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DiCaprio’s eco tweet from Indonesia spurs threat on visiting foreigners
By Adam Harvey in Jakarta
Indonesia says it will watch foreigners more closely after Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio tweeted his support of a controversial environmental...
Papuan activists discuss Freeport mine with US ambassador
Papuan activists have met with US Ambassador to Indonesia Robert Blake in the provincial capital Jayapura to discuss human rights, politics and US-owned Freeport...
Vanuatu justice system alive and strong, says President Lonsdale
By Thompson Marango in Port Vila
When officiating the oath of a new Supreme Court judge this week, President Baldwin Lonsdale took the opportunity to...
Indonesia may appoint special envoy to South Pacific
By Tama Salim in Suva
Indonesia is looking to strengthen its diplomatic ties with South Pacific countries by appointing a special envoy to the region...
Imrana Jalal: Paradise lost – shocking report on Pacific violence against...
OPINION: By Imrana Jalal in Suva
The Pacific Islands conjure up images of paradise: white sand beaches, transparent sparkling aquamarine seas, and happy smiling islanders.
But...
PNG’s Opposition to take legal action over dismissal of confidence vote
By Quintina Naime in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Opposition will take legal action against the dismissal of the vote of no-confidence against Prime Minister...
Two NZ media groups initiate closer ties with Fiji
A new platform to bring together entrepreneurs engaged or planning to engage in industrial, commercial and investment activities in Fiji has been created in...
Willie Jackson: What to do about Radio New Zealand?
OPINION: By Willie Jackson
Last year Radio New Zealand cut its last Māori dedicated news in prime time, Manu Korihi, from its airwaves and not...
Indonesia’s climate crisis: Is the world still looking away?
By India Thorogood
"Indonesia is burning - so why is the world looking away?" Late last year those words shone a small spotlight on a...
Fifth Estate: ‘Bomber’ talks climate change and the impact on Pacific
Michael Timmins (left) and Dr David Robie on Fifth Estate tonight. Video: Slipstream Media
Radio Waatea and The Daily Blog featured the Pacific and climate...
Indonesia pledges to settle human right cases soon
Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Political Affairs, Law and Security Luhut Binsar Padjaitan says the government has resolved to settle human rights cases "in not...
Former PNG politician seeks injunction against Australian doco The Opposition
Former PNG politician Dame Carol Kidu, who features in Media Stockade's feature documentary The Opposition, is seeking an injunction to stop the filmmakers from...
Gary Juffa: K50m health cutback in PNG – and it’s just...
Last week I watched in absolute disgust as MPs in Papua New Guinea giggled and laughed as the Minister for Health made light humour...
Palau suffers worsening drought – emergency declared
By Bernadette H. Carreon in Koror
Palau President Tommy Remengesau Jr. has declared a state of emergency due to the worsening drought in the country...
Fiji Easter message of hope after Cyclone Winston’s devastation
By Peni Mudunavonu in Suva
The Fiji Council of Churches and the Ecumenical Centre of Research for Education and Advocacy brought together people from different...
How Holland censored its post-Japan colonial war in Indonesia
By Linawati Sidarto in Amsterdam
A unique photographic exhibition in Amsterdam shows what the Dutch state tried to hide from its people about the grueling...
Arun Kundnani: The West’s Islamophobia is only helping the ‘Islamic State’
As Easter is celebrated by Christians across the world this weekend, Arun Kundnani reflects on the "global war on terror", the Brussels outrage, the...
Vanuatu petition marchers protest over violence against women
By a Vanuatu Daily Digest correspondent in Port Vila
In an outpouring of popular protest, several hundred women, men and children marched in Port Vila...
McCully launches new Pacific think-tank for ‘targeted research’
Ura Tabu dancers perform the Calypso medley song "Yellow Bird" at the launch of the New Zealand Institute of Pacific Research last night....
New NZ think-tank launched to advance Pacific research
Research into the challenges and opportunities facing the Pacific Islands and their communities will flourish thanks to the uniting of the resources and expertise...
Indonesian youngsters want to break free from ‘propaganda’
Indonesian police recently banned the Turn Left Festival in Jakarta. The Jakarta Post’s Margareth S. Aritonang and Pandaya analyse the incident, which has raised...
Climate change protesters blockade oil summit in Auckland’s Sky City
More than 200 protesters converged on New Zealand’s largest oil industry conference at dawn today, blockading its entrances as part of a Greenpeace-organised demonstration...