OPINION: By Michael Neilson of The Gisborne Herald "Why would you want to learn it if you are not even Māori?” “You know it’s a...

By Stefan Armbruster in Brisbane SBS World News has not been granted a journalist visa to cover Nauru’s general election this weekend, despite a direct...

By Nasik Swami in Suva The Fiji government has called for expressions of interest from public relations firms since the contract for the US-based Qorvis...

The challenges faced by working journalists in Samoa to ensure freedom of speech will be discussed in a presentation from a leading academic from...

By TJ Aumua in Suva The Pacific contingent attending the World Journalism Education Congress next week are eager to share their region's journalism knowledge with...

The Pacific Islands Association of NGOs (PIANGO) executive director, Emele Duituturaga, has welcomed a call made by the World Council of Churches (WCC) for...

At least two crew members were killed and three others injured after an Indonesian army helicopter crashed in a village in the Yogyakarta district...

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has denied making a deal with Rio Tinto to take up the Bougainville Copper Limited shares offloaded...

By Abeth You in Jayapura The student executive leader of the University of Cendewasih, Elius Wenda, has criticised the recruitment of students in the Institute...

By Veronika Kusumaryati and Cypri Dale Two events of highest significance in the context of global history of decolonisation are taking place in the Pacific: ...

On July 6 each year people gather to raise the Morning Star flag and to remember those who died in West Papua's Biak Massacre...

Where are you from? This simple question, as harmless as it may be intended, is loaded with controversial assumptions of race, ethnicity and a...

A major challenge for Pacific Island nations is how to address corruption, lack of accountability and transparency and mismanagement of public and private resources. Now...

OPINION: Contributed by the Australian West Papua Association On the 2 July 1998, the West Papuan Morning Star flag was raised on top of a...

Prime Minister John Key will visit the United Kingdom and Europe next week for a series of bilateral meetings and to attend Bastille Day...

The alternative New Zealand radio station 95bFM, based at the University of Auckland, today featured Papua New Guinea's student unrest in a live interview. Andrew...

Shirley Shackleton, widow of journalist Greg Shackleton, one of the Balibo Five killed by Indonesian special forces at that Timorese border town of that...

By Glenda Willie in Port Vila Prime Minister Charlot Salwai has reportedly asked the chairman of the Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation board, Johnety Jerety,...

Story and video by Serah Aupong in Port Moresby The University of Papua New Guinea Council has suspended the 2016 Academic Year. The announcement of the...

The independent blog PNG Mine Watch was originally established to track the progress of the Ramu nickel mine in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea,...

Bougainville's president and Meekamu landowner chiefs have condemned the Rio Tinto "mess" over Panguna mine and the traditional landowners have called for the company...

New Zealand news media are “ignoring” the biggest story in the Pacific region in spite of a social media revolution taking the storytelling to...