Tonga’s Parliament seeks temporary home after Gita smashed old House
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
As Tonga struggles to recover from Cyclone Gita, authorities are looking for somewhere to host the next Parliamentary...
Accidents expose lax safety hitting Indonesia’s infrastructure projects
By Sarah Yuniarni in Jakarta
A recent string of accidents in major construction projects in Indonesia has raised concerns of lax safety standards as President...
Falling trees and downed power poles hinder Tonga’s Gita relief effort
By Kalino Latu. editor of Kaniva News
The Tongan government’s efforts to assess the extent of destruction by Tropical Cyclone Gita have been hindered by...
Waste colonialism and plastic pollution targeted in NZ ‘pure’ campaign
By Sylvia C. Frain in Auckland
Aotearoa/New Zealand’s status as a “wasteful country” is one of the targets of the PURE 2018 tour launched in...
Tonga welcomes NZ $750,000 aid offer in wake of Gita’s destruction
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
The Tongan government has welcomed New Zealand’s offer to donate $750,000 and personnel assistance in the aftermath of...
Tropical Cyclone Gita leaves trail of destruction in Tonga
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Severe Tropical Cyclone Gita has left a trail of destruction after hitting Tonga with 200 kph plus winds during the night.
RNZ...
Tonga under curfew as kingdom braces for fury of Cyclone Gita
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
An overnight curfew was in place in Tonga tonight as the kingdom awaited the full force of Cyclone...
Tonga declares state of emergency to face looming wrath of Cyclone...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Tonga has declared a state of emergency today in preparation for severe Tropical Cyclone Gita as it threatens to hit the...
PNG Mine Watch: Bougainville’s new ‘infamous’ Filipino mining company
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte exposes "illegal favours" to mining tycoon Eric Gutierrez, whose company SR Metals Inc has now won an exploration contract on...
Mata’afa Keni Lesa: Cyclone Gita’s over but remember Ofa’s vengeance
OPINION: By Mata'afa Keni Lesa, editor of the Samoa Observer
Tropical Cyclone Gita has left just as quickly as it arrived on Friday night and...
Fiji police grill magazine ex-publisher, director, journalist over story
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Islands Business managing director Samisoni Pareti and journalist Nanise Volau have been questioned by Fiji police over a story published online...
Gallery: Stay away from flooded areas, Samoan police warn after Cyclone...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Tropical Cyclone Gita might be slowing moving away from Samoa but the danger is far from over and a state of...
The Opposition: Paga Hill’s villagers fight for justice in PNG
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
In Papua New Guinea, community leader Joe Moses struggles to save the 3000 inhabitants of Port Moresby's Paga Hill settlement before...
Foreign journalists ban over ferry disaster blamed on climate doco
What if your country was swallowed by the sea? Kiribati (pop. 100,000) is one of the first countries that must confront the main existential dilemma...
UN human rights chief to send mission to investigate abuses in...
By Sheany in Jakarta
The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights plans to send a mission to Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua following reports...
Philippine mining company wins Bougainville search licence
By Franklin Kolma
The Autonomous Bougainville Government has granted its second mining exploration licence to a Philippine company in a low-key event at Tunania, the...
RSF condemns new gagging threats to outspoken Philippine media outlets
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Kodao Productions, a Philippine alternative news website, is still down after being the target of a cyber-attack six days ago and...
A timely climate media strategy to empower citizens
BOOKS: By David Robie, editor of Pacific Journalism Review
At the time of reviewing this important and timely book, Hurricane Irma had just ripped a...
Hiroshima experience sparks new PMC researcher’s peace studies path
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A postdoctoral researcher who has recently joined AUT’s Pacific Media Centre was inspired to carry out peace studies research when she...
‘We prayed with them until they died’ – stories of Kiribati...
Coming ashore ... seven ferry disaster survivors reach Kiribati and tell their stories. Image: TVNZ video clip
By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ's Pacific correspondent
With 93 people...