SODELPA’s Rabuka confident of winning power in Fiji election
By Sri Krishnamurthi of the Pacific Media Centre
Fiji's Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) leader Sitiveni Rabuka is confident of winning government benches in the...
Only independence will appease Bougainvilleans, says Moses
By Patrick Makis
The people of Bougainville will only accept independence from Papua New Guinea and nothing else, says concerned Bougainvillean and independence hardliner Gabriel...
Learning te reo Māori a pathway to Aotearoa’s culture and history
Eden created an online series for Te Karere voicing the political views of youth. Video: AUT
By Michael Neilson, Māori affairs reporter of the New...
Indonesian Navy loses second ship in less than year off Papua
By Robertus Wardi in Jakarta
One of the Indonesian Navy's fast missile boats has caught fire and sank while on patrol near Sorong in West...
Fiji youth open up about what they expect from this year’s...
By Sri Krishnamurthi in Suva
It’s wrong to think that the youth in Fiji are unaware of the forthcoming election. They are engaging through social...
Kupu: New app translates objects into te reo Māori
Te Rina Kowhai reports for Te Karere. Video: TVNZ
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A new app developed by Spark and Google in conjunction with the Research...
Oil victory thanks to NZ ‘people power’, says Greenpeace chief
By Rahul Bhattarai
Greenpeace executive director Russel Norman praised the “people power” that gained an important victory in the “oil war” when the Rainbow Warrior...
‘Flight of the myna’ – behind the smiles in post-coup Fiji...
OPINION: By Sri Krishnamurthi in Suva
When I left Fiji 30 years ago, a week after the first coup in 1987, I planned to write...
Barbara Dreaver: Mana counts … NZ needs the Pacific as much...
OPINION: By Barbara Dreaver, 1 News Pacific Correspondent
Now that the phosphate dust has settled and the shameless self-promoting headlines about the Pacific being "leeches"...
Rainbow Warrior returns to NZ for ‘oil free’ future and activist...
Greenpeace New Zealand executive director Russel Norman and the Rainbow Warrior skipper toss a wreath in memory of Fernando Pereira into the sea at...
Gallery: From fighting nukes to stopping oil – Rainbow Warrior
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Greenpeace flagship, Rainbow Warrior 3, will arrive in Auckland tomorrow on the next stage of her "Making Oil History" tour...
‘Do your job without fear or favour’, says veteran former Fiji...
By Chris Ha'arabe of Wansolwara News
Fiji-born veteran journalist Sri Krishnamurthi has some simple advice for aspiring journalists – “Do your job without fear or...
Prasad confident NFP could be in Fiji’s post-election government
Fiji's National Federation Party (NFP) leader, Professor Biman Prasad could find himself in the same position as New Zealand’s deputy prime minister and leader...
RSF open letter plea to Suu Kyi for Myanmar journalists’ freedom
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Five days after Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were sentenced to seven years in prison on a trumped-up...
Pacific Climate Warriors rise for global day of ‘urgent action’
West Papua advocates talk about climate change and human rights. Video: Human Rights Watch
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Pacific Islanders across the Pacific and within Pacific...
Joanne Wallis: Australia needs to sing from same song sheet as...
ANALYSIS: By Joanne Wallis
Australia’s new Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne probably envied New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s welcome at this week’s Pacific...
Pacific Forum backs ‘constructive engagement’ over West Papua
By Royson Willie in Port Vila
The Pacific Islands Forum has supported "constructive engagement" with Indonesia over "elections and human rights" at this week's leaders...
Malo e lelei! Happy Tongan Language Week
Miriam Asolupe, associate project manager at Auckland War Memorial Museum, gives the lowdown on what Auckland Museum has to offer for Tongan Language Week....
Climate change tops action at Forum in spite of Canberra’s resistance
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Climate change, labour mobility and West Papua are some of the issues that Vanuatu played a key part in discussions during...
Fiji stabilises, growth positive but still a big question over military...
As Fiji lurches towards stability and democracy, the military’s overwhelming presence is a reminder of what once was, and could happen again, as the...