Owen Wilkes dead since 2005 – but SIS still won’t release his personal file
By Murray Horton, editor of Foreign Control Watchdog
New Zealand's globally renowned peace researcher Owen Wilkes has been dead since 2005, but he is still...
USAID launches ‘reinvigorated’ Pacific mission to help sustainability goals
By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva
The United States government’s overseas development aid arm US Agency for International Development (USAID) opened two new offices in Papua...
Creating ‘sponge cities’ to cope with more rainfall needn’t cost billions – but NZ has to start now
ANALYSIS: By Timothy Welch
Tune into news from about any part of the planet, and there will likely be a headline about extreme weather. While...
West Papua high on agenda as MSG leaders set to convene in Port Vila
By Kelvin Anthony
The Pacific region’s focus will shift briefly to Port Vila next week when Vanuatu hosts the heads of governments from Fiji, Papua...
NZ’s Western Bay of Plenty councillors vote for Māori wards – ‘a momentous day’
By Alisha Evans
After a 12-year fight, mana whenua will get a seat at the table after the Western Bay of Plenty District Council has...
Native Hawai’ian official blames wildfires on colonisation, climate change
RNZ Pacific
The board chair of the Office of Hawai’ian Affairs says the Maui wildfires were caused in part by climate change and colonisation.
Carmen Lindsey...