Tag: Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Movement
Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism
Pacific Media Watch
An interview with former University of the South Pacific (USP) development studies professor Dr Vijay Naidu, a founding president of the Fiji...
Gallery: Peace campaigners and nuclear-free advocates celebrate Peacemonger
Asia Pacific Report
Peace campaigners, activists and Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific stalwarts were among those who gathered in Auckland this evening to celebrate publication of...
Peacemonger – a tribute to peace researcher Owen Wilkes out soon
Raekaihau Press
Owen Wilkes (1940–2005) was known throughout the Pacific and across the world as an outstanding researcher on peace and disarmament.
His work:
• exposed plans...
New book has focus on Pacific activists against militarism, for climate...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
A new Aotearoa New Zealand book focusing on activists and their causes against militarism and for social struggles and climate...
PANG condemns Australia policy for ‘abandoning’ Pacific nuclear-free pact
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Australia needs to be put on notice by Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders over abandoning its commitments under the South Pacific’s...
Nine takeaways from the Mā’ohi Nui Lives Matter solidarity rally in...
By Ena Manuireva and Tony Fala
About 35 people joined an Auckland rally last Sunday in solidarity with a Mā'ohi Nui Lives Matter demonstration by...
NZ nuclear-free activists, campaigners back Tahiti’s Mā’ohi Lives Matter rally
Over the past 50 years, France has continued to deny the tragedies of nuclear testing in French Occupied Polynesia by propagating the theory of...
Hawai’ian sovereignty activist and UH educator Haunani-Kay Trask dies at 71
By Mark Ladao in Honolulu
Dr Haunani-Kay Trask, a Hawai'ian leader and sovereignty activist with a distinguished career as an academic at the University of...
Mā’ohi Nui’s search for nuclear justice – the French ‘reset’ button...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva and Tony Fala
On 27 May 2021, a significant event took place in Rwanda where French President Emmanuel Macron asked...
France denies covering-up deadly nuclear tests in French Polynesia
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The French government has denied any cover-up over radiation levels in the Pacific following its nuclear testing in the region, as...
Papuans join Vanuatu in mourning death of ‘freedom’ Pastor Allen Nafuki
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
West Papuans have joined the people of Vanuatu in mourning the loss of independence and human rights campaigner Pastor Allen Nafuki...
Remembering Nelson Anjain: A champion for nuclear justice in the Pacific
SPECIAL REPORT: By Talei Luscia Mangioni
“I realise now that your entire career is based on our illness. We are far more valuable to you...
From nuclear refugees to climate justice – the Rainbow Warrior legacy
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie, who sailed on the original Rainbow Warrior to Rongelap atoll and is author of the book Eyes of Fire.
Thirty...
Pacific bombs, nuclear weapons and the Rongelap evacuation
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Thirty five years ago this week in another life Pacific Media Centre director Professor David Robie was an environmental journalist on...
Marchers in Tahiti ‘mourn’ French nuclear weapons test legacy
By RNZ Pacific
An estimated 2000 people have joined a march in French Polynesia this week to mark the 53rd anniversary of France's first atomic...
Journalist tells of Rainbow Warrior bombing, Pacific fallout on ABC
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Pacific environmental and political journalist David Robie has recalled the bombing of the original Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior 33 years ago...
Philippine clergy appeal for justice over assassination of retired priest
By InterAksyon with Cris Sansano in Manila
Nueva Ecija priests led by Bishop Robero Mallari are appealing to the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte to...
Pacific’s role and history of nuclear suffering boosted treaty success
ANALYSIS: By Dr Vanessa Griffen
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced earlier this month that the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to ICAN, the International...
Ban the bomb – how NZ’s ordinary ‘Davids’ checked the nuclear...
Pacific Media Watch editor Kendall Hutt's video on the nuclear free law campaign.
Off The Wall: with Padre James Bhagwan in Suva
As we conclude the...
‘We shouldn’t rest on our laurels,’ warn NZ nuclear free activists
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland
As international talks at the United Nations on the ban of nuclear weapons draw closer, New Zealand nuclear free and...
Images: NZ peace activists pay homage to 1987 nuclear-free law campaigners
New Zealand peace activists gathered together at the weekend in Devonport -- home of the country's first "nuclear-free zone" -- to pay homage to...
Asia Pacific Report tribute to Teresia Teaiwa – thanks to Tagata...
Dr Teresia Teaiwa featured in a Tagata Pasifika video when winning the Manukau Institute of Technology Pacific Education Award prize at the SunPix Pacific...