Articles

David Robie: Decolonisation, the climate crisis, and improving media education in the Pacific

PROFILE: By Mong Palatino Global Voices has interviewed veteran Aotearoa New Zealand writer and educator David Robie who discussed the state of Pacific media, journalism education, and the role of...

Saige England: We need to write about wrongs, read about wrongs – and be active about those wrongs

COMMENTARY: By Saige England Being passive must come after being passionate and active. Some know this. Some don't. So many people...

‘You’re a liar!’ NZ foreign minister Peters insults Gaza flotilla torture survivor in Parliament

SPECIAL REPORT: By Eugene Doyle Something significant and revelatory just happened in the New Zealand Parliament. I was present...

Ben Bohane: Umaenupne and Umaeneg – isles of the Resting God

In the great expanse of oceans, a number of small, remote islands are having their moment in the...

Jonathan Cook: Israeli claims about an Iran ‘threat’ were always a lie. Now we have proof

It isn’t Tehran led by unhinged, genocidal megalomaniacs threatening the security of the region and the world. It...

Rainbow Warrior sails Pacific seeking evidence for World Court climate case

By Sera Sefeti in Suva International environmental campaign group Greenpeace’s flagship Rainbow Warrior is currently sailing across the Pacific, calling at ports and collecting evidence...

West Papuan solidarity group condemns arrest of 21 activists protesting 1962 ‘tragedy’

Asia Pacific Report An Australian West Papuan solidarity group has condemned the reported arrest of 21 activists protesting in Jayapura over a “tragic day in...

Out of the shadows: why making NZ’s security threat assessment public is timely

ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie The release of the threat assessment by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) this week is the final piece in...

‘Everyone was in panic mode’: Lāhainā resident tells of wildfire escape

By Finau Fonua The death toll from the devastating wildfire that engulfed the historic beachside town of Lāhainā on the island of Maui in Hawai’i,...

Rabuka, PIF ‘undermine credibility’ of Pacific experts over Japan’s nuclear waste dumping plan

By Aralai Vosayaco in Suva The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) is disappointed with the Fiji government and Pacific Islands Forum’s endorsement of the Japanese...

Indonesian media ‘favours state voice’ on West Papua, PJR research finds

By Kelvin Anthony News media in Indonesia act as “government loudspeakers” by advancing a one-sided narrative regarding the conflict in West Papua, a new study...