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Chris Trotter: Catastrophic loss of trust over Canberra’s Manus provocation
OPINION: By Chris Trotter
You have to go a long way to find anything remotely resembling Australia’s current treatment of New Zealand.
For a supposedly friendly...
Indonesian president recognises land rights of nine more indigenous groups
ANALYSIS: By Basten Gokkon in Jakarta
The Indonesian government has relinquished control over nine tracts of forest to the indigenous communities that have lived there...
Strong leadership needed to drive COP Pacific climate goals, says Greenpeace
"Together, we must take action to protect our world" - Shalvi Shakshi's inspirational climate story. Video: UNICEF
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Greenpeace has called for climate...
Renewed Papuan independence call amid alleged ‘hostage’ standoff
By Lalu Rahadian in Jakarta
Conflicts in Papua province will not be resolved until the Indonesian government provides the Papuan people with an opportunity to...
Migration expert calls for immediate climate action over displaced millions
Researchers in Bonn warn Pacific Islanders may be among the first to be forced to migrate due to climate change, as sea level rise...
Timoci shares his story of climate change – it’s real and...
Video: Fijian Government
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A 12-year-old Fijian student has wowed COP23 in Bonn with an eloquent and passionate speech.
Year 7 student Timoci Naulusala,...
‘We need climate, nuclear justice,’ says Marshalls president and poet daughter
Gender Day at the UN Climate Change Conference. Democracy Now! talks to the president of the Marshall Islands, Hilda Heine, and her daughter, poet...
New PM Hou in Solomon Islands pledges to fight corruption
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Members of Parliament today elected Rick Houenipwela, MP for Small Malaita, as Prime Minister of Solomon Islands in a 33-16 vote...
Murray Horton: Root causes of Manus refugee crisis need to be...
Papua New Guinea immigration officials last week started dismantling parts of a prison camp housing hundreds of defiant refugees as an evacuation deadline loomed...
NZ protesters lock gates of Australian High Commission in Manus protest
The squalor faced by Manus Island refugees in Papua New Guinea. TRT video
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
New Zealand activists have chained themselves to the gates...
Fiji, Philippines campaigners call for ‘real climate leadership’ at COP23
Democracy Now! talks to campaigners from the Philippines and Fiji.
As the second week of the UN climate conference has got underway in Bonn, Germany,...
Australia accused of ‘bullying’ Pacific neighbours out of climate compo
Pacific Media Report Newsdesk
Australia has picked up a second Fossil of the Day award at COP23 in Bonn for seeking to twist, water down...
Fiji’s devastated Tukuraki village moves to new site after landslide
A Pacific Media Centre video at Tukuraki by the Bearing Witness team Julie Cleaver and Kendall Hutt in May.
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
After more than...
Pacific’s role and history of nuclear suffering boosted treaty success
ANALYSIS: By Dr Vanessa Griffen
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced earlier this month that the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to ICAN, the International...
Urban battle for Marawi finally over – 1000 dead, says Philippines
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The five-month battle against terrorists in the southern Marawi City on Mindanao has ended, Philippine Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced today.
"After...
Murray Horton: Hey, Jacinda, let’s do this – be truly independent
OPINION: By Murray Horton, of the Aotearoa Independence Movement
Jacinda Ardern, we have some suggestions for when you go as New Zealand's incoming Prime Minister...
Disaster risk reduction event in West Papua a boost for sustainability
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Disaster risk reduction efforts need to be understood as investments to sustain development plans rather than mere budget expenditures, says Indonesia's...
Goodbye Maggie baggage – RIP neo-liberalism in NZ: 1984–2017
OPINION: By Frank Macskasy
Winston Peters has called it: NZ First is going into coalition with Labour-Greens.
In reality, it was the only decision he...
Jokowi’s foreign policy becomes more visible, says ex-envoy to US
Indonesia's foreign policy under President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has become more visible regionally and globally, contrary to popular assumptions from the early days of...
NZ’s Peters opts for coalition with Labour-Green in government
Jacinda Ardern's speech in full after being named next New Zealand prime minister. Video: Guardian Wires
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Queenmaker Winston Peters ended almost three...
PNG faces ‘catastrophe’ over health if no crisis action taken, warns...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
An unprecedented level of mismanagement of Papua New Guinea’s affairs since 2012 has caused serious health issues, including widespread suffering and...
John Minto: Urewera 10 years on – recounting the lessons of...
On the 10th anniversary of the Urewera raids, we should recount the lessons – and we should remember.
Breathless police and media commentary about a...