Homepage – Sport | Asia Pacific Report | Page 316

News
Analysis
Reportage
Country
- Pacific Report
  - Australia
  - Cook Islands
  - Federated States of Micronesia
  - Fiji
  - Kiribati
  - Marshall Islands
  - Nauru
  - New Caledonia
  - New Zealand
  - Niue
  - Palau-Belau
  - Papua New Guinea
  - Rapanui
  - Samoa
  - Solomon Islands
  - Tahiti
  - Timor-Leste
  - Tokelau
  - Tonga
  - Tuvalu
  - Vanuatu
  - West Papua
- Asia Report
  - Brunei
  - Cambodia
  - China
  - Indonesia
  - Lao
  - Malaysia
  - Myanmar
  - Philippines
  - Singapore
  - Vietnam
  - Thailand
  - Other
Editor’s Picks
Multimedia
- Multimedia
- PMC on Demand
- Audio
- Gallery
- Video
PMC on Demand

Sunday, August 23, 2026

Login
About Asia Pacific Report
Contact
EveningReport.nz
Pacific Media Centre

News
Analysis
Reportage
Country
- Pacific Report
  - Australia
  - Cook Islands
  - Federated States of Micronesia
  - Fiji
  - Kiribati
  - Marshall Islands
  - Nauru
  - New Caledonia
  - New Zealand
  - Niue
  - Palau-Belau
  - Papua New Guinea
  - Rapanui
  - Samoa
  - Solomon Islands
  - Tahiti
  - Timor-Leste
  - Tokelau
  - Tonga
  - Tuvalu
  - Vanuatu
  - West Papua
- Asia Report
  - Brunei
  - Cambodia
  - China
  - Indonesia
  - Lao
  - Malaysia
  - Myanmar
  - Philippines
  - Singapore
  - Vietnam
  - Thailand
  - Other
Editor’s Picks
- Analysis
  
  Meet Loui Ridi, the Palestinian American in West Bank home besieged…
  
  Analysis
  
  Bondi Royal Commission: A ‘slippery slope to eroding our freedoms’
  
  Asia Report
  
  Australia, don’t be surprised. Israel does this to Palestinians all the…
  
  Editor’s Picks
  
  Fiji’s HIV epidemic has yet to reach a ‘turning point’, warns…
  
  Asia Report
  
  Palestinian theologian warns against trusting Israel over Hind, medics killings probe
Multimedia
- Multimedia
- PMC on Demand
- Audio
- Gallery
- Video
PMC on Demand

Asia Report

Philippines defence chief breaks silence on post-pact US ties

Pacific Media Centre -

February 13, 2020

Asia Report

Rights advocate says security chief’s ‘garbage’ slur will open Papua wounds

Pacific Media Watch -

February 13, 2020

Human Rights

Activists give Indonesian leader details of Papuan deaths, political prisoners

Pacific Media Watch -

February 12, 2020

Health and Fitness

Covid-19 outbreak: Four cruise ships barred from entering Tonga

February 12, 2020

Asia Report

World must ‘hit hard’ over deadly virus but there is hope,...

Pacific Media Watch -

February 12, 2020

Asia Report

Rights groups, journalists condemn Duterte bid to shut key TV network

University of Santo Tomas Journalism -

February 11, 2020

Health and Fitness

France drags its heels over nuclear compensation claims from Tahiti

Pacific Media Watch -

February 11, 2020

Analysis

West Papua: Five urgent issues for Indonesia’s president to address

Pacific Media Watch -

February 11, 2020

Asia Report

Duterte top state lawyer asks Supreme Court to shut ‘abusive’ media...

University of Santo Tomas Journalism -

February 11, 2020

Australia

Canberra must ‘break silence’ over Papuan human rights, says AWPA

Pacific Media Watch -

February 10, 2020

Analysis

Tuwhera expands the PJR ‘critical inquiry’ Pacific media archive

Pacific Media Watch -

February 9, 2020

Asia Report

Wuhan coronavirus: Citizen journalist Chen Qiushi on the epicentre frontline

Pacific Media Watch -

February 7, 2020

China

Wuhan coronavirus: 30 Pacific evacuees quarantined in NZ

Pacific Media Watch -

February 6, 2020

China

NZ evacuates PNG students in Wuhan airlift – about 60 miss...

February 6, 2020

Culture

Waitangi Day 2020: ‘Give us the courage to walk comfortably in...

February 6, 2020

Asia Report

Accused Papuans ‘flew Morning Star flag’, police chief tells Jakarta court

Pacific Media Watch -

February 5, 2020

Human Rights

France fails to uphold human rights of Tahiti prisoners, rules European...

February 5, 2020

Analysis

How will Wuhan coronavirus impact on political, global future of China?

Pacific Media Watch -

February 5, 2020

China

PNG Media Council calls on state agencies to collaborate over virus

Pacific Media Watch -

February 4, 2020

China

NZ universities fear financial hit if students caught in virus travel...

February 4, 2020

China

PNG students in Wuhan scared of coronavirus infection – call for...

February 3, 2020

Asia Report

NZ to shut out foreign travellers from China – first death...

February 2, 2020

1...315316317...447 Page 316 of 447

MOST COMMENTED

Pope Leo and US President Donald Trump

Asia Report

Pope’s message for peace: ‘The Church cannot remain silent when power...

April 5, 2026

Asia Pacific Report As tensions rose ahead of Easter, US President Donald Trump publicly criticised Pope Leo XIV, accusing the pontiff of “interfering in political...

Rainbow Warrior bombing ‘should have led to French Watergate’, says saboteur

September 8, 2015

Tonga’s Democracy Coalition faces uncertain future, says academic

January 27, 2017

The court ordered the Israeli government to present a clear position on its blockade

RSF expresses ‘regret’ over new Israeli Supreme Court delay on Gaza...

November 3, 2025

HOT NEWS

People could be fooled

Coronavirus

Fears that NZ Parliament protest turning into political ‘free-for-all’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Analysis

The reckoning – what the US-Iran MOU means in reality for...

Sir Michael Somare 040321

Culture

Port Moresby to get bronze statue of PNG founding father

Lebanese photojournalist Issam Abdallah

Asia Report

RSF calls on UN to investigate Israeli attack killing photojournalist Issam...

Editor's Picks

Palestinian-American home owner Loui Ridi at Ben Gurion Airport . . . "I appreciate Mike Huckabee condemned it, called them terrorists. But I’ve been in contact with the embassy, that nothing has been done on the ground."

Meet Loui Ridi, the Palestinian American in West Bank home besieged...

August 22, 2026

Bondi Commissioner Virginia Bell

Bondi Royal Commission: A ‘slippery slope to eroding our freedoms’

August 22, 2026

Australia's march for humanity and an end to Israel's Gaza genocide

Australia, don’t be surprised. Israel does this to Palestinians all the...

August 21, 2026

The number of Fijians who are HIV positive has risen to at least 9000

Fiji’s HIV epidemic has yet to reach a ‘turning point’, warns...

August 21, 2026

After two years of denial, Israel has officially admitted firing on the 5-year-old Hind Rajab’s car

Palestinian theologian warns against trusting Israel over Hind, medics killings probe

August 20, 2026

Popular Reports

Bondi Commissioner Virginia Bell

Bondi Royal Commission: A ‘slippery slope to eroding our freedoms’

August 22, 2026

Reports from West Papua say parts of the highlands region have been blanketed by snow and ice in recent days

Snowfall in West Papua, while severe drought hits other parts of...

August 20, 2026

Indonesian military forces in action in Intan Jaya regency in Central Papua province this week

West Papua issue likely to be on agenda in Palau, says...

August 20, 2026

Democratic Party leader Tina Pupuke-Browne

Democratic Party pledges ‘honest review’ after preliminary election wipeout in Cook...

August 18, 2026

Cook Islands caretaker Prime Minister Mark Brown and US Ambassador Jared Novelly exchange gifts

‘Teeming with life’: Cook Islands officials enthuse over NOAA deep dive

August 20, 2026

POPULAR CATEGORIES

Pacific Report8503
Politics6330
Human Rights4945
Syndicate4856
Global4255
New Zealand3716
Indigenous3155
RNZ Pacific2694
Media2393
Pacific Media Watch2206
Asia Report2180
Democracy2116
Security2009
Military1934
Justice1880

CREATIVE COMMONS

Copyright: Content on Asia Pacific Report is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Contact us: newseditor@AsiaPacificReport.nz

FOLLOW US

© Site Copyright 2021 - AsiaPacificReport.nz