‘Clean up’ snap election upholds Vanuatu rule of law
Report from Pacific Media Watch
By Catherine Putz of The Diplomat
Of Vanuatu’s 270,000 people, an estimated 200,000 turned up to vote in last Friday's snap...
New French ex-Sevens flyer named for national rugby squad
Report from Planet Rugby
After French rugby union coach Guy Novès selected a Fiji-born Sevens flyer for the national squad, he has now also called...
Three Kalsakau brothers make Vanuatu political history – all elected
Report from Pacific Media Watch
By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila
For the first time in Vanuatu’s political history since 1980, three Kalsakau brothers from the...
New Asia Pacific Report website ready for take off
From the Pacific Media Centre
An enterprising new media collaboration between a journalism school and an independent news organisation will take off on Thursday evening...
Waihopai spy base protesters talk Pacific, ‘Five Eyes’ and democracy
Report from Pacific Media Watch
By Jennifer Eder in Blenheim
An annual New Zealand protest has drawn a colourful crowd to the South Island province of...
John Pilger: Australia’s day for secrets, flags and cowards
Report from Pacific Media Centre
This truth has no place in the Australian consciousness. Among settler nations with indigenous populations, apart from a facile “apology”...
Vanua’aku Pati political bloc confident of forming Vanuatu government
Report from Pacific Media Watch
The party that led Vanuatu at independence more than three decades ago is confident that it will emerge as part...
Popular Pacific historian soon to say ‘adios’ to USP
Report from Pacific Media Watch
Profile by Ivamere Nataro in Suva
If you're a person who loves history and values culture then you would certainly want...
Fiji media monopoly: Why the silence of the institutional lambs?
Report from Pacific Media Watch
Opinion by Professor Wadan Narsey in Suva
There should have been institutional protests a few weeks ago when the Bainimarama government...
Vanuatu snap election polling ends, early trends show ministers losing seats
Report from Loop Vanuatu
Joshua Lafoai and Harold Obed in Port Vila
Voting in Vanuatu’s snap election has ended and last night unofficial results were showing...
Aceh citizens take legal action to protect Sumatran jungle
Report from The Sydney Morning Herald
By Michael Neilson in Jakarta
Activists are suing the Indonesian government in a bid to stop development they say will...
Indonesia’s death penalty lies in wait in spite of diplomatic blowback
Report from SBS
Indonesia's attorney-general has the funds and the will to wield the death penalty again, even though last year's record 14 executions failed...
Strangers in the snow with dark secrets and deadly intentions
The Hateful Eight movie trailer: Roadshow
Report from The Conversation
By Liam Burke
Quentin Tarantino has secured his place in popular culture by reaching into neglected corners...
Vanuatu’s Daily Post founder Marc Neil-Jones swaps print for tourism
"Retired" Vanuatu Daily Post publisher Marc Neil-Jones talks about the "audio posts" at his Secret Garden retreat.
Asia Pacific Report Gallery - Pictures and video...
Vanuatu snap election candidates told to ‘uphold rule of law’
Report from Pacific Media Watch
By Glenda Willie in Port Vila
Transparency International Vanuatu has called on all candidates in today's snap election to act with...
Indonesian people smuggler cash scandal – jail for ‘paid-off’ boat crew
Report from Pacific Media Centre
Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa on Rote Island, Indonesia
The captain of an asylum seeker boat who said he was paid...
US withdrawal from Pacific tuna treaty will take effect January 2017
Report from Pacific Media Watch in Suva
The decision by the United States to withdraw from the 30-year Tuna Treaty with Pacific Island countries will...
The presidential leak, PNG’s bid for Bougainville Copper and the policy...
Report from the Pacific Media Centre
With the window for Bougainville's independence referendum now open, time is of the essence if the ABG is to...
Fijian flyer Vakatawa – a rugby gamble France need to take
Report from Pacific Media Watch
By Paul Eddison in Caen, France
The call-up of Sevens star Virimi Vakatawa to France's Six Nations squad was a calculated...
Choose majority rule instead of ‘mockery’, warns Vanuatu chief
Report from Pacific Media Watch in Port Vila
By Godwin Ligo of the Vanuatu Daily Post
Port Vila-based Ambrym chief Worwor Issac says he has observed...