Challenge Tongan king’s royal dissolution in court, says adviser
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
The government of dismissed democracy Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pōhiva has been urged to take legal actions against King...
Lord Tuʻivakanō breaks silence over why king dissolved Parliament
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
The Speaker of Tonga’s Legislative Assembly has broken his silence and delivered a statement on air detailing what...
Gary Juffa: The myth of PNG’s ‘Middle Bench’ – don’t be...
OPINION: By Gary Juffa
My advice for Papua New Guinea's new MPs and their staff, minions, hangers on and supporters ...
Some words about the middle...
Pacific voices, culture key to climate change adaptation, say journalists
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
Engaging with the Pacific and its stories of climate change is key to tackling the global issue, Catholic organisations have...
Clock ticking for Vanuatu’s state broadcaster – 6 months to reform
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
The clock is ticking for the Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation, operator of Radio Vanuatu and TV Blong Vanuatu.
An...
For Australians, Tongan dismissal has parallels with 1975 Whitlam sacking
ANALYSIS: By Philip Cass in Auckland
For Australian observers of the unfolding crisis in Tonga, there are inescapable parallels between the events of August 25,...
Pōhiva’s cabinet stays as caretaker – NZ SAS troops to quit...
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
King Tupou VI has proclaimed ʻAkilisi Pōhiva’s cabinet will continue on as Tonga's caretaker government, which will run...
Duterte’s brutal ‘war on the poor’ and also those reporting it
Al Jazeera's Listening Post programme on the Philippine "war on drugs".
ANALYSIS: Presented by Richard Gizbert
The most violent week yet in President Rodrigo Duterte's Philippines...
Disappointment, fears of violence in wake of royal dismissal of PM...
Tagata Pasifika's report on the Tongan crisis today. Video: Sun*Pix
By Philip Cass in Auckland
There was disappointment and fears of violence early today in the...
Tongan king sacks democracy PM, dissolves Parliament for election
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
King Tupou VI of Tonga has officially dissolved Tongaʻs Parliament effective from Thursday, dismissing democracy Prime Minister 'Akilisi...
Thousands of Filipinos demand end to killings in Duterte’s drug war
Children as young as five have become the latest victims in what's believed to be the bloodiest week in the Philippines since President Rodrigo...
Climate change champion, Nobel nominee Tony de Brum mourned
By Shawn Raymundo and Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Former Republic of the Marshall Islands Foreign Minister Tony de Brum, a Pacific champion of climate change...
Stop unlawful jailings of indigenous Papuans, AHRC warns Jakarta
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has condemned the unlawful deprivation of liberty of Papuans which has has been happening frequently...
Australia crowned new king of basketball in FIBA Asia Cup
Tight game ... "sweeping" Australia versus "gritty" Iran in FIBA Asia Cup final. Video: FIBA Asia Cup
By Jeremaiah M. Opiniano
A second-tier Australian team ruled...
RNZI hits back at Tongan media bias claims
By Philip Cass in Auckland
Radio New Zealand International's presenter of Dateline Pacific, Don Wiseman, has suggested Prime Minister 'Akilisi Pohiva's son read the New Zealand...
Duterte inspired by ‘Petrus’ shootings, says Indonesia’s Wiranto
Summary execution-style killings between 1982 and 1985, known locally as penembakan misterius (mysterious shootings), or Petrus, were infamous as a means of bringing down...
NZ’s Labour Party needs to ‘reach back into Pacific community’, says...
Tagata Pasifika's first election talanoa ... Labour must engage Pacific voters. Video: Tagata Pasifika
Tagata Pasifika has kicked off its election talanoa series with a...
Korea, Iran in with a shot to challenge Australia, NZ for...
Korean basketballers too hot, slick and tough ... Philippines beaten. Video: FIBA Asia Cup
By Jeremaiah M. Opiniano in Adelaide
Two former Asian champions earned the...
Australia, NZ slug it out for FIBA Asia Cup crown
Australia and New Zealand face-off against Asia-Pacific counterparts ... basketball tournament kicks off. Video: FIBA Asia Cup
By Jeremaiah M. Opiniano in Adelaide
Basketball countries in...
Plans to end violence, improve human rights in West Papua ‘unravelling’
ANALYSIS: By Hipolitus Yolisandry Ringgi Wangge in Jakarta
Reports about the shooting of an indigenous Papuan by police officers early this month in Deiyai district,...