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Yamin Kogoya: 60 years ago, Indonesia invaded West Papua with guns. 60 years later,...
Shocking footage has been circulating on social media showing National Armed Forces (TNI) Indonesian military helicopters firing indiscriminately at civilian villages in Suru-Suru District,...
Analyst condemns US ‘utter isolation’ after fifth Israel veto at UN Security Council
Asia Pacific Report
Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, Marwan Bishara, has highlighted the growing isolation of the United States at the United Nations over its...
President Lú-Olo declares Timor-Leste state of emergency over coronavirus
Pacific Media Watch
The President of Timor-Leste, Francisco Guterres Lú-Olo, has declared a state of emergency to enable the government to address the global Covid-19...
Five journalists killed by Israeli air strike near hospital – media watchdogs condemn killings
Pacific Media Watch
Five Palestinian journalists have been killed in a new Israeli strike near a hospital in central Gaza after four reporters were killed...
Marshall Islands reaffirms ties with Taiwan in wake of Nauru shift
By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent
Marshall Islands officials quickly moved this week to reaffirm this nation's ties...
NZ health sector may see influx of US doctors after abortion ruling
By Leah Tebbutt, RNZ News reporter
An Aotearoa New Zealand health workforce recruiting agency is fielding calls from senior US doctors who say they can...
West Papuans mark 60 years fighting for self-determination
From RNZ Pacific Waves
Pro-independence advocates say the human rights situation in West Papua continues to worsen because of "deliberate ignorance" by Pacific neighbours and...
Benny Wenda says dream of MSG full membership ‘will happen’ in Port Vila
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific journalist in Port Vila
The leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Benny Wenda, has expressed confidence...
Tongan talk of the death penalty for worst drug offenders
RNZ Pacific
The Tongan legislature is now considering the Illicit Drugs Control (Amendment) Bill 2021, which was introduced as a private members' bill by the...
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Television New Zealand Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver tells media of her three-hour detention by Nauru police after interviewing a refugee today. She was stripped...
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By Eloise Gibson, RNZ climate change correspondent
While attention is focused on economists finding a $500 million-a-year hole in National's tax plans, a similar-sized hole...
Timor-Leste reports big surge in covid – 55 new cases
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Timorese authorities have announced that they have detected a record surge in new covid-19 cases - 55 in one day.
According to...
Forum’s chief Meg Taylor backs Nauru call for special meeting on...
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch
The Secretary-General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Dame Meg Taylor, is the latest figure to...










































