Media Council condemns ‘mob rule’ to intimidate female students, media at...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The Media Council of Papua New Guinea has condemned an attack by male students at the University of Papua New Guinea...
Protect women accused of ‘sorcery’ and punish attackers, watchdog tells PNG
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Papua New Guinean government should protect women accused of practicing “sorcery” from violence and hold the attackers to account, says...
Wenda accuses Jakarta’s military of ‘massacre’ after killing of 3 Papuans
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The United Liberation Movement of West Papua has accused Indonesian "colonial forces" of a new massacre with the killing of three...
Fiji frontline healthcare workers can’t stay home, says Dr Sahukhan
By Koroi Tadulala, FBC News multimedia journalist
Fiji's Ministry of Health says it is aware of concerns about the high number of frontline healthcare workers...
NZ nurses and officials talk what next on negotiations after national...
RNZ News
New Zealand's nurses and midwives' union and district health boards (DHBs) will discuss where to from here after failed pay negotiations led to...
Indonesian activists protest against plan to dump Fukushima nuclear waste in...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Activists from the Fukushima Anti-Nuclear Indonesia (IANFU) movement in Indonesia have held an action commemorating International Ocean Day demanding that the...
Climate Commission report gives NZ dairy industry ‘free pass to pollute’,...
By Katie Todd, RNZ News Reporter
Critics have hammered the Climate Change Commission's agriculture goals in New Zealand, saying it has missed the mark on...
Nauru president defends Samoa contract decision for USP chief
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Nauru President Lionel Aingimea has rejected a Fiji minister's claim that the decision of the University of the South Pacific to...
Vanuatu judge stays Speaker’s vacation of PM plus 18 parliamentary seats
RNZ Pacific
Vanuatu Supreme Court judge Justice Oliver Saksak has granted a stay on the vacation of 19 seats in the country's Parliament.
On Tuesday, the...
Samoa’s caretaker PM Tuila’epa sued for contempt of court
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
In the latest twist in Samoa’s political rollercoaster, the FAST party has accused the rival HRPP leader of contempt of court,...
Fiji reports record 94 cases, state sending positive patients home
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
A new daily record of covid-19 cases has been announced in Fiji as 94 new cases in...
Leading NZ newspaper warns nation against complacency over covid
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
New Zealand's leading daily newspaper has warned the country against complacency over the covid-19 pandemic and to look to Fiji for...
Angry male student mob targets media over UPNG sexual abuse...
By Charlie Dumavi in Port Moresby
Women students at the University of Papua New Guinea silently suffering from persistent sexual harassment and abuse in the...
Temaru calls for Tahiti nuclear tests roundtable in New York –...
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru says high-level talks on France's nuclear legacy due in Paris this month should be held at the...
Fiji’s government goes quiet as covid crisis spirals out of control
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist
Calls for more action from the Fiji government are growing louder, as authorities appear to be losing their grip...
Vanuatu speaker declares vacant seats of PM, his deputy and 16...
RNZ Pacific
The speaker of the Vanuatu Parliament has declared the seats of the prime minister, the deputy prime minister and 16 other government MPs...
Male students at UPNG attack media for reporting on sexual harassment
By Jemimah Sukbat in Port Moresby
A group of male students attacked the media covering a harassment protest by female students at the University of...
AG raises Suva lawyers’ ‘little confidence’ social media posts
By Luke Nacei in Suva
Social media posts by two outspoken Suva-based lawyers have been raised in Parliament over a critical culture “that has been...
Samoa leadership talks fail to resolve political impasse
RNZ Pacific
Samoa's Prime Minister-elect, FAST party leader Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, says negotiations remain at an impasse between her party and the rival Human Rights...
K630m to restart Porgera mine with new deal for PNG landowners
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby
It will cost the Papua New Guinea state and Australian operator Barrick Niugini Ltd K630 million (US$180 million) to...









































