Long after Cyclone Winston, Fiji women struggle for basic needs
Women have been facing health and security issues since last month’s disaster, reports Ami Dhabuwala of Asia-Pacific Journalism.
While the world was busy celebrating Women’s...
Images: Climate change advocacy brings colour, vibrancy to SkyCity protest
Asia Pacific Report photographer Del Abcede captures some colourful and poignant moments at today's SkyCity climate change protest against the New Zealand Petroleum Conference.
Images: Police mount ‘Operation Drag’ to remove protesters inside Sky City
Most news media took pictures of the climate change "civil disobedience" protest today at vantage points outside the SkyCity Auckland Convention Centre.
But Asia Pacific...
Climate change activists stage singing blockade at NZ oil summit
"I hear the voice of my granddaughter saying climate action now," sing protesters at the main entrance to the SkyCity convention centre. Video: Del...
Indonesian youngsters want to break free from ‘propaganda’
Indonesian police recently banned the Turn Left Festival in Jakarta. The Jakarta Post’s Margareth S. Aritonang and Pandaya analyse the incident, which has raised...
Climate change protesters blockade oil summit in Auckland’s Sky City
More than 200 protesters converged on New Zealand’s largest oil industry conference at dawn today, blockading its entrances as part of a Greenpeace-organised demonstration...
Mong Palatino: The ‘death of democracy’ in Southeast Asia
Democracy has died and been reborn several times in different countries in the region, writes Mong Palatino.
On March 2, 1962, General Ne Win led...
Hundreds protest at oil conference – #Real Climate Action live news...
LIVE NEWSFEED: Peaceful civil disobedience in Auckland, March 21 - Greenpeace
Hundreds of climate change protesters were today blockading entrance to the oil industry conference...
Marshall Islands v Big Nuclear – will Pacific people get the...
By Jen Maman
In April 2014, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, a tiny island country part of Micronesia, filed groundbreaking lawsuits to the International...
Quill award winner Adele Ferguson slams Fairfax media job cuts
Investigative journalist Adele Ferguson has accepted the Graham Perkin journalist of the year award at the state of Victoria's Quills, using her speech to...
Veiqia Project reawakens woman’s role in Fijian society
By Susan Epskamp
The Veiqia Project Exhibition is now open at Auckland University of Technology’s St Paul St Gallery Three as a result of the...
Dan McGarry: Freedom of speech comes with responsibility
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Julian Ligo recently published an online piece purporting to tell the "real" story down at the wharf, in which...
Culinary team lending skills to Fiji disaster fundraiser
By Melanie Cooper
Auckland University of Technology culinary graduates will be working side-by-side with some of New Zealand’s top chefs this weekend to help raise...
Vanuatu police appeal for calm, warn drivers to ‘behave professionally’
By Thompson Marango in Port Vila
Vanuatu police have appealed to the public to remain calm and have warned drivers and owners of public transport...
Pasifika diaspora media book launched in NZ – first of its...
By TJ Aumua of Pacific Media Watch
A research report about Pacific media outlets in New Zealand was launched today at Auckland University of Technology...
Vanuatu DPM slams kidnap, attack on woman: ‘Enough is enough’
By TJ Aumua
The kidnapping and attack on a local Vanuatu female tourism manager, Florence Lengkon, has stirred strong criticism of violence against women in...
Vanuatu opposition alleges medical review of detainees may lead to pardon
By Jonas Cullwick in Port Vila
Opposition Leader Ishmael Kalsakau has alleged that the inclusion in the Vanuatu government’s "100-day plan" to review the health...
‘Stand up for our planet’ plea by 350.org founder Bill McKibben
350.org founder Bill McKibben's message to New Zealand. Video: Greenpeace NZ
Environmentalist Bill McKibben today appealed to New Zealanders to take part in peaceful civil...
Brave woman tells of beating by Vanuatu drivers – 7 arrested
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
A brave local woman has come forward with a shocking story of out-of-control violence in Vanuatu.
Bus and taxi drivers...
18 Timorese freedom-seekers recall courageous voyage
By Vannessa Hearman and Jose da Costa
In 1995, 18 East Timorese youths sailed illegally to Australia in a small fishing boat. After five nights...
ABC Four Corners crew avoid charges over Malaysian PM incident
The ABC Four Corners news team in Malaysia have been told they will not be charged over an incident with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib...
Forum wins improved recognition for Pacific climate concerns
The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) has been given observer status in the board of the UN Green Climate Fund (GCF), Secretary-General Dame Meg...