‘Farm to Table’ plan will open door for many Pacific youth
More than a thousand Fijian, Vanuatu and Samoan youths will be helped to secure employment through organic agriculture with the launch of a US$1.5...
Iwi leaders join UN scrutiny of Treaty, indigenous rights
New Zealand’s performance on the Treaty of Waitangi, indigenous rights, privatisation of prisons and the Trans Pacific Partnership will be raised this week at...
Pacific-wide study tipped to show ‘real value’ of lost fisheries
By Lealaiauloto Fatu Tauafiafi in Auckland
Seventeen Pacific island countries, including New Zealand and its territory Tokelau, will have the results of a Pacific-wide study...
ABC Four Corners crew arrested over reporting Malaysian corruption allegations
An ABC Four Corners investigative programme crew has been detained by Malaysian police after trying to question Prime Minister Najib Razak over a corruption...
New report tells of murder, kidnapping and torture in West Papua
By Mark Bowling
Allegations of recent military and police intimidation, beatings and torture, kidnapping and murder in West Papua, have been documented in a new...
Josie Butler: TPPA ‘roadshow’ facade – it’s really a ‘rogue show’
By Josie Butler
This week marks the beginning of the New Zealand government’s national roadshow on the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), a roadshow that...
Pacific one year after Pam – we need to talk about...
Joanna, 11, talks about life in Vanuatu one year on after Cyclone Pam. Video: UNICEF
By Karen Allen
Something is seriously wrong in the Pacific.
The numbers...
Timorese scholarship students in NZ greet former president Ramos-Horta
By Hannah Short
Former president of Timor-Leste and Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr José Ramos-Horta praised the educational opportunity being provided for students from his...
Hard to fight nature, but Fiji deserves better house building
By Alex Perrottet in The Fiji Times
Severe tropical cyclone Winston unleashed the full force of mother nature on a beautiful country.
But the peace and...
Cyclone Pam – one year later: Brennan, 13, tells his story
While Fiji comes to terms with its own devastation in the wake of category 5 Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston last month, Vanuatu is now...
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...