Dan McGarry: Silence in the face of Florence’s bravery an indictment
ANALYSIS: By Dan McGarry
Justice Richard Chetwynd acquitted the three men accused of intentional assault on Florence Lengkon on Friday, accepting the defence’s submission that...
Vanuatu rights advocate Jenny Ligo blasts failed case against accused drivers
By Len Garae in Port Vila
Vanuatu gender and human rights advocate Jenny Ligo has called on the Minister of Justice to "revisit resources" made...
Obama addresses Pacific climate change during visit to Hawai’i
"No nation is immune from a changing climate," says President Barack Obama. Video: White House.
President Barack Obama has addressed Pacific Island leaders and acknowledged...
Nothing Else healthy snack bar takes on commercial market
By Denise Yeo
The AUT Food Network has celebrated the commercial launch of the Nothing Else bar, a milestone achievement after years of rigorous research...
Security services set to end for Pacific detention centres
Wilson Security has confirmed that it will not renew its contract for its security service in the controversial Papua New Guinea and Nauru detention...
Somare’s answer to Singapore claims: ‘I have never received inducements or...
By Freddy Mou in Port Moresby
The founding father of Papua New Guinea, Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, has maintained that at no time in...
Classes to begin at UPNG after students ignore ‘reconciliation’
By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby
Students are due to return to classes tomorrow at the University of Papua New Guinea after two months...
Sue Bradford: Introducing the ESRA ‘think tank’ vision
By Sue Bradford
For decades activists and intellectuals as diverse as Bruce Jesson, Annette Sykes, Brian Easton, Jane Kelsey and Bryce Edwards have lamented the...
UPNG’s ban on student protest leaders ‘illegal’, claims lawyer
By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby
The University of Papua New Guinea administration's decision to ban eight students from continuing their studies is illegal,...
Tanna hosts Vanuatu’s first ‘slow foods’ festival – big success
A Café Pacific video at the Tupunis festival on Tanna island.
By Odile Guiomar in Lenakel, Tanna
Tanna Island has hosted the first Slow Food festival...
Festival success for young Pasifika filmmakers
Forgotten Dawn Children's official trailer.
By TJ Aumua in Auckland
Filmmakers Joshua Iosefo and Corey Larry Sio found out this month that their short film Forgotten...
PACER Plus not final – PNG says no, Fiji lukewarm, Vanuatu...
By Bob Makin in Port Vila
Some eight years of negotiations on the legal texts have gone into deciding what the Pacific free trade agreement...
UPNG protest student leaders banned from studies
By Peter Kinjap in Port Moresby
The University of Papua New Guinea (UNPG) Administration has permanently excluded all the Student Representative Council (SRC) members and...
Rendezvous with the ‘nuclear free’ Vanuatu cover girl after 33 years
By David Robie on Aneityum, Vanuatu
She had the most enchanting smile, even though she had lost her baby teeth. Her toothless grin turned out...
Pacific choir records for big budget Disney film Moana
The University of the South Pacific’s (USP) Pasifika Voices group have secured a contract to feature on the soundtrack of the much anticipated Hollywood...
Vanuatu’s Romeo and Juliet epic Tanna nominated for Oscars
By Thompson Marango in Port Vila
Tanna, the movie shot on Tanna Island, Vanuatu, has been picked by Screen Australia as its official entry for...
Images: Auckland’s Whau Pacific Festival celebrates young artists
The Whau Pacific Festival is a four-day event celebrating Pacific culture and art. Held in the west Auckland suburb of Avondale this year, workshops included...
Ox and Palm not a biosecurity risk, says PNG minister on...
Trade Minister Richard Maru said in Parliament that he had summoned the Fiji High Commissioner on Monday and would write to Fiji’s government to...
Pacific activists call for urgent action over next two years to...
Outcomes of a regional Pacific meeting addressing violence against women and girls concluded with strategic steps and an urgent work plan to address the...
‘Zero mention of human rights abuses during the Aus govt’s visit...
Earlier this year West Papuan and Pacific leaders gathered together in the British parliament to call for an Internationally Supervised Vote to determine the future...