Bangsamoro Islamic troops choose peace via historic Philippines vote
By Sofia Tomacruz in Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao
Battle-scarred they might be, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front have faced their toughest campaign yet.
Armed with nothing but...
Brexit referendum asked the wrong questions, says AUT academic
By Anya Imandin
The right answer to the wrong question over the Brexit referendum is still the wrong answer, says an Auckland University of Technology...
Fiji warns ‘selfish’ countries amid Paris Agreement climate rulebook deadlock
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Talks to draft the Paris Agreement rulebook remained deadlocked today on traditionally tough issues.
Emerging economies - China, India, Brazil and South...
Pacific ‘smart’ thinking grows creative tension between policy and research
ANALYSIS: By Professor Derrick Armstrong
A traditional view of the tension between research and policy suggests that researchers are poor at communicating their research findings...
Sincha Dimara: My mother, a West Papuan survivor of many hardships,...
PROFILE: By Sincha Dimara in Port Moresby
I once asked my mother how was it that she married at the tender age of 16 and...
Human rights watchdog calls for police probe into ‘unclear’ Papua killings
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Indonesian police should investigate a Papuan armed group’s killing of at least 17 people, including a soldier, at a construction area...
Pacific voices tell stories of climate change reality in new documentary
A new documentary Subject to Change, a collection of interviews and personal stories from across the Pacific, explores the impact of climate change. Video:...
UN official defends West Papuan rights – free speech, peaceful assembly
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
West Papuan rights to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly have been defended by the Office of the UN High Commissioner...
Labour rally in Jakarta, Fiji march highlight global human rights issues
How UN agencies strive to put human rights at the centre of their work. Video: UN
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Hundreds of workers from the Confederation...
Māori TV’s Iulia Leilua wins top Māori journalism awards
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Native Affairs journalist Iulia Leilua of Māori Television has won two major awards at the 2018 Ngā Kupu Ora Awards.
Leilua is...
Nations close ranks to stop ‘big four’ oil producers watering down...
By Sara Stefanini and Karl Mathiesen in Katowice, Poland
In a moment of drama in Poland, countries have closed ranks against a push by oil...
Widodo wants security forces to guard all development projects in Papua
By Ray Jordan in Lampung, Indonesia
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo insists that work on the Trans-Papua road project will continue despite this week's shooting of...
Indonesian police arrest more than 530 over West Papua flag demos
By Arnold Belau in Jayapura and Wahyoe Boediwardhana in Surabaya
More than 530 Papuans in several cities across Indonesia and West Papua were arrested following...
PNG’s post-APEC technology dream leaves rural sector far behind
By Pauline Mago-King
It has only been two weeks since the conclusion of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, yet much has transpired – to...
Nationalist militia attack Papuan pro-independence rally in Surabaya
By Tony Firman of Tirto in Surabaya
A protest action by the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) in Indonesia's East Java provincial capital of Surabaya yesterday...
Surabaya counterprotest, 300 arrested in West Papua flag demonstrations
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Hundreds of Papuan students faced off with counterprotesters in Indonesia’s second largest city of Surabaya today in a rally calling for...
Pioneering NZ Pacific research initiative to make ‘reset’ change
By Sri Krishnamurthi
The NZ Institute for Pacific Research will cease to exist in its current form, Emeritus Professor Richard Bedford said in a bombshell...
Media freedom in Pacific a growing challenge, says journalism academic
By Blessen Tom
Pacific media freedom and ignorance of Pacific issues by mainstream media in New Zealand are growing challenges for the region, says a...
Pacific’s brightest minds gather for Oceans and Islands research summit
By Blessen Tom
In a bold and innovative move for researchers, the two-day inaugural Oceans and Islands conference today brought together the brightest minds of...
Nauru 19 to appear in first sitting of nation’s new Court...
By RNZ Pacific
The group known as the Nauru 19 will go back to court next week in what will be the first sitting of...