King’s second son’s noble rights announced in Tonga Gazette
By Kalino Latu in Auckland
King Tupou VI’s second son is the lawful successor to the hereditary noble title and estate of Ata, it has...
Momis calls for unity as Bougainville future status referendum nears
EMTV News report on the call for unity.
By Aloysius Laukai in Buka
The Autonomous Bougainville Government president, Chief Dr John Momis, has called on the...
Glittering time at Toulouse, but Novès’ sacking smacks of scapegoating
TRIBUTE: By former Planet Rugby editor Danny Stephens
Not three hours had passed since last week’s message from Queen Elizabeth II said she was “…hoping...
Indonesia beefs up anti-terror police unit to combat ‘extremist’ challenge
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Indonesia is beefing up its elite Detachment 88 (Densus 88) unit in light of increased threats from local and international terror...
One Palestinian family’s devastating story of Israeli military cruelty
OPINION: By Sister Barbara Cameron
When I read last week of the detention of a young Palestinian teenage girl, 16-year-old Ahed Tamimi, dragged from her...
Murray Horton: Independent foreign policy? Fine words, but not reality
OPINION: By Murray Horton
The Aotearoa Independence Movement (AIM) congratulates Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for explicitly defying President Trump's bullying in relation to New Zealand's...
Momis announces moratorium on Panguna mining and exploration
By Aloysius Laukai in Buka
The President of the Autonomous Bougainville Government, Chief Dr John Momis, has announced an indefinite moratorium on exploration and mining...
True Christmas story: What history really tells us about the birth...
ANALYSIS: By Robyn J. Whitaker in Melbourne
I might be about to ruin your Christmas. Sorry. But the reality is those nativity plays in which...
Australia, Pacific nations sidestep overwhelming UN vote on Jerusalem
Al Jazeera's Priyanka Gupta explains how the background and history of Jerusalem have shaped the UN vote. Video: Al Jazeera
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Australia and...
Indonesia losing only female top justice amid gender rights worries
By Rieka Rahadiana and Yudith Ho in Jakarta
Indonesia is set to lose its first and only female constitutional justice, whose term is up...
PNG mobile revolution about to enter new high-speed cable phase
By Scott Waide in Lae
In 2007 when Digicel entered the PNG market, Papua New Guineans realised how much in unnecessary charges they had been...
66 arrested, 4 beaten in pro-Papuan independence rallies across Indonesia
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
West Papuan students have demonstrated to reject Indonesia’s occupation and were joined by an unprecedented wave of solidarity from people across...
Two Timorese journalists named for Balibo Five-Roger East fellowships
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Two journalists from Timor-Leste will benefit from the Balibo Five-Roger East Fellowship in 2018, an initiative of the Media, Entertainment and...
RSF media freedom round-up for 2017 – 65 journalists killed, 326...
Al Jazeera's Neave Barker reports from London. Video: Al Jazeera/RSF
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders has documented the number of journalists killed or jailed...
Tongan Parliament elects Pōhiva as PM for next four years
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
‘Akilisi Pōhiva, 76, has been elected by a majority of Members of Parliament to become Tonga’s Prime Minister for...
Yogyakarta airport developers warned not to ‘steal’ people’s land
By Bambang Muryanto in Yogyakarta
Indonesia's National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has demanded that state-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I consider human...
Film industry sources criticise TVNZ ‘devaluing’ of Māori programmes
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
Independent filmmakers fear a slow erosion of Māori and Pacific content at Television New Zealand has begun.
Their fears have emerged...
Duterte on nationwide martial law – it’s up to ‘enemies of...
By Pia Ranada in Manila
President Rodrigo Duterte says he will consider nationwide martial law if the New People's Army steps up attacks.
When asked if...
20 years on, the disturbing case of journalist ‘JPK’ is still...
By Walter Zweifel of RNZ Pacific
It's 20 years today since French Polynesian journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud vanished.
"JPK", as he was widely known, left no trace,...
Racist reporting still rife in Australian media, says new monitoring report
By Dr Christina Ho in Sydney
Half of all race-related opinion pieces in the Australian mainstream media are likely to contravene industry codes of conduct...










































