‘Blacklisted’ Australian researcher detained in Indonesian airport
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An Australian-based doctoral media researcher says she has been "blacklisted" by Indonesian authorities and refused entry to the country while embarking...
Shortwave radio saves lives and foreign aid dollars, says McGarry
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Vanuatu has appealed to Australia to restore shortwave radio services to the Pacific region, after they were switched off by the...
Elizabeth Cox: Bring back a revitalised Radio Australia to all rural...
Submissions to the Australian Review of Broadcasting Services to Asia-Pacific closed yesterday. Development worker Elizabeth Cox made this public submission to the review panel...
Indonesian influence in the Pacific grows, brushing aside West Papua
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific in Wellington
Indonesia's influence in the Pacific Islands is growing, but is shadowed by disquiet over its region of...
Rapa Nui activist calls for rigorous curb on ‘flouting’ of migration...
By RNZ Pacific
An indigenous activist on Chile's Rapa Nui says new rules restricting internal migration to the island need to be rigorously enforced.
Non-Rapa...
Tasered, beaten, handcuffed but Mike Treen says ‘I would do it...
By Rahul Bhattarai in Auckland
Unite Union national director Mike Treen arrived in Auckland today and told of his brutal experience at the hands of...
Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ
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Unite union leader Mike Treen, seized and detained by Israeli security forces last weekend along with other human rights campaigners bound...
PNG pledges boost for Bougainville local radio before referendum
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Papua New Guinea is pledging to help Bougainville strengthen its local radio services ahead of next year's historic referendum on independence,...
RSF condemns Nine-Fairfax merger as threat to media pluralism in Australia
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is extremely concerned about pluralism and respect for editorial independence in the new Australian media conglomerate created...
Nine-Fairfax merger warning for investigative media – and democracy
By Andrea Carson in Melbourne
If you value the media’s watchdog role in democracy, then the opening words in the deal enabling Channel Nine to...
Noumea visitors help Vanuatu celebrate 38 years of freedom
By Len Garae in Port Vila
An estimated more than 4000 strong crowd threatened to spill over into the parade grounds at Independence Park during...
Freedom Flotilla leader condemns Israeli brutality – Treen in jail
The Al Jazeera interview about the Israeli "hijacking" of the Freedom Flotilla in international waters on Sunday.
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Freedom Flotilla Coalition spokesperson David...
Israeli forces blockade the Gaza ‘blockade busters’ – Treen detained
PressTV report - Mike Treen detained.
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Israeli forces have reportedly stopped the three-vessel Freedom Flotilla which was nearing the Gaza Strip, report...
Plea for help from NZ protester on board ‘hijacked’ Gaza peace...
Mike Treen's message via YouTube. (Distorted audio - click on subtitles).
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New Zealander Mike Treen, national director of the Unite Union and...
‘Why we’re protesting over Gaza’, Swedish feminist, flotilla skipper tell
Dimitri Lascaris Reporting From the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Video: The Real News
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Real News reporter Dimitri Lascaris on board the Al Awda...
Reconciling New Caledonia: A vote to clear the air on independence?
In the final instalment of a three-part series, Dr Lee Duffield in Noumea assesses some of the options and omens.
It looks like a simple...
Gaza Freedom Flotilla: A predictable end to an unpredictable journey?
By Chris Graham on board the Al Awda
If you’re an optimist, then I’m about 24 hours from Gaza. If you’re a pessimist, then I’m...
‘My message to the Israeli soldiers – what will you tell...
An open letter from former Israeli Air Force "rescue" pilot Yonatan Shapira on board the Al Awda bound for Gaza.
My name is Yonatan Shapira...
No injuries in Vanuatu ‘runway excursion’ emergency landing
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
An Air Vanuatu ATR-72 made an emergency landing in Port Vila today. The aircraft, which had 39 passengers and...
Komo Airfield landowners give PNG government ‘last warning’ over deal
Komo landowners spokesman John Pipija calls for "no more excuses". Video: EMTV News
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Komo International Airfield landowners in Hela have given the...