Fiji tries to salvage Nations Cup rugby tour from covid ruins
By RNZ Pacific
Fiji's rugby team is set to have another round of covid-19 testing today as they seek to salvage what is left of...
Take action to save lives in West Papua, activists tell Forum
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland
A Pacific Islands Forum-hosted webinar has called on the United Nations and Indonesia to be “more responsive” to the pleas...
Indonesian security forces attack Papuan musician, say activists
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A young West Papuan musician, Kris Douw, who has written many powerful protest songs against Indonesia's illegal military occupation in his...
Suspended university student rejects OPM claim, challenges dean to debate
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
An Indonesian university student, Frans Josua Napitu, who reported his institution's rector (vice-chancellor) to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), has challenged...
Media freedom defenders criticise China, other Pacific info ‘threats’
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland
Media freedom defenders from Commonwealth countries have criticised many governments across the world that threaten and censor the work of...
Wendy Amangongo: Where is MASI over the Solomons Facebook ban?
COMMENT: By Wendy Amangongo
Twenty years ago, the Solomon Islands government put restrictions on the media during and after the State of Public Emergency. This...
Covid-19: Politicians row over ‘out of control’ pandemic in Mā’ohi Nui
ANALYSIS: By Ena Manuireva
The sharply rising number of deaths from the covid-19 coronavirus in Mā’ohi Nui ("French" Polynesia) has triggered a corrosive war of...
‘Murders after murders’ by soldiers, villagers tell Afghan journalist
By RNZ News
Afghanis who say they have witnessed torture and murder at the hands of Australian soldiers want the chance to testify in court...
Papua special autonomy hearing broken up, 54 arrested for ‘treason’
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Indonesian police have arrested 54 participants of a public hearing organised by the Papuan People's Council (MPR) this week at the...
‘Stay clear’ of PNG’s political crisis, Marape tells public
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist
Papua New Guinea's prime minister has urged the public to not get caught up in the country's political crisis...
Opposition claims PNG budget vote a ‘mockery’, plans legal challenge
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Papua New Guinea Parliament has passed the 2021 national budget with more than half of MPs - including the opposition...
Solomon Islands businesses, rights groups condemn Facebook ban plan
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
Struggling businesses have expressed concerns and international media rights groups have condemned the Solomon Islands government’s proposal to temporarily ban...
Papuan students question rally ban – no action against Islamic hardliners
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Demonstrators from the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) have protested the Indonesian police actions in blocking them when they wanted to hold...
Covid-19 vaccine – hard ethical and practical choices over distribution
ANALYSIS: By Barbara Allen, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Michael Macaulay, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The world...
PNG government passes budget while rebel MPs caught out of town
By RNZ Pacific
Politics in Papua New Guinea has been plunged into more turmoil today, with government MPs continuing to meet while the opposition was...
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...









































