Crown breached Crimes Act over ‘depoliticising’ Treaty of Waitangi
OPINION: By Steve Edwards
The New Zealand government’s ongoing failure to acknowledge that the British Crown did not gain sovereignty over New Zealand in 1840...
The Daily Blog: Jacinda’s Waitangi Day 2018 aroha creating a Māori...
OPINION: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog
Waitangi Day 2018 smells different doesn’t it?
It tastes different too.
No bitter "Māori privilege" nonsense from Don...
United ULMWP executive confident of O’Neill’s West Papua support
By Len Garae in Port Vila
The executive of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has complied with Papua New Guinean Prime Minister...
Asian rights body calls for more action by Jakarta over Papuan...
Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen was given exclusive access to report on the measles outbreak from Asatat, in Indonesia's Papua province.
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Asian...
Latest France rugby crisis sparks sense of deja vu for Les...
By Jack De Menezes in Paris
French rugby is going through a difficult period. The national team lacks direction, the head coach has just departed...
New bill would make Australia worst in free world for criminalising...
ANALYSIS: By Dr Johan Lidberg in Melbourne
Australia is a world leader in passing the most amendments to existing and new anti-terror and security laws...
Rappler links Duterte 2016 campaign to Philippine fake news ‘ecosystem’
By Christine O. Avendaño in Manila
News website Rappler has found millions of false social media accounts spreading fake news linked originally to the 2016...
Pacific knowledge, smart media used to tackle mosquito-borne diseases
By Dr Sylvia C. Frain of the Pacific Media Centre
An international TechCamp event, funded by the US Embassy in New Zealand and organised by...
Ten primary school children among 80+ people missing on Kiribati ferry
People in Kiribati are calling for action after the ferry disaster. Video: RNZ
By Barbara Dreaver, 1 NEWS Pacific Correspondent
In Kiribati, 88 people are now...
‘Tenacious’ crusading journalist and editor Pat Booth dies aged 88
By Phil Taylor of The New Zealand Herald
Crusading newspaperman Pat Booth was driven by the belief that the world needs more giraffes - people...
The ‘Girls of Revolution Street’ protest over Iran’s compulsory hijab laws
By Mahsa Alimardani of Global Voices
A spate of defiant Iranian women have taken to the streets of Tehran to protest against compulsory veiling.
Photos of...
Richard McLeod: Make our voices known against the euthanasia bill
OPINION: By Richard McLeod
Two years ago, the Parliamentary Health Select Committee investigating public attitudes to euthanasia and assisted suicide in New Zealand received a...
PNG doctors call for compulsory post-mortems to stem sorcery killings
By Grace Auka Salmang in Port Moresby
Post-mortems should be compulsory in alleged sorcery-related deaths, says Papua New Guinea's National Doctors' Association (NDA).
Legislation must be...
Indonesian leader meets Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, vows support
By Mahmut Atanur in Jakarta
Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, southwestern district of Bangladesh, as part of his official...
Michael Powles: ‘Recolonising’ the Pacific would stir security backlash
ANALYSIS: By Michael Powles with Anna Powles
Australia's recent Foreign Policy White Paper says that Australia's approach in the region will focus on "helping to...
Indonesia prone to cyber attacks up to the year 2025, says...
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Indonesia is predicted to be prone to cyber attacks from this year until 2025, says a media communication and technology consultant.
A.T....
Bougainville autonomy ‘positive’ but improvements needed, says poll report
PNG's NRI researchers present Bougainville referendum reports. Video: EMTV News
By Meriba Tulo in Port Moresby
The autonomous arrangements for Bougainville have been described as positive.
However,...
Duterte vs Rappler: Declaration of war against Philippine media?
On The Listening Post this week: Rappler battles with authorities plus climate sceptics and the media platforms they get. Video: Al Jazeera
As Rappler, a...
Coups, globalisation and Fiji’s reset structures of ‘democracy’
BOOKS: David Robie, editor of Pacific Journalism Review
When Commodore (now rear admiral retired and an elected prime minister) Voreqe Bainimarama staged Fiji’s fourth "coup...
Poor Vanuatu pay ruling risks negative impact on security, say upset...
By Richard M. Nanua in Port Vila
Some Vanuatu police officers have raised dissatisfaction on the implementation of the Government Remuneration Tribunal (GRT) ruling taking...