Tag: Aid

By RNZ Pacific  Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare is coming under increasing pressure from his own MPs to switch the country's political allegiance from...

By Sri Krishnamurthi A new Pacific aid mapping tool developed by the Lowy Institute think tank is set to immeasurably improve transparency in aid in...

By Jessica Marshall in Auckland The Solomon Islands faces a “time bomb” with a youth unemployment rate of 82 percent and New Zealand needs to...

Special report by Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific "We have no home, our village is devastated, therefore I have to move my people to another...

By Barbara Dreaver Battlelines are being drawn as New Zealand and Pacific countries lobby for an important appointment at the World Health Organisation. The region's health...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Vanuatu has appealed to Australia to restore shortwave radio services to the Pacific region, after they were switched off by the...

PressTV report - Mike Treen detained. Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Israeli forces have reportedly stopped the three-vessel Freedom Flotilla which was nearing the Gaza Strip, report...

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill in Beijing. Image: CCTV+ Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Chinese President Xi Jinping has met Papua...

By Dan McGarry in Port Vila The average Australian’s conception of Pacific island nations is so limited it makes some of us wonder if they...

SPECIAL REPORT: Anton Lutz in Mougulu profiles what life is like on the border of Western Province and Hela at the epicentre three weeks...

A 100 candles vigil was held in the Papuan capital city of Port Numbay (Jayapura) this week and people gathered to raise funds and...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says the New Zealand government’s Pacific Mission will take place early next month and travel to...

By Mahmut Atanur in Jakarta Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, southwestern district of Bangladesh, as part of his official...

By Konradus Epa in Atambua, Indonesia Rostiana Bareto experienced tough living conditions as a refugee when she and her family settled in Atambua, western Timor,...

ANALYSIS: By Rod Campbell As much of the world watched the G20 last week, another leaders’ summit was on in Fiji. Fiji will chair the next...

The Indonesian government needs to change the policy of development which makes Papuan community a subject, says a non-government organisation that specialises in West...

The Pacific Islands are a step closer to having their very own Pacific Climate Change Centre to be hosted at the Secretariat of the...

By Fardah Pewarta in Jakarta Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan and his delegation's recent trip to Fiji and Papua...

By Calvin Prasad in Suva Fiji's Attorney-General and Minister for Finance Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has welcomed the relaxation of requirements for Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF)...

By Ashutosh Singh of Newswire Fiji More assistance from New Zealand is expected to arrive in the country today. This was confirmed by a representative of New...

By Verleshwar Singh and Peni Shute of Newswire Fiji Fiji's Minister for National Disaster Management, Colonel Inia Seruiratu, has lashed out at political parties that...

As aid has started to flow to parts of Fiji left devastated by severe tropical cyclone Winston, the Fiji Times chief editor says that...