Wapenamanda massacre – 50 killed in PNG’s worst tribal fighting
By Miriam Zarriga
Under the banana leaves on a roadside in Papua New Guinea's Highlands lies the dismembered and bullet-riddled bodies of eight men.
All have...
Palestinian foreign minister tells ICJ of ‘besieged, bombed and killed’ Gazans
Asia Pacific Report
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki began his address to the week-long "historic" International Court of Justice hearings into the status of the...
PNG’s opposition bloc confident of ousting Marape leadership
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's opposition has vowed to remove Prime Minister James Marape and his government from power.
During a media...
PM Luxon leaves Big Gay Out abruptly after heated Gaza war...
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon abruptly left the Big Gay Out festival in Auckland's Point Chevalier today after being confronted by Gaza...
John Minto: Why are Israeli attacks on UNRWA so much more...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
Unfortunately there was no discussion of foreign policy during Aotearoa New Zealand's general election last year. Aside from the odd obligatory...
War on Gaza: Palestinian journalism has been decimated with impunity
Pacific Media Watch
The toll of four months of war in Gaza on journalism is "nothing short of horrifying" -- Palestinian journalists killed, wounded, and...
JERAA urges US to drop spy charges – return Assange to...
Pacific Media Watch
The Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia (JERAA) has joined media freedom groups supporting Julian Assange, an Australian citizen whose unjust...
Wenda accuses Indonesia of more human rights atrocities in Papua
Asia Pacific Report
A West Papuan pro-independence leader has accused Indonesia of new human rights atrocities this week while the republic has apparently elected a...
‘Psychological powerplay’ – vote of confidence in PNG PM Marape
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
The opposition group in Papua New Guinea's Parliament staged a walkout yesterday after a fiery exchange, amid an ongoing...
NZ’s weak criticism of Israel’s ethnic cleansing war crime too little...
COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog
Winston Peters says Israel’s actions getting ‘out of hand’ ahead of planned Rafah offensive
Prime Minister Christopher...
Australian student journos explore Fiji media landscape with USP team
Wansolwara News
The University of the South Pacific journalism programme is hosting a cohort student journalists from Australia's Queensland University of Technology this week.
Led by...
Israeli offensive in Rafah ‘not a way forward’ for Gaza, says...
RNZ News
With an "appalling" loss of life unfolding in Gaza, it's essential Israel halts plans for an assault on the city of Rafah, Prime...
Pacific wants open discussion on AUKUS to keep region ‘nuclear free’
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist
Keeping the Pacific nuclear-free, in line with the Rarotonga Treaty, was a recurring theme from the leaders of Tonga,...
UniFiji spreads journalism, media studies courses to Samabula
By Karishma Kumari in Suva
The University of Fiji will be offering its journalism and media studies programme at its Samabula campus from this semester.
UniFiji...
Freedom Flotilla on the move again – hopes to break the...
Asia Pacific Report
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) has announced in Istanbul a plan to sail again to challenge Israel’s unlawful and deadly siege of...
‘Dare to dream big,’ says first Sikh to represent NZ at...
By Blessen Tom, RNZ IndoNZ journalist
A 27-year-old former police officer is off to represent New Zealand at the Miss World beauty contest in India...
Indonesian presidential hopefuls explain their West Papua policies
RNZ Pacific
With Indonesia preparing for elections next week, Human Rights Watch has sought answers from the three groups vying for the presidency on how...
PNG opposition numbers grow ahead of expected no-confidence vote
RNZ Pacific
A total of 12 MPs in the Papua New Guinea government of Jame Marape have now switched sides, joining the opposition ahead of...
Marape first global leader to speak in Australian parliament since 2020
By Lawrence Fong of the PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea and Australia created another piece of history yesterday when James Marape became the first international...
Marape thanks Australia for providing an ‘anchor’ for independent PNG
By Bramo Tingkeo of the PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape made his historic address to the Australian Federal Parliament in Canberra...