PNG suspended defence chief claims ‘political interference’ in court
By Jacob Pok in Port Moresby
Concerns over alleged political interference in the command and control of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force are among...
RWC2023: England will be tougher opponent for Flying Fijians in quarters,...
By Rodney Duthie of The Fiji Times
Flying Fijians head coach Simon Raiwalui says facing England in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals will be different...
John Minto: A prime minister with Gaza ‘blood on his hands’
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
Aotearoa New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is correct to condemn Hamas killing Israeli civilians in its attacks on Israel this...
NZ election 2023: National’s support ‘overstated’ in close race, says ...
RNZ News
Labour leader Chris Hipkins says support for National in the polls for the Aotearoa New Zealand election next Saturday is "well and truly...
Media education group, union protest over police demand for ABC ‘inside...
Pacific Media Watch
The Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia (JERAA) says it is "deeply concerned" at reports that Western Australian police are demanding...
Gaza blockade: Hamas’s tragic attack a response to longterm and escalating,...
COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson, Fred Albert, Sue Berman and Justine Sachs of the Alternative Jewish Voices (NZ)
Hamas has responded to Israel’s escalating violence with...
John Minto: Systemic NZ misreporting on Israeli occupation of Palestine and...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
The Hamas attack on Israel yesterday has brought the usual round of systemic misreporting by New Zealand news outlets as they...
RSF hails decision to award Nobel Peace Prize to Iranian journalist
Pacific Media Watch
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has hailed the news that Narges Mohammadi -- an Iranian journalist RSF has been defending for years --...
Palestine solidarity group calls on NZ to end ‘blind eye’ policy...
Asia Pacific Report
The New Zealand government bears heavy responsibility for loss of life of Palestinians and Israelis in the latest fighting in Israel/Palestine and...
Charlot Salwai elected 4th prime minister of Vanuatu in three years
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor, and Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Vanuatu's Prime Minister Sato Kilman has been voted out through a motion-of-no-confidence...
Crackdown on activists, free expression in Papua as Indonesia eyes UN...
Asia Pacific Report
The state of civic space in Indonesia has been rated as "obstructed" in the latest CIVICUS Monitor report.
The civic space watchdog said...
Marape seeks help from Australia, Singapore to fight PNG corruption
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's government has appealed to the Australian Federal Police and the Singapore Police to assist PNG police...
Noumea’s ‘newspaper’ Les Nouvelles is back – free and online only
Pacific Media Watch
New Caledonia's daily newspaper Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes is back six months after it closed -- but with a big difference. It is...
Ahmed Zaoui detained in Algeria for democracy statements, lawyer says
RNZ News
The Algerian democracy advocate Ahmed Zaoui, a New Zealand citizen, has been arrested by Algerian security forces after commenting on human rights violations...
France ends 10-year UN ’empty chair’ decolonisation snub over Polynesia
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific French desk correspondent
After 10 years of non-attendance, France turned up to this week's French Polynesia sitting of the...
After more than 30 years fighting Dawn Raids practices, Soane Foliaki...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
A Tongan RSE worker, whose case sparked an independent review of Immigration New Zealand's "out-of-hours compliance visit" practices, is...
West Papuan, Indonesian youth protest over ‘illegal’ 1962 Rome Agreement
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
The Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) and the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) have denounced the Rome Agreement of...
Pacific Media Network launches new ‘Moanaverse’ digital website
Pacific Media Watch
Pacific Media Network (PMN) has continued its transition into the "Moanaverse" with a new digital home for its news and media
PMN said...
Chinese ‘miracle water’ grifters infiltrated UN, bribed politicians to build Pacific...
By Aubrey Belford, Kevin G. Hall and Martin Young
A pair of Chinese scam artists wanted to turn a radiation-soaked Pacific atoll into a future...
PNG police chief warns protesters on water, power ‘domestic terrorism’
PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning has warned protesters against "domestic terrorism" -- when their actions place the safety...










































