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Māori lead massive TPP democracy protest in NZ + video, photos
From Café Pacific
Video and photos by Del Abcede in Auckland
Māori protesters at the forefront of a massive people's protest for democracy in Auckland today...
Protesters peacefully blockade central Auckland as ministers sign TPPA
Pacific Media Centre
The Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement has been signed at Sky City in Auckland today as the downtown heart of New Zealand's largest...
Lobbying intensifies to form next Vanuatu government
From Vanuatu Daily Post
By Jane Joshua in Port Vila
Lobbying for numbers to form Vanuatu’s next Government is continuing in earnest after the official declaration...
German judges oppose ‘investment courts’ for Europe trade deal
Stop TIPP
In a statement, Germany’s largest association of judges and public prosecutors has firmly rejected the European Commission’s proposal to create an investment court ...
Iwi don’t have Treaty right on TPP issues, says Turei –...
From Waatea News
Greens co-leader Metiria Turei says the Treaty of Waitangi protection clause in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement isn't as strong as the New...
Congress should oppose TPP trade pact, says Senator Warren
Senator Elizabeth Warren spoke on the Senate floor on the eve of the signing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement by the 12 countries member...
High Court ruling leaves asylum seeker families facing deportation to Nauru
From SBS News
Scores of asylum-seeker families, including babies born in Australia, face the prospect of deportation to Nauru after a High Court ruling, reports...
Raided journalist: ‘If you phone a source, you’re a bloody idiot’
From Pacific Media Watch
By Bill Goodwin in London
New Zealand investigative journalist Nicky Hager was working in Auckland when the police raided his Wellington home.
His...
TPP out of step with human rights – don’t sign, says...
From United Nations
Special correspondent in Geneva
United Nations human rights expert Alfred de Zayas has called on governments not to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership without...
Cut back on $530m smelter bond, Freeport mine tells Indonesia
From ETAN
By Wilda Asmarini In Jakarta
Freeport McMoRan Inc has asked Indonesia to reduce a US$530 million smelter bond the local unit of the US...
Climate model tool shows warmer South-East Asia future
From SciDev.Net
By Dyna Rochmyaningsih in Jakarta
Scientists in South-East Asia and the United Kingdom’s Met Office have teamed up to develop a model that predicts...
PNG court martial of accused Komo mutineers adjourned again
From PNG Loop
By Sally Pokiton in Port Moresby
The court martial sitting in Papua New Guinea against 11 alleged mutineers of the PNG Defence Force...
Australia stands firm on hardline policies against asylum seekers
From ETAN/The Straits Times
By Jonathan Pearlman in Perth
Australia has adopted some of the world's toughest policies against refugees in recent years and will not...
Indonesia blocks Freeport copper exports from Papua in deadlock
From ETAN
By Bernadette Christina Munthe and Fergus Jensen
Freeport McMoRan Inc has lost its right to export copper concentrate, valued at more than $1 billion,...
Biman Prasad: Is our Fiji democracy really working?
Dr Biman Prasad, leader of Fiji's Opposition National Federation Party, suspended for 30 days yesterday by the Fijian Elections Office, assesses the country's "deeply...
Fiji’s National Federation Party suspended for 30 days over accounts
Report from Fiji Village
By Vijay Narayan in Suva
Fiji's opposition National Federation Party has been suspended for 30 days with immediate effect for contravening the...
De Brum, Nuclear Zero lawyers nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Report from the International Peace Bureau
By Colin Archer in Geneva
The Oslo-based International Peace Bureau has nominated former Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Tony de Brum...
Vanuatu to install tsunami signs, sirens in urban areas
Report from Vanuatu Daily Post
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
Port Vila and Luganville will be introduced to a complete tsunami warning system by the...
Workers Voice: TPPA protests, climate change post-Paris and Waitangi Day
PlanetFM
Protests against the TPPA protests, the climate change movement post-Paris 2015, and the run up to Waitangi day ...
Unite Union's Joe Carolan talks to...
11,000 plus women abused a year, reports PNG police family unit
PNG Today/PNG TV
Up to 35 abused women go to the Boroko Family and Sexual Violence Unit a day in Papua New Guinea's capital Port...
Chief magistrate rejects arrest bid in Vanuatu conspiracy case
From Vanuatu Daily Post
By Thompson Marango in Port Vila
Attempts to arrest former Prime Minister Joe Natuman and former Acting Police Commissioner Aru Maralau for...
NZ’s ‘corruption free’ perception ranking drops second year in row
Transparency International NZ
New Zealand has fallen to fourth place in the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index - the second consecutive drop in a survey...