Josef Benedict: Rohingya crisis is a moment of truth for ASEAN
ANALYSIS: By Josef Benedict
Today, we are watching history repeat itself in Southeast Asia in the worst possible way.
Once again, the Myanmar military has launched...
‘Asia-Pacific uniting, working together’ – Gadjah Mada team arrives in NZ
By Kendall Hutt, Pacific Media Watch contributing editor
Academics from the Universitas Gadjah Mada in Indonesia have arrived in New Zealand in a major research...
Rampaging mob attacks PM O’Neill’s interests – ‘warlords’ take over Mendi
By Johnny Poiya and Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby
A rampaging crowd has attacked Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill’s official vehicle and business...
Ambae volcano ‘more stable’, say Vanuatu’s monitoring scientists
Locals evacuate Ambae island as Manaro Voui volcano threatens to erupt in Vanuatu. – Video: Guardian Wires
By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila
New observations...
Manus Island refugees offered $25,000 each ‘if they go home’
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Australian government will be offering money to refugees on Manus Island who agree to return to their home countries as...
Vanuatu President seeks calm, PM says ‘we’re not ready for disasters’
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
Vanuatu sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire and though it is accustomed to being hit by cyclones and...
Keep your ‘green pledges’, NZ ecology groups warn key political leaders
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A "supergroup" of New Zealand environmental organisations has sent an open letter to the leaders of four key political parties, warning...
Ambae Manaro volcano’s crater lakes make it a serious threat to...
Smoke billows from Vanuatu’s Manaro Voui volcano on Ambae island. Video: The Guardian
ANALYSIS: By Chris Firth
If you turned on the television this week, you...
Health risks of climate change ‘earliest, most severe’ for Pacific –...
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
Loss of sea ice, accelerated sea level rise, and longer, more intense heat waves. The observable effects of climate change...
‘Jail for life’ offer for freedom of co-accused in Fiji sedition...
By Repeka Nasiko in Lautoka, Fiji
One accused walked away a free man yesterday while another offered to serve a life sentence if the High...
Worse West Papua human rights, ‘shrinking space’, says new report
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
West Papua has experienced a "significant aggravation" of the human rights situation in the past two years compared to previous years,...
Vanuatu’s mass exodus from volcano island Ambae under way
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
Vanuatu's government is moving the entire population of 11,000 people from Ambae to the neighbouring islands of Pentecost, Maewo,...
‘You’re my hero’ – UST students pay tribute to teachers in...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
In a bid to set a new Guinness world record, 16,729 students from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines,...
Vanuatu orders evacuation of Ambae’s 11,000 people over volcano’s gases
A RNZAF flyover of Manaro Voui volcano on Ambae island. Video: NZDF
By Bob Makin in Port Vila
The Vanuatu government’s Council of Ministers has ordered...
Vanuatu rescuers face tough challenges over Ambae volcano evacuation
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
The Penama Provincial Disaster and Climate Change Committee is facing a number of challenges in its efforts to help...
Terror in Indonesia – the threat posed by returning Islamic State...
By Jewel Topsfield of The Sydney Morning Herald in Jakarta
Heru Kurnia, an Indonesian who joined Islamic State in Syria, is describing watching children kick...
Vanuatu declares state of emergency over erupting volcano
By Bob Makin in Port Vila
The Vanuatu government’s Council of Ministers has declared a state of emergency on Ambae island, allowing public funds to...
10 reasons why NZ will still get a Labour-NZ First-Green government
OPINION: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog
Any suggestion - such as by much of the mainstream media - that the Labour Party...
Vanuatu evacuates 8000 villagers on Ambae as volcano erupts
By Bob Makin in Port Vila
Vanuatu's Manaro Voui volcano on Ambae is erupting and 8000 people are being evacuated on the island.
The Penama provincial...
NZ’s election 2017 winners, losers and the biggest issues
OPINION: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog
In 2014, New Zealanders shrugged off dirty politics and mass surveillance lies and then voted National...