Samoa Observer: The nation’s chief justice – a gift from above
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board
How quickly things change.
If, as the old cliche goes, a week is a long time in politics then...
Fiji reports record 522 new cases of covid-19 – three more...
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
Fiji has reported 522 new cases of covid-19 in the last 24 hours - a record number...
Sayed-Khaiyum leading Fiji into chaos, says women’s crisis centre leader
By Litia Cava in Suva
The Fiji Civil Society Organisation Alliance for COVID-19 Humanitarian Response has repeated a call for the resignation of the country's...
Hawai’ian sovereignty activist and UH educator Haunani-Kay Trask dies at 71
By Mark Ladao in Honolulu
Dr Haunani-Kay Trask, a Hawai'ian leader and sovereignty activist with a distinguished career as an academic at the University of...
Mā’ohi Nui’s search for nuclear justice – the French ‘reset’ button...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva and Tony Fala
On 27 May 2021, a significant event took place in Rwanda where French President Emmanuel Macron asked...
France denies covering-up deadly nuclear tests in French Polynesia
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The French government has denied any cover-up over radiation levels in the Pacific following its nuclear testing in the region, as...
Fiji suffers 5 more deaths, 404 new cases in covid crisis
RNZ Pacific
Fiji has recorded another 404 new cases of covid-19 and five deaths in the 24 hours to 8am on Friday.
Most of the new...
Java, Bali brace for covid emergency lockdown as Indonesia’s cases surge
The World Health Organisation says the delta variant of covid-19 has been identified in 85 countries and is spreading rapidly in unvaccinated populations around...
Tongan MP and former MP couple sentenced to six years jail
RNZ Pacific
A convicted Tongan government minister, 'Akosita Lavulavu, and her husband 'Etuate Lavulavu have each been jailed for six years.
They were sentenced today in...
PNG in bid to stem rising covid-19 cases by tightening air...
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
As the delta variant of covid-19 spreads to more than 96 countries, Papua New Guinea has put in tighter...
Asia Pacific Report freshened with new student roles, independent journalism
JEANZ News
Professor David Robie, founding director of the AUT Pacific Media Centre, has relaunched Asia Pacific Report as an independent Pacific affairs and analysis...
Fiji government accused of ‘losing plot’ as covid cases soar past...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Opposition National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad has accused the Fiji government of "losing the plot" and "meekly surrendering" its...
Pacific civil society groups slam ‘naked hijack’ fast-track seabed mining bid
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Pacific regional civil society groups claim that DeepGreen, a venture capitalist company, has started "the clock ticking" with little regard for...
Pleas for Fijians to take covid-19 more seriously with 274 more...
RNZ Pacific
Health authorities in Fiji have confirmed 274 infections of covid-19 in the 24-hour period ending at 8am today as they have warned people...
Macron hosts French ‘truth and justice’ Pacific nuclear test legacy talks
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
While a Paris roundtable about the legacy of nuclear tests at Moruroa and Fangataufa atolls is eagerly awaited by...
NZ has managed to dodge the covid-19 bullet, again. Here’s why
ANALYSIS: By Arindam Basu, University of Canterbury
New Zealand has avoided community transmission, even though an Australian visitor tested positive for the delta variant which...
Four new deaths as Fiji records hundreds more covid cases
RNZ Pacific
Four more people have died as Fiji recorded 312 new covid-19 cases in the 24 hours ending at 8am yesterday.
The Health Ministry said...
Gavin Ellis: Dregs in the news media paywall teacup
COMMENT: By Gavin Ellis, Knightly Views
I have been reading the tea leaves in the bottom of the online subscription cup.
My fortune-telling has been assisted...
From Wellington to South Sudan: Capturing marginalised stories
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Internationally acclaimed documentary photographer Robin Hammond recently made a visit to the Wellington campus of Massey University to meet with his...
PNG, Fiji situation ‘going backwards’ over covid, warns NZ health expert
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist
Papua New Guinea and Fiji are among several countries in the region going backwards in their fight against the...
Fiji reports 241 new covid cases and one death – pastors...
By Timoci Vula in Suva
Fiji has reported 241 new cases of covid-19 infections and one death in the 24-hour period ending at 8am yesterday.
Health...
Otago conflict studies centre founder awarded global peace prize
Otago University News
Retired foundation director of Otago’s National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies Professor Kevin Clements has been awarded the International Studies Association’s...