Papua advocates slam police violence, sexual harassment at US embassy protest
By Rahel Narda Chaterine in Jakarta
The Papua Advocacy Team says that Indonesian police committed acts of violence and sexual harassment while breaking up a...
Waikato joins Auckland in alert level 3 tonight – 33 new...
RNZ News
Parts of Waikato -- including Raglan, Huntly, Ngāruāwahia and Hamilton City -- will join Auckland in alert level 3 from midnight tonight, the...
Behind scenes probe of Bougainville struggle for independence tops PJR
Pacific Journalism Review
A Frontline investigative journalism article on the politics behind the decade-long Bougainville war leading up to the overwhelming vote for independence is...
Police break up rally by Papua activists at US embassy in...
By Ihsanuddin in Jakarta
Indonesian police forcibly broke up a protest marking the 1962 Rome Agreement in front of the US Embassy in Central...
How extraordinary Marshall Islands fisheries story grew … and grew
Marshall Islands Journal
The story of how the Marshall Islands went from being a bystander in commercial fishing in the Pacific to operating the world’s...
2000 break NZ lockdown rules to protest covid restrictions
RNZ News
About 2000 people have turned up to a New Zealand anti-lockdown protest in Auckland's domain arranged by Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki.
Those attending...
‘We made a terrible mistake’ over Maseratis, admits PNG’s Pundari
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
The Papua New Guinea government has admitted that the purchase of the controversial Maserati vehicles for use by the...
Pacific peoples minister warns over Auckland ‘hard to reach pockets’
RNZ Pacific
Some New Zealand people becoming ill with covid-19 have never engaged with the health system before, says Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William...
NZ still has ‘broad control’ of Auckland covid outbreak, says...
RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the New Zealand government still has "broad control" of the covid-19 delta outbreak in Auckland.
Ardern and Director-General of...
Covid-19 delta pandemic a Trojan horse to extend French colonialism
COMMENTARY: By Ena Manuireva with Tony Fala
In imperial and colonial contexts, dominant groups express their power in three ways: colonisation of the bodies of...
PNG Post-Courier: Time to consider piracy as a serious issue
EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier
Ten years ago, a dinghy carrying 5 medical research institute scientists disappeared in Papua New Guinea's West New Britain waters.
The...
NZ covid cases jump by 45 – but ‘we’re still aiming...
RNZ News
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield today gave a briefing on the vaccine rollout and current cases...
Fiji reports first death of HIV patient with covid-19
RNZ Pacific
Fiji has reported its first death of a person living with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and diagnosed with covid-19.
But the Health Ministry said...
Bainimarama: Pacific faces tough climate, disease challenges – world leaders need...
COMMENTARY: By Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama in Suva
Fiji Islands Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is the current Chair of the 18-member Pacific Islands Forum. Addressing the...
Covid surge threatens PNG’s Mt Hagen hospital with ‘closure by Christmas’
By Rita Peki in Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea
Two deaths with two patients in critical condition is the status at one of Papua New...
Two thirds of New Zealanders favour border ‘safety first’, says Herald...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
A new poll shows nearly two out of three New Zealanders want the border to remain closed until at least 90...
The Fiji Times: The role of the media – holding power...
EDITORIAL: By the Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley
Fiji's Assistant Minister for iTaukei Affairs Selai Adimaitoga said quite a lot on Friday in her end...
Pacific National Radio Trust welcomes public funding boost for Pasifika journalism
Pacific Media Network News
National Pacific Radio Trust has won a year's funding from NZ On Air’s Public Interest Journalism Fund to enhance its reporting...
Lawyer Koman calls for inquiry into tragic death of health worker...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Papua human rights activist and lawyer Veronica Koman has called for an independent inquiry into the attack on health workers in...
Doctors rally on phone to help Pasifika families in isolation
RNZ Pacific
A group of doctors have hit the phones to support Pasifika families who have tested positive for covid-19 and been transferred into managed...









































