Tag: Aid
Thousands still in evacuation centres in Fiji after Tropical Cyclone Yasa
By RNZ Pacific
More than 4000 people are still in evacuation centres in Fiji nearly two weeks after Tropical Cyclone Yasa struck.
Relief supplies are getting...
Pasifika taking up almost $3m NZ state help for covid-19 recovery...
By RNZ Pacific
New Zealand's Minister for Pacific Peoples, 'Aupito William Sio, says a total of 264 groups and individuals have successfully applied for the...
Solomon Islands students help out Fiji victims of TC Harold restore...
By Ben Bilua of Wansolwara News
Solomon Islands students studying at universities in Fiji have braved the rain to donate food, clothing and cash to...
NZ pledges $1m for WHO in coronavirus support to Pacific
Pacific Media Watch
New Zealand is providing NZ$1 million to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Suva, Fiji, to support its Pacific Action Plan for...
Step Up step in right direction, but Australia ‘needs to listen...
By the Vanuatu Daily Post
The Whitlam Institute within Western Sydney University this week launched new policy research into the relationship between Australia and some...
$154m earmarked for development assistance in Fiji
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Fiji expects a total value of Official Development Assistance (ODA) in 2019-2020 to be F$154.4 million, reports FBC News.
According to FBC's...
Solomons PM under pressure to switch allegiance from Taiwan to China
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...
Pacific aid mapping tool aimed at improving transparency in region
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...
NZ must help Solomon Islands tackle unemployment ‘time bomb’, says Clark
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...
Village on the broken mountain – the plight of PNG’s quake-hit...
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...
NZ and Pacific countries contest Asian influence for WHO regional director
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...
Shortwave radio saves lives and foreign aid dollars, says McGarry
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...
Israeli forces blockade the Gaza ‘blockade busters’ – Treen detained
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 meets PNG’s O’Neill, pledging ‘deepening cooperation’
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...
Dan McGarry: Want to lead in the Pacific? Try listening first
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...
Life after the PNG quakes and more really tough decisions ahead
SPECIAL REPORT: Anton Lutz in Mougulu profiles what life is like on the border of Western Province and Hela at the epicentre three weeks...
West Papuans launch quake appeal for survivors in PNG Highlands
A 100 candles vigil was held in the Papuan capital city of Port Numbay (Jayapura) this week and people gathered to raise funds and...
Ardern mission for post-Gita visit to Tonga, Samoa, Niue and Cook...
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...
Indonesian leader meets Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, vows support
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...
Indonesian nun offers lifeline to refugees who fled Timor-Leste
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,...
The world climate leaders’ summit you didn’t hear about
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...
Indonesia must step up over Papuan development, says ELSAM
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...