A knife-edge election in Fiji sees power shift – and a chance to bring back real democracy
ANALYSIS: By Steven Ratuva, University of Canterbury
When the final election results were announced around 4pm on Sunday, many Fijians, at home and around the...
Yamin Kogoya: While West Papuans face an ‘existential threat’ under Indonesia, PNG plans defence pact with Jakarta
ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya
“We are part of them and they are part of us,” declared politician Augustine Rapa, founder and president of the PNG...
Showdown between two former coup leaders in fight for Fiji’s democracy
By Ravindra Singh Prasad in Suva
It is an ironic fact in Fiji, a multiethnic Pacific nation of under one million people, that coups don’t...
Fate of NZ research centre highlights university ‘blindness’, media freedom
SPECIAL REPORT: By Dr Lee Duffield
The launch of a New Zealand project to produce more Pacific news and provide a “voice for the voiceless”...
‘It’s time to be the crowd’, Knitting Nannas tell protest against jailing of climate activist
SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is pleased that a Sydney magistrate jailed protester Deanna “Violet” Coco on Friday. But he is...
As Fiji prepares to vote, democracy could already be the loser
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O’Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
When Fijians elect a new Parliament on December 14, it is likely their votes will be counted fairly...