Fiji to set up relocation trust fund for villages hit by...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A Relocation Trust Fund will be set up by the Fiji government to help villages facing the threat of climate change.
Economy...
Vanuatu child killer given life sentence in justice for little Florence
By Richard M. Nanua and Glenda Willie in Port Vila
A Vanuatu child rapist and murderer has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
The sentence — one...
Indonesia’s political system has ‘failed’ its minorities – like West Papuans
Indonesian army and police gather villagers in several sub-districts in Nduga and try to force them to "admit" to accusations that they are members...
Fiji opposition seeks Malolo damage probe, criticises local media
By RNZ Pacific
Fiji's opposition has called for a full investigation by an impartial committee into allegations of collusion by government officials in the destruction...
Solomon Island’s election among ‘most corrupt’, says former PM
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Former Solomon Islands Prime Minister Ezekiel Alebua says that while last week's general election was peaceful, he claims it was also...
West Papuan peace advocate who urged dialogue dies
By RNZ Pacific
A leading West Papuan peace campaigner, Neles Tebay, has died in Jakarta after being hospitalised with leukemia.
A Catholic priest and academic as...
TAPOL, ETAN support Papuan case for judicial review of ‘free choice’...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
TAPOL and the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) are calling attention to a judicial review of the “Act of...
West Papuans call for mass boycott of Indonesian elections
By Tom Stayner of SBS News
A West Papuan independence leader and Nobel peace prize nominee is calling for a mass boycott of Indonesia’s upcoming...
Bougainville plans reconciliation event for former military officers
By Clifford Faiparik
The national coordination office of Bougainville affairs (NCOBA) plans to take former senior military and police officers to Bougainville for a reconciliation...
Don’t be fooled by Fiji PM’s apology over arrests –...
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Media commentator Gavin Ellis has condemned the state of media freedom in Fiji in the wake of the arrests and detention...
Indonesia bans foreign media from covering elections in West Papua
By Paul of Kumparan in Jayapura
The Indonesian Immigration Office in West Papua has warned that it will take firm action against foreign journalists trying...
NZ’s gun law change: ‘One of the most important pieces of...
By John Gerritsen of RNZ News
National Party MPs crossed the floor of New Zealand's Parliament to congratulate Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, and Police Minister...
NZ journalists arrested in Fiji now free but no new era...
ANALYSIS: By Dr Dominic O'Sullivan
It is not unusual for Fiji to intimidate and imprison journalists.
Journalists provide checks on government, parliament and business, which threatens...
Dawn Raids – Pasifika ‘liberated’ to talk about painful past
By Michael Andrew
An exhibition about the infamous Dawn Raids in the 1970s has opened in South Auckland, providing a window into a painful chapter...
New book boosts diversity, cultural consciousness in NZ film making
By Nicola Igusa
For any film maker, their aim is to create engaging work that connects with its audience. For film makers in New Zealand...
Utu actor Zac Wallace – ‘born a leader and a fighter...
Trailer for the 2013 redux version of the 1983 film Utu produced for the Cannes Film Festival. Video: Utu
OBITUARY: By Matthew Theunissen of RNZ...
USP wins US$20,000 grant to boost Pacific environmental journalism
By Wansolwara
The journalism programme at the University of the South Pacific has won a US$20,000 (F$42,617) grant in a boost environmental reporting in the...
Fiji revokes approval of Chinese resort development on Malolo Island
By RNZ News
Fiji has reportedly revoked the approval of a Chinese resort project on Malolo Island.
The developer Freesoul Real Estate had begun building a 350-bure...
Independent, returning MPs dominate new Solomon Islands Parliament
By Koroi Hawkins of RNZ Pacific
Independent and returning MPs dominate the line-up for Solomon Islands new Parliament with all the results in from last...
‘Explain your wealth, don’t lose your cool,’ PCIJ tells Duterte
By Rappler
The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism has responded to what it called President Rodrigo Duterte’s “broadsides” aimed at PCIJ's recent reports on the...