Vanuatu women unite to end violence, stage public rally
Women in Vanuatu’s capital have banned together to call for an end to violence against women.
The Vanuatu Daily Post reported that a "Stop violence...
New Pacific research institute gives students, staff ‘cutting edge’ chance
By Pacific Media Watch contributing editor TJ Aumua
The launch of the New Zealand Institute of Pacific Research (NZIPR) at the University of Auckland last...
Landmark report into illegal fishing will boost control efforts in Pacific
A report into illegal fishing is set to make waves across the Pacific. Kendall Hutt of Asia-Pacific Journalism reports.
Officials from 17 nations across the...
New NZ think-tank launched to advance Pacific research
Research into the challenges and opportunities facing the Pacific Islands and their communities will flourish thanks to the uniting of the resources and expertise...
Long after Cyclone Winston, Fiji women struggle for basic needs
Women have been facing health and security issues since last month’s disaster, reports Ami Dhabuwala of Asia-Pacific Journalism.
While the world was busy celebrating Women’s...
Images: Climate change advocacy brings colour, vibrancy to SkyCity protest
Asia Pacific Report photographer Del Abcede captures some colourful and poignant moments at today's SkyCity climate change protest against the New Zealand Petroleum Conference.
Images: Police mount ‘Operation Drag’ to remove protesters inside Sky City
Most news media took pictures of the climate change "civil disobedience" protest today at vantage points outside the SkyCity Auckland Convention Centre.
But Asia Pacific...
Climate change activists stage singing blockade at NZ oil summit
"I hear the voice of my granddaughter saying climate action now," sing protesters at the main entrance to the SkyCity convention centre. Video: Del...
Indonesian youngsters want to break free from ‘propaganda’
Indonesian police recently banned the Turn Left Festival in Jakarta. The Jakarta Post’s Margareth S. Aritonang and Pandaya analyse the incident, which has raised...
Climate change protesters blockade oil summit in Auckland’s Sky City
More than 200 protesters converged on New Zealand’s largest oil industry conference at dawn today, blockading its entrances as part of a Greenpeace-organised demonstration...
Mong Palatino: The ‘death of democracy’ in Southeast Asia
Democracy has died and been reborn several times in different countries in the region, writes Mong Palatino.
On March 2, 1962, General Ne Win led...
Hundreds protest at oil conference – #Real Climate Action live news...
LIVE NEWSFEED: Peaceful civil disobedience in Auckland, March 21 - Greenpeace
Hundreds of climate change protesters were today blockading entrance to the oil industry conference...
Marshall Islands v Big Nuclear – will Pacific people get the...
By Jen Maman
In April 2014, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, a tiny island country part of Micronesia, filed groundbreaking lawsuits to the International...
Quill award winner Adele Ferguson slams Fairfax media job cuts
Investigative journalist Adele Ferguson has accepted the Graham Perkin journalist of the year award at the state of Victoria's Quills, using her speech to...
Veiqia Project reawakens woman’s role in Fijian society
By Susan Epskamp
The Veiqia Project Exhibition is now open at Auckland University of Technology’s St Paul St Gallery Three as a result of the...
Dan McGarry: Freedom of speech comes with responsibility
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Julian Ligo recently published an online piece purporting to tell the "real" story down at the wharf, in which...
Culinary team lending skills to Fiji disaster fundraiser
By Melanie Cooper
Auckland University of Technology culinary graduates will be working side-by-side with some of New Zealand’s top chefs this weekend to help raise...
Vanuatu police appeal for calm, warn drivers to ‘behave professionally’
By Thompson Marango in Port Vila
Vanuatu police have appealed to the public to remain calm and have warned drivers and owners of public transport...
Pasifika diaspora media book launched in NZ – first of its...
By TJ Aumua of Pacific Media Watch
A research report about Pacific media outlets in New Zealand was launched today at Auckland University of Technology...
Vanuatu DPM slams kidnap, attack on woman: ‘Enough is enough’
By TJ Aumua
The kidnapping and attack on a local Vanuatu female tourism manager, Florence Lengkon, has stirred strong criticism of violence against women in...