Tag: Australia
PNG’s Marape on the Mt Bosavi hostages: ‘Free them all’
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
Prime Minister James Marape has urged armed captors to free the remaining four hostages which includes an Australian-based New...
Priority with ‘greedy’ kidnappers is to return captives to families, says...
PNG Post-Courier
As day five dawned in Papua New Guinea's kidnapping drama, the family of one of the four hostages captives -- one of three...
Failure to free PNG hostages could cost captors ‘their lives’, ...
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinean security forces have been authorised to use the full force of the law to secure the four captives being held...
Why a NZ pilot is a pawn in the West Papua...
ANALYSIS: By Camellia Webb-Gannon, University of Wollongong
“Phil Mehrtens is the nicest guy, he genuinely is -- no one ever had anything bad to say...
‘Lots of information isn’t secret, it’s just hard to find’ –...
BOOK CHAPTER: By Nicky Hager
Whistleblower Owen Wilkes was a tireless and formidable researcher for the Pacific, peace and disarmament. Before the internet, he combed...
Marape blasts foreign media, claiming ‘fake news’ on mining conference
The Sunday Bulletin
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape says it is very disappointing that foreign-owned media in the country continue to run “fake...
As Fiji prepares to vote, democracy could already be the loser
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
When Fijians elect a new parliament on December 14, it is likely their votes will be counted fairly...
Oceania Indigenous ‘guardians’ call for self-determination on West Papua day
OPEN LETTER: The Ōtepoti Declaration by the Indigenous Caucus of the Nuclear Connections Across Oceania Conference
On the 61st anniversary of the first raising of...
China’s influence in Myanmar could tip the scales towards war in...
ANALYSIS: By Htwe Htwe Thein, Curtin University
The fate of Myanmar has major implications for a free and open Indo-Pacific.
An undemocratic Myanmar serves no one’s...
Black Ferns: a new dawn for global women’s rugby
ANALYSIS: By Jamie Wall, RNZ sports writer
The Blacks Ferns 41-17 win over the Wallaroos on the field at Auckland's Eden Park last night was...
Solomon Islands marking 80 years of WWII Battle of Guadalcanal
RNZ Pacific
Senior government and military leaders from the United States, New Zealand, Australia and Japan are in Honiara to mark the 80th anniversary of...
Censoring SIBC an ‘assault on media freedom’ in Solomons, says IFJ
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the censoring of the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) as an "assault...
Advocacy group condemns failure to address West Papua at Pacific Forum
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) has condemned the absence of West Papua in last week's Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) official...
Pacific leaders call on world to take urgent climate action for...
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva
Climate change remains the single greatest existential threat facing the Blue Pacific, as leaders concluded the biggest diplomatic regional meeting...
Climate crisis top Pacific agenda item and it’s a security issue,...
RNZ News
Addressing media on developments at the Pacific Islands Forum in Suva, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says making sure the region is investing now...
Pacific Islands Forum ‘on course’ as China issue casts shadow
By Wata Shaw in Suva
Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama opened the 51st Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting yesterday by saying it was setting the...
Empty seats mark first Pacific Islands Forum summit meeting
RNZ Pacific
Seats were glaringly empty at the Pacific Islands Forum summit in Suva this morning as Pacific leaders sat down to the first formal...
Jacinda Ardern first New Zealander to be invited to speak at...
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is expected to participate in the upcoming NATO Leaders Summit, becoming the first New...
Ardern spurns National’s plans on curbing NZ violent gang behaviour
RNZ News
The New Zealand government is considering more action to crack down on violent gang behaviour but has dismissed the idea of a ban...
‘We can learn from Chinese diplomacy’, says Māori Pati critic of...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Newly elected Māori Pati president and columnist John Tamihere has launched a blistering criticism of New Zealand’s negative media attitude to...
To meet the Chinese challenge in the Pacific, NZ needs to...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
This week’s White House meeting between NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and US President Joe Biden reflected a...
China’s whirlwind Pacific tour a slight success with several signed deals
ANALYSIS: By the RNZ Pacific editorial team
China has been successful in signing multiple bilateral agreements with almost a dozen Pacific Island nations during its...