New Zealand doesn’t offer tenure to academics, but the AUT employment...
ANALYSIS: By Jack Heinemann, University of Canterbury
Late last year, the Auckland University of Technology (AUT) initiated a process to eliminate 170 academic jobs to...
Jokowi acknowledges gross human rights violations in Indonesia, Papua
RNZ Pacific
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has acknowledged "gross human rights violations" in his country's history and vowed to prevent any repeat.
He cited 12 "regrettable"...
Yamin Kogoya: Arrest of Papuan governor Enembe condemned as illegal Jakarta...
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya
Following months of legal limbo and a health crisis, Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was arrested this week by the country's Corruption...
Bougainville to hold two long-delayed byelections due to deaths of members
RNZ Pacific
The autonomous government in the Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville is finally organising byelections next month in two seats that have been...
French Polynesia plans journalism study grants to combat disinformation
Pacific Media Watch
President Édouard Fritch of French Polynesia says he wants to boost funds to study journalism in French Polynesia in a bid to...
Sizzling New Year but blackouts continue to hold PNG to ransom
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea began New Year 2023 with sizzling fireworks that lit up the skies.
But our hopes of shrugging...
Papua governor Enembe arrested on ‘lavish’ bribery charges
RNZ Pacific
Indonesian anti-curruption authorities have arrested Papua Governor Lukas Enembe on allegations of bribery.
The Jakarta Globe called the arrest by the Corruption Eradication Commission...
Ardern won’t back down on Māori advance if co-governance made key...
Whakaata Māori
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says her Aotearoa New Zealand government will not back down on advancing Māori issues, even if National frames co-governance...
‘Up to French people’ to decide on New Caledonia’s future, says...
RNZ Pacific
An Australian-based French law professor says it is up to the French people as a whole, and not the voters in New Caledonia,...
TVNZ files opposition claim against Vodafone’s One NZ trademark
RNZ News
Television New Zealand has filed an opposition claim against Vodafone's attempt to trademark the name "One NZ".
In September last year, the telecommunications company...
Why Pacific Islanders are staying put even as rising seas flood...
ANALYSIS: By Merewalesi Yee, The University of Queensland; Annah Piggott-McKellar, Queensland University of Technology; Celia McMichael, The University of Melbourne, and Karen E McNamara,...
Fiji’s revised Media Act currently being drafted, confirms Rabuka
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
Fiji's much-anticipated Media Industry Development Authority (MIDA) Act review is now being drafted and expected to be tabled at the...
Paris court overturns statute of limitation in Tahiti corruption case
RNZ Pacific
France's highest court has revived French Polynesia's largest corruption case, which had been closed almost more than three years ago.
Eight people, including former...
Indonesian ex-graft convicts active again in political parties ‘nothing new’
By Agus Rahmat in Jakarta
Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has condemned the phenomena of former corruption convicts becoming active again in political parties after serving...
FLNKS congratulates Fiji PM Rabuka and his coalition government
By Timoci Vula in Suva
The Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) of Kanaky New Caledonia has congratulated Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and his...
Rabuka’s ‘wasteful spending’ spotlight now turns onto FBC, Fiji Sun
By Wata Shaw in Suva
After the termination of Qorvis Communications and Vatis, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has indicated that attention has now shifted to...
John Mitchell: Media freedom, public interest and The Fiji Times
By John Mitchell in Suva
In any true democracy, the role of journalists and the media outlets they represent is to inform the people so...
Rabuka tells Bainimarama: provide evidence ‘for your lies’ or face law
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
Fiji's opposition leader Voreqe Bainimarama has been warned to provide evidence of allegations he has made against the coalition government...
Stranded PNG air travellers angered at government’s lack of intervention
By Claudia Tally and Maxine Kamus in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's local airlines Air Niugini and PNG Air may be back flying again this...
Fiji sacks PR consultants Qorvis Communications and Vatis
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka confirms termination of the Corvis contract. Video: The Fiji Times
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
Qorvis Communications and Vatis -- the...