Tag: Deportation

RNZ Pacific New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today delivered the government's apology for the Dawn Raids against Pasifika overstayers. She apologised for the raids in...

RNZ Pacific Today marks 50 years to the day that six Pacific Islanders grouped together in central Auckland to form the Polynesian Panther Party. The party...

By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ News Pacific correspondent As the New Zealand government confirmed it would apologise for the 1970s Dawn Raids against Pacific Islanders, memories...

By Achmad Nasrudin Yahya in Jakarta The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) is calling in a pledge made by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in 2015...

By Soli Wilson of the Samoa Observer The deported vice-chancellor of the University of the South Pacific has told the Samoa Observer that his future...

RNZ Pacific Deported Canadian academic Professor Pal Ahluwalia is still vice-chancellor and president of the University of the South Pacific, says chancellor Lionel Aingimea. Professor Ahluwalia...

By Charlie Dreaver, RNZ News political reporter The New Zealand Children's Commissioner is even more concerned about the deportation of a 15-year-old from Australia, now...

RNZ News Australia is facing condemnation from National and Green Party MPs over the deportation of a 15-year-old boy to New Zealand. Little detail has been...

ANALYSIS: By Tony Fala The arrest, detention, and deportation of University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor Pal Ahluwalia and his wife are significant issues for...

COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis Last month, I wrote on Facebook that the resumption of my blog Grubsheet for 2021 was being postponed out of consideration...

ANALYSIS: By Biman Chand Prasad in  Suva The whistleblowing vice-chancellor at the University of the South Pacific (USP), Professor Pal Ahluwalia, has described the illegal...

REFLECTIONS: By Robbie Robertson and Akosita Tamanisau in Melbourne The pictures of Professor Pal Ahluwalia, the vice-chancellor of the University of the South Pacific...

By Dominic Godfrey, RNZ Pacific journalist Samoa's prime minister has gone public with his desire to "rehouse" the University of the South Pacific (USP) in...

By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva There is no saga at the University of the South Pacific, claims Fiji's Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. “There is no saga, there...

By RNZ Pacific There are signs Fiji's deportation of the University of the South Pacific (USP) vice-chancellor was engineered to avoid his contract being given...

By RNZ Pacific The Speaker of Fiji's Parliament has rejected calls from the opposition to debate the controversial deportation of the University of the South...

By Samisoni Pareti in Suva Documents tabled at last week's special council meeting of the University of the South Pacific suggest that plans to amend...

OPEN LETTER: By USP staff, alumni and students Vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia has only been at the University of the South Pacific (USP) for three...

ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Pryke in Sydney After a divisive marathon meeting into the early hours of Thursday, Pacific leaders have emerged with a new Secretary-General...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Pacific Islands Forum chair Kausea Natano has described the University of the South Pacific as a "shining example of regionalism" and...

By PACNEWS/ABC The deported head of the University of the South Pacific, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, says his expulsion from Fiji is “a classic case of...

By Wansolwara staff Staff, students and alumni of the University of the South Pacific have called on the Fiji government to immediately reinstate the work...