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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

Victims of human rights violence from Indonesia’s New Order era, visited the Social Affairs Ministry (Kemensos) to hand over petitions which, opposed the nomination...

Five early warning sirens to protect Fijians in the case of a natural disaster are set to be established in Suva by 2018. The newly...

Students from the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) claim they are unable to concentrate and have withdrawn from their studies. Loop PNG reported around...

A group of indigenous mothers and grandmothers who actively campaign to stop the forced removal of aboriginal children from their families have been recognised...

An unprecedented legal case has been filed this week against the Norwegian government for allowing oil companies including state-owned Statoil to drill for new...

Fiji's opposition is calling on the University of the South Pacific's vice-chancellor to step down, after USP's decision to de-register students who have outstanding...

Experts from Southeast Asian nations have identified key challenges facing media in their region. They propose three fundamental areas of action for civil society, governments...

New Zealand journalist Michael Field has said the announcement by the Fiji government to lift its ban on foreign journalists in the country is...

The Pacific Islands Forum continues to push urgency towards limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees, putting pressure on the negotiated well below 2 degrees goal of...

In September leaders from Pacific Island nations came together in Honolulu as part of the 2016 International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation...

An online petition to drop the defamation case against two East Timorese journalist’s is calling for urgent international support, stating that the prosecution of...

West Papua will be granted full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) in December, 2016. The Vanuatu Daily Post reported that the announcement was...

Scientists in Samoa have issued a dire warning about the fate of the national bird, which features on the country's bank notes and coins. Acccording...

Prime Minister John Key said he has extended an invitation to Fiji prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama on a state visit to New Zealand. Key told...

The cast of Vanuatu film, Tanna, travelled to Hollywood this month to attend the movies official release in Los Angeles as well as New...

A Papuan activist has escaped an attempted abduction by men who claimed to police officers at his his home in Sorong, West Papua. Agustinus Aud,...

By Vijay Narayan in Suva The Parliamentary Emoluments Committee (PEC) has recommended allowance increases for overseas travels for government ministers, the Speaker, the leader of...

A new report detailing the human rights abuses in West Papua has been published this week. The research aims to convince Pacific leaders on...

A new visa waiver has been established between the European Union and the Federated States of Micronesia which aims to boost tourism and invigorate business...

Fiji and Papua New Guinea trade issues have been resolved according to Fiji’s Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism, Faiyaz Koya. The Fiji Times reported...

French Polynesia and New Caledonia have become the newest members to join the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF). The decision is historic as the PIF was...

A West Papua leader says he hopes this weeks Pacific Islands Leaders Forum will push the freedom for West Papua movement towards the United...