Tag: Scholarships

By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland Governor Lukas Enembe of Indonesia's Melanesian province of Papua has expressed support for a call from the Papuan Student Association...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk West Papuan students stranded in Aotearoa New Zealand by an abrupt cancellation of their Indonesian government scholarships earlier this year while...

COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe had an hour-long meeting with Russian Ambassador Lyudmila Vorobyeva, accompanied by the director of the Russian Centre...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Indonesian government has denied claims by an umbrella group representing Papuan students on scholarships abroad that it is “assassinating” the...

By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland Four fresh indigenous Papuan students have graduated with degrees from Aotearoa New Zealand universities in the past few weeks to...

By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland Indigenous Papuan students who are currently studying in New Zealand and Australia have formed an educational association, choosing Waitangi Day...

By Laurens Ikinia As late South African President Nelson Mandela said: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”...

By IndoLeft News/CNN in Jakarta The symbolic handover of money to Indonesia's Finance Ministry Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) to repay scholarship funds received by...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Human rights activist and lawyer Veronica Koman says the Indonesian government has asked her to return scholarship money amounting to 773...

By Michelle Curran in Auckland Ten years ago, Tonga’s Kisione Manu was studying a Bachelor of Science at Palmerston North-based Massey University on a New...

Prime Minister Charlot Salwai, Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Leingkone and Education Minister Jean-Pierre Nirua have visited Noumea within the framework of the regional cooperation...

By Hannah Short Former president of Timor-Leste and Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr José Ramos-Horta praised the educational opportunity being provided for students from his...