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Rescuers are still struggling to get to parts of Lombok island to assess the full extent of the damage from the earthquake. Video: Al...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The death toll in a powerful magnitude-7 earthquake which rocked Lombok and Sumbawa Islands in Indonesia's West Nusa Tenggara province last...

By Kustin Ayuwuragil and Ramadhan Rizki in Jakarta Papuans have launched protest actions in 13 cities across Indonesia to demonstrate against the so-called "Act of...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Vanuatu has appealed to Australia to restore shortwave radio services to the Pacific region, after they were switched off by the...

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific in Wellington Indonesia's influence in the Pacific Islands is growing, but is shadowed by disquiet over its region of...

By RNZ Pacific An indigenous activist on Chile's Rapa Nui says new rules restricting internal migration to the island need to be rigorously enforced. Non-Rapa...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Unite union leader Mike Treen, seized and detained by Israeli security forces last weekend along with other human rights campaigners bound...

By Andrea Carson in Melbourne   If you value the media’s watchdog role in democracy, then the opening words in the deal enabling Channel Nine to...

By Len Garae in Port Vila An estimated more than 4000 strong crowd threatened to spill over into the parade grounds at Independence Park during...

The Al Jazeera interview about the Israeli "hijacking" of the Freedom Flotilla in international waters on Sunday. Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Freedom Flotilla Coalition spokesperson David...

PressTV report - Mike Treen detained. Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Israeli forces have reportedly stopped the three-vessel Freedom Flotilla which was nearing the Gaza Strip, report...

Mike Treen's message via YouTube. (Distorted audio - click on subtitles). Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk New Zealander Mike Treen, national director of the Unite Union and...

Dimitri Lascaris Reporting From the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Video: The Real News Pacific Media Centre Newdesk Real News reporter Dimitri Lascaris on board the Al Awda...

In the final instalment of a three-part series, Dr Lee Duffield in Noumea assesses some of the options and omens. It looks like a simple...

By Chris Graham on board the Al Awda If you’re an optimist, then I’m about 24 hours from Gaza. If you’re a pessimist, then I’m...

An open letter from former Israeli Air Force "rescue" pilot Yonatan Shapira on board the Al Awda bound for Gaza. My name is Yonatan Shapira...

By Dan McGarry in Port Vila An Air Vanuatu ATR-72 made an emergency landing in Port Vila today. The aircraft, which had 39 passengers and...

Komo landowners spokesman John Pipija calls for "no more excuses". Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Komo International Airfield landowners in Hela have given the...

In this second of three articles from Noumea, Dr Lee Duffield learns about multicultural Kanaky/New Caledonia and the events that led to their referendum...

IN-DEPTH: By Dr Lee Duffield, recently in Kanaky/New Caledonia The Quatorze Juillet (14 July) events in Noumea this month, as in any small French city,...

By Chris Graham on board the Al Awda By the time you read this, I’ll be sailing on an old, converted fishing trawler from Sicily,...

By Sylvester Gawi in Singapore I hope you are reading this with ease and a positive mindset to help change the course of this beautiful...