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Former Fiji PM Bainimarama and suspended police chief charged
RNZ Pacific Fiji’s top prosecutor has sanctioned charges of abuse of office against former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama and the suspended Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho. In a statement today,...
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Hostage NZ pilot appears in new Papuan rebel video amid ‘don’t work here’...
Asia Pacific Report The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) has released a new video about New Zealand hostage pilot Philip Mehrtens and a Papuan news organisation, Jubi TV, has featured it on...
View ArticleUSP still the ‘bedrock’ for Pacific regionalism, says university chief
The Fiji Times “The University of the South Pacific (USP) has been and continues to be a bedrock for regionalism. A resource owned by the region; for the region and a precious institution that needs to...
View ArticlePNG contractors plead for government to pay up after 12-year wait
By Todagia Kelola in Port Moresby A number of small contractors in Papua New Guinea are still waiting for positive feedback for money owed to them by government agencies after 12 years. A 2015...
View Article‘Big picture vision’ conversations missing in Pacific, says Aqorau
By Giff Johnson in Majuro Big picture conversations about the future of the Pacific islands should be happening, but they are not, says one of the region’s foremost commentators in an interview...
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NZ universities are not normal Crown institutions – they shouldn’t be...
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O’Sullivan, Charles Sturt University As part of its aspiration to be “Tiriti-led”, the University of Otago has embarked on a consultation process to re-brand. The proposed change...
View ArticleAustralian advocacy group condemns Indonesian crackdown on Papuan ‘democracy’...
Asia Pacific Report The Australia West Papua Association has condemned an Indonesian crackdown on a peaceful Papua self-determination rally in Bali at the weekend after a militant nationalist group...
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‘Frustrated’ USP law students were catalyst for landmark UN climate vote
By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva There was euphoria at the campus of the University of the South Pacific (USP) in Suva in Fiji last Thursday when news came from New York that a historic resolution on...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea: ‘My education journey from Jiwaka to UPNG’
By Robert Mek I was born in Gulka (Kimil), one of the remotest villages in Papua New Guinea’s Jiwaka province. Gulka is situated between Jiwaka and Western Highlands province, so as I grew up I learned...
View ArticleNZ pledges almost $36m to USP — signs 10 year partnership
By Rashika Kumar in Suva The New Zealand government has reaffirmed its 55-year partnership with the regional University of the South Pacific and will contribute NZ$35.8 million to the institution in...
View ArticleUniversity security guard graduates at UPNG with BA degree
By Marcia Negri in Port Moresby The arena was filled with applauses and whistles when Fidelis Kamsnok walked up to the podium to receive his degree at the University of Papua New Guinea’s 68th...
View ArticlePNG’s national university eyes ‘global’ ties with China
By Dylan Murray in Port Moresby University of Papua New Guinea chancellor Robert Igara says his administration is in talks with the Chinese Embassy to establish a relationship with a Chinese...
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Rotuman communities in NZ celebrate their language week 2023
Asia Pacific Report Rotuman people and communities in Aotearoa New Zealand launched their Rotuman Language Week 2023 celebrations yesterday. The event by the NZ Rotuman Collective began with a blessing...
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‘We’re not primitives’ says UPNG student protest over foreign minister’s...
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Students at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) marched to Parliament House in in the capital Port Moresby today in protest over offensive comments...
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Human rights arguments have lost credibility over double standards
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva At a time when the West has weaponised human rights, the United Nations body that promotes freedom of expression needs to rethink what it means. Every year...
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7000 protesters demand funding for Catholic schools in New Caledonia
RNZ Pacific Thousands of people have marched in Noumea protesting in support of New Caledonia’s Catholic schools, which are struggling to keep operating. An estimated 7000 people went to the seat of...
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Budget 2023: NZ’s climate and science sectors react to wins and losses
RNZ News Prominent environmental groups in Aotearoa New Zealand are less than impressed with what they describe as underwhelming budget investments in climate, but an expert says the government has...
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‘There must be clarity’– PNG students protest over US defence deal
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent, and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist University students in Papua New Guinea are protesting against the signing of a defence cooperation agreement with...
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UPNG student protesters call for ‘transparency’ over US defence pact
By Stella Martin and Rose Amos in Port Moresby Thousands of students at the University of Papua New Guinea staged a protest at the Waigani campus Forum Square today against the US-PNG Defence...
View ArticleMemories of war haunt ‘slippery slope’ to a militarised Pacific
ANALYSIS: By Barbara Dreaver in Port Moresby When I was growing up in Kiribati, then known as the Gilbert Islands, New Zealand divers came to safely detonate unexploded munitions from World War II....
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