After winning Nobel, Maria Ressa allowed to travel to US for...
By Lian Buan in Manila
The Philippine Court of Appeals (CA) has finally granted overseas travel to Rappler CEO and Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa, who...
‘Don’t fudge with our future’, Māori climate activist warns COP26
Māori climate activist India Logan-Riley speaking on the indigenous challenge to the "colonial project" at the COP26 opening ... “In the US and Canada...
NZ pandemic restrictions easing, but snap lockdown for Tonga
RNZ News
New Zealand's cabinet has decided to ease restrictions for some, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says cases may peak this month at 200 a...
MEAA calls for halt to ‘slow erosion’ of media to safeguard...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Australia’s union for journalists says Australian journalism is in crisis after years of disruption, undermining and neglect, and swift action is...
Pacific nations will be mostly unheard at critical COP26 climate summit
RNZ Pacific
Global climate talks have started in Glasgow, Scotland, but most Pacific leaders cannot get there.
While the leaders of four Pacific nations are attending...
AWPA protests over Canberra’s ‘lack of concern’ over West Papua crackdown
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Australia West Papua Association has protested over the "lack of any concern" by Canberra over worsening clashes in the Indonesian...
Bainimarama briefed on Fiji, Pacific priorities at COP26 to dodge disaster
By Talebula Kate in Suva
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama was briefed yesterday on Fiji’s priority areas ahead of the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) which...
Pacific ‘in peril’ if COP26 doesn’t work, warns regional church leader
By Peter Kenny in Geneva
The Pacific Islands are in grave danger and at the frontline of global climate change and the United Nations Conference...
Charlotte Bellis on Afghanistan: ‘It’s just life and death on so...
RNZ News
In just a few weeks the situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated sharply as millions cope without desperately needed international aid, New Zealand journalist...
Sea level rise study in Marshall Islands paints a grim picture
RNZ Pacific
A new study shows rising sea levels in the Marshall Islands will endanger 40 percent of buildings in the capital Majuro, with 96...
New Zealand reports 143 new community covid cases
RNZ News
New Zealand has reported 143 new community covid-19 cases today - 135 in Auckland, six in Waikato and two in Northland.
There were no...
COP26: Time for New Zealand to show regional leadership on climate...
ANALYSIS: By Nathan Cooper, University of Waikato
As the UN climate summit in Glasgow kicks off tomorrow, it marks the deadline for countries to make...
Eight new covid cases at Auckland care home in record 160...
RNZ News
New Zealand has reported eight new covid-19 cases, including seven residents, at an Auckland care home, adding to one announced yesterday.
This was part...
Prepare for potential lockdown over covid case, says Tongan PM
RNZ Pacific
Tonga's Prime Minister is urging people on the main island of Tongatapu to use the weekend to prepare for a potential lockdown next...
Hackers hit PNG financial hub, fail in bid to hold state...
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
The Papua New Guinea government’s financial hub was hit by computer hackers last week, holding state officials at ransom,...
Assumptions vs facts – how the Julian Assange case confronts our...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Selwyn Manning in Auckland
The dilemma facing whistleblowers, journalists and publishers who risk it all to help the world’s people to become...
Journalist Max Stahl ‘changed the fate of East Timor’, says Xanana
By Antonio Sampaio in Dili
Former Timor-Leste President Xanana Gusmão today lamented the death of journalist and filmmaker Max Stahl, recalling that his work had...
125 new NZ covid cases in community – two in Christchurch
RNZ News
New Zealand has reported 125 new covid-19 cases in the community today -- including two new cases in Christchurch, the Ministry of Health...
New protest slaps NZ Rugby over INEOS oil deal blow to...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Greenpeace Aotearoa has again condemned New Zealand Rugby for its "destructive" undermining of the Pacific on climate change after an open...
Timor-Leste’s ‘true hero’ cameraman Max Stahl who exposed Indonesian atrocities dies
In this video -- one of several made while he was guest speaker at the Pacific Journalism Review's 20th anniversary conference in Auckland in...