By Stefan Armbruster of SBS News The federal government has lodged an appeal to overturn a Federal Court decision recognising the Australian citizenship of a...

By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch Australian war correspondent and investigative journalist John Martinkus warns the West Papuan conflict is "reigniting" and...

Pacific Media Watch Following yesterday's parliamentary row in the national chamber of Timor-Leste, chaotic scenes were streamed live on social media today for more than...

By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui, RNZ Manu Korihi reporter New Zealand's border restrictions have cut off more than 90 percent of visitors to Rotorua's oldest tourism...

By Evaristo Soares Martins and Robert Baird in Dili The Vice-President of Timor-Leste's National Parliament, Maria Angelina Sarmento, has been physically removed from a plenary...

By Gynnie Kero in Madang Five men have died in a shootout with Papua New Guinea police near Madang  after they tried to hold up...

Pacific Media Watch Pacific Media Watch  contributing editor Sri Krishnamurthi discusses a new book today on West Papua, The Road: Uprising in West Papua, reviewed...

REVIEW: By David Robie The 4300-km Trans-Papua Highway costing some US$1.4 billion was supposed to bring “wealth, development and prosperity” to the isolated regions of...

By RNZ News Many people have revelled in a return to a simpler life in recent weeks. While lockdown restrictions are eased in many...

By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer You might not know his face, but Māori Television’s Heta Gardiner has been one of the most valuable and...

On Al Jazeera's The Listening Post this week: The Filipino government has forced local television network ABS-CBN off the air. Plus, covid-19 is used...

By RNZ News It is essential for the health of people worldwide that a yet-to-be-discovered vaccine for covid-19 coronavirus is widely available, says former New...

By Robert Baird in Dili Timor-Leste has no active cases of covid-19 for the first time since its first confirmed case on March 21, say...

By Ardila Syakriah, Arya Dipa, Asip Hasani and Suherdjoko in Jakarta/Bandung/Blitar/Semarang Indonesia’s most populous island of Java has become the country’s epicentre of the...

By RNZ Pacific A High Court judge in Fiji has thrown out fines handed to 49 people who were caught breaching curfew or social gathering...

COMMENT: By Scott Waide in Lae, Papua New Guinea The primary weapon of choice for Papua New Guinea tribes spread out over the Upper Watut...

By Craig McCulloch, deputy political editor of RNZ News A $50 billion rescue fund sits at the centre of 2020's "once in a generation Budget"...

PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch hops on a bus from Onehunga to Auckland to check out day one of New...

By EMTV Online The PNG Defence Force has handed over three suspects for the killing of police Senior Inspector Andrew Tovere to the investigating police. Assistant...

COMMENT: Nik Naidu reflects on the 33rd anniversary of the original - first of four - coups in his homeland of Fiji. Today is the...