USP at the crossroads – a student view on tracking good...
Amid recent months of political turmoil about the region’s premier institution of higher learning, the University of the South Pacific, students have been keen...
Marape confident he is in control in PNG and will not...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Prime Minister James Marape says his executive is still in control for the next three weeks for doing state business, passing...
Solomons to ban Facebook but claims ‘media freedom to remain’
By Georgina Kekea in Honiara
The Solomon Islands cabinet has agreed to ban the world’s biggest social networking platform Facebook in the country.
The submission for...
Covid-19: Ardern confident NZ products ‘not exported with covid’
By RNZ News
The meat industry is waiting with bated breath to find out if there is any truth that New Zealand meat is linked...
PM Marape brands plotter as ‘political scumbag’ in PNG upheaval
By Keith Jackson in Noosa
Papua New Guinea’s prime minister James Marape has arisen with fire in his belly today.
A short time ago he issued...
Five things to know about social media and covid-19 in the...
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland
A new study on the impact of social media in the Pacific during the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has warned about...
Scott Waide: Our country, Papua New Guinea, is being taken away...
Papua New Guinea's opposition - bolstered by its government defectors - moved its camp to West Sepik provincial capital Vanimo at the weekened to...
Infrawatch blames Philippine dam operators for Cagayan, Isabela floods
By Lian Buan in Manila
The widespread flooding in Cagayan that gripped the Philippines this weekend is partly being blamed on the massive release of...
How Hong Kong authorities are gradually taking over public broadcaster RTHK
By Rachel Wong in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s government-funded broadcaster, Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK), is under fire again.
Last week, police arrested freelance TV producer...
Bryan Kramer: PM says PNG revolt ‘isn’t over’ – I say...
COMMENT: By Bryan Kramer in Port Moresby
Today, Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil and 12 other ministers in Papua New Guinea's James Marape government crossed...
Bryce Edwards: Ardern’s Labour government stands by as NZ social problems...
ANALYSIS: By Bryce Edwards
How determined are Labour to take the necessary steps to fix inequality and poverty? Will electoral calculations triumph over their principles...
NZ covid minister Hipkins announces no lockdown over community case
By RNZ News
Minister of Covid-19 Response Chris Hipkins says he is hopeful a lockdown can be avoided in New Zealand's largest city after a...
Covid-19: NZ tells Auckland workers in downtown to work from home
By RNZ News
A New Zealand covid-19 community case identified in Auckland today had called in sick to work after being tested but went to...
Vanuatu doubles quarantine period, halts domestic travel to Efate
By RNZ Pacific
The capital island of Vanuatu - Efate - is closed off today after the country's first case of covid-19 was announced yesterday.
Stricter...
Gunmen shoot dead Philippines radio journalist outside his home
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A radio journalist has been shot dead outside his home by two gunmen on a motorcycle, Philippines police said - four...
Shaping sustainable finance – a roadmap for NZ’s future
By Simon Smith
A comprehensive new report by The Aotearoa Circle' s Sustainable Finance Forum looks at how New Zealand can reform its financial...
Journalists need voluntary certification to ‘build trust’ in media, says ...
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom has called for a voluntary certification programme for Australian journalists as an essential step towards building...
Another Pacific death as covid cases in Guam and CNMI keep...
By RNZ Pacific
Guam has suffered its 90th covid-related death with the US Pacific territory now recording 5233 cases.
The Pacific Daily News today reported 249...
Biden presidency likely to be boost for climate change, West Papua...
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland
US President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement is “fresh air” news for Pacific Islands countries, say...
New Biden era heralds global climate politics switch with US rejoining...
ANALYSIS: By Christian Downie, Australian National University
When the US formally left the Paris climate agreement, Joe Biden tweeted that “in exactly 77 days, a...








































