Tag: PIF
MSG backing Kanak independence ‘on the quiet’, says campaigner
By RNZ Pacific
A leading New Caledonian pro-independence politician, Victor Tutugoro, says governments of Melanesian countries have quietly supported the New Caledonian independence cause.
Tutugoro, second...
Memo NZ: ‘Get on the right side of history’ over West...
Vanuatu says New Zealand should get on the right side of history and support West Papuan self-determination. However, reports James Halpin of Asia Pacific...
TVNZ Pacific reporter released after being detained in Nauru
Television New Zealand Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver tells media of her three-hour detention by Nauru police after interviewing a refugee today. She was stripped...
NZ Pacific journalists ‘appalled’ by Nauru ban on ABC at Forum
The ABC has a reputation for vigorous reporting of Pacific issues, including human rights violations at the Australian-established Nauru detention centre for asylum seekers....
Oxfam slams NZ’s Pacific climate funds – too ‘business focused’
Oxfam New Zealand says the Government's finance towards Pacific climate change is business focused and does not benefit families in need.
Rachael Le Mesurier, Oxfam...
Air Niugini operates special ‘hub’ flight services to FSM
The government of the Federated States of Micronesia has thanked Papua New Guinea for connecting both countries through air services that are being operated...
Regional fisheries, climate change, disaster risk management top Forum agenda
Increasing the economic returns of regional fisheries, and responding to the effects of climate change and disaster risk management are two priority issues that...
Herman Wainggai: 14 years on, nothing has changed for West Papua
OPINION: By Herman Wainggai
In 2002, West Papuan leaders and I traveled to Fiji to urge leaders of the PIF to support West Papua.
I also...
COP21: Forum’s Meg Taylor makes Pacific video plea to world leaders
Report by Vuniwaqa Bola-Bari
Pacific Ocean Commissioner Dame Meg Taylor has called on world leaders meeting in Paris to protect the Pacific region and the...