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Duty reporter/editor of the Asia Pacific Report/Evening Report collaboration or the Pacific Media Centre at the Auckland University of Technology. Feedback: Email the editor
Solomon Island’s election among ‘most corrupt’, says former PM
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Former Solomon Islands Prime Minister Ezekiel Alebua says that while last week's general election was peaceful, he claims it was also...
West Papuan peace advocate who urged dialogue dies
By RNZ Pacific
A leading West Papuan peace campaigner, Neles Tebay, has died in Jakarta after being hospitalised with leukemia.
A Catholic priest and academic as...
APEC 2018 dominated by US-China trade war – no agreement reached
Speeches made by US Vice-President Mike Pence and Chinese President Xi Jinping to the APEC delegates during the leaders summit in Port Moresby at...
Chinese President Xi’s early PNG arrival upstages APEC rivals
News headlines with the arrival of the Chinese president in Papua New Guinea for APEC. Video: EMTV News
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Chinese President Xi Jinping...
Chinese president bound for PNG as controversy mounts over APEC 2018
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Chinese President Xi Jinping left Beijing today for state visits to Papua New Guinea, Brunei and the Philippines - and the...
PNG deep sea mining project another ‘failed investment’, says ex-minister
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The controversial Nautilus Solwara 1 deep sea mining project has been accused of being another Papua New Guinean government “failed investment” on...
Detained tourist in West Papua on allegations of ‘treason’ awaits trial
By Islami Adisubrata in Wamena, West Papua
Indonesian Regional Police in West Papua have handed over the documents of the case of a Polish tourist,...
Martha Louis: We need to to do our bit in helping...
OPINION: By Martha Louis in Madang, Papua New Guinea
Madang, today, is arguably Papua New Guinea's province with the highest recorded crime rate in the...
Data collection on children in Pacific ‘poor’, says UNICEF
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Poor data collection in several Pacific Island countries is obstructing UNICEF’s first assessment to measure progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals...
PNG quake-hit communities plead for relief aid to ‘bypass’ government
As relief supplies continue to be delivered to earthquake affected communities, there is another looming disaster over water, reports EMTV News.
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People...
Destruction and construction – Tukuraki’s lonely story of survival
Tukuraki after the landslide ... video by Julie Cleaver.
In January 2012, a small Fijian village on Viti Levu was almost wiped off the map...
Village relocation provides new hope for Fiji’s devastated Tukuraki
By Julie Cleaver and Kendall Hutt in Tukuraki, Fiji
After six years in limbo, the villagers of Tukuraki in the Fiji highlands of Ba on...
Pacific student journalists passionate about reporting climate change
University of the South Pacific student journalists talk about climate change and their daily lives -- and the future. Video: Julie Cleaver/Kendall Hutt/PMC
By Julie...
Climate change report will help countries cut emissions
Dr Morgan Wairiu speaking in a clip from the Asia Pacific Report interview. Video: PMC
Report by Kendall Hutt and video by Julie Cleaver in...
Fiji needs better urban planning to reduce climate change impact, says...
By Julie Cleaver and Kendall Hutt in Suva
The effects of climate change on vulnerable areas throughout Fiji could be reduced if the island nation...
COP23 co-chairs plan ‘Bula Spirit’ to liven up climate change agenda
Highlighting the effects of climate change on small island states remains the central focus of upcoming climate negotiations co-chaired by Germany and Fiji.
United Nations...
Myanmar media chiefs detained over defamation
Media monitors say Myanmar's restrictive media laws raise concerns about press freedom under the government of Aung San Suu Kyi, who is well-known for...
Climate change hits low-lying islands in Bougainville
At least two children in the Nissan islands have been injured, falling off trees in desperate search for food, as climate change takes its toll...
Media face blockade over human rights reporting in Myanmar
AL Jazeera's report on the crisis in Myanmar: The video includes exclusive interviews with villagers who reveal accounts of military officers killing a 13-year-old...
Political parties need permits, say Fiji Police
Police in Fiji have advised political parties that they would need a permit if they are wanting to hold public gatherings in the country.
The...
NCDs in the Pacific a ‘man-made crisis’, says FAO
The death rates associated with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), was referred to as a “man-made crisis” by the UN...
Aus ban on refugees goes against international law, says NGO
The Australian government’s recent announcement to ban Manus Island and Nauru refugees arriving to the country by boat goes against international law, says Amnesty...
