pacific
Hienghéne Sport won their maiden OFC Champions League football title after a sensational 60 metre strike by substitute Amy Antoine Roine earned...
Student winner tells of ‘tui nesting’ leadership in race speech award
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A New Plymouth Boys’ High School student has won a national race relations competition with a speech citing examples of past...