Images: West Papua in crisis
Rev Robert Stringer from Melbourne, Australia, talks about his recent visit to West Papua where he met a range of community and church leaders....
Bandung women workers demand equal pay, prosperity and end to outsourcing
Workers in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung from the Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance (KASBI) protested at the city hall this week...
Pasifika – world’s biggest Pacific festival – turns 24
Pack your sunhat and sunscreen, and plan your journey to Auckland's Western Springs Park – Pasifika returns this weekend.
One of New Zealand’s longest-standing and...
Indian Ocean’s Smartfish wins global award for fight against illegal fishing
By Lealaiauloto A F Tauafiafi in Auckland
The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) has walked away with the top two global prizes awarded for efforts against...
PM Salwai appoints new board at national broadcaster VBTC
By Bob Makin in Port Vila
Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai Tabimasmas has terminated the board of the national broadcaster Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation...
Selwyn Manning: More intrusive spy laws loom for NZ
Evening Report editorial by Selwyn Manning
The New Zealand government is considering the recommendations of a former deputy prime minister and lawyer as it embarks...
New Pacific report on illegal tuna fishing for frontline officials
The findings of a major study which will put accurate and up to date numbers to the nature and extent of illegal, unreported and...
Indonesian broadcasting body finds rampant violations by TV stations
The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) has identified rampant violations by broadcasting companies, particularly television stations, of laws that govern the content they air to...
‘Untouchable’ teen journalist challenges corruption at Indian rural schools
By Gregory Walsh
Nineteen-year-old Mukesh was born into a marginalised community in an impoverished region of rural India. Now he documents corruption in his region's...
Greater police powers planned in new Indonesian anti-terror law
By Chris Brummit in Jakarta
Indonesian police will be able to detain suspects for six months under a significant expansion of powers contained in a...
Digicel finally granted permission to operate Sky Pacific
By Peni Shute in Suva
Digicel Fiji has been given three licenses for 12 years to fully operate Sky Pacific, six months after formally acquiring...
Cyclone Winston damage in Fiji runs to $476m, says disaster office
By Allison Penjueli in Suva
A total of $476.3 million of estimated damages in all sectors was recorded from damages caused by TC Winston, the...
Meet the incredible women protecting their communities in disaster zones
An International Women's Day message by Holly Miller.
I’m writing this from Fiji, where a 30-day State of Emergency continues following Tropical Cyclone Winston, which...
‘Equal rights but we’re not using it,’ says new Samoan woman...
By Diedre Fanene in Apia
Ali’imalemanu Alofa Tuuau is a proud Samoan woman. She is the only new female representative in Samoa's Parliament, having secured...
‘I was told it was against kastom for women to be...
“Respect”, as Father Walter Lini famously said, “is honourable”. But despite the enormous social, economic and cultural contributions they make every day, Vanuatu’s women are rarely given the respect they deserve;...
Vanuatu disaster officials dump tonnes of expired relief supplies
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
Tonnes of relief supplies donated to the people of Vanuatu in the aftermath of the category 5 cyclone Pam...
IFJ criticises high levels of gender discrimination, violence in media
In a report to be released today on International Women’s Day, the Gender Council of the International Federation of Journalists highlights high levels of...
US, Pacific countries resolve treaty deadlock – fleet fishing again
By Jason Smith
A fishing rights dispute that has seen the US-flagged tuna fleet grounded in the Western and Central Pacific has ended with Pacific...
Eva Cox: Feminism has failed and needs a radical rethink
By Eva Cox
There was a 1970s badge that declared:
Women who want equality with men lack ambition.
This statement neatly sums up the broad intentions of...
Images: IWD Walk for Peace
For the first time in five years, WWW4Peace (Women Walk and Work for Peace), has extended the Peace Walk and celebration of International Women's...