Articles

Did NZ’s Prime Minister just commit treason? PM ignores terrorist attack on his own citizens

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle “Whoever uses a citizen ill, indirectly offends the state, which is bound to protect this citizen; and the sovereign should avenge his wrongs, punish the aggressor,...

‘They threatened to kill us at gunpoint,’ says NZ Gaza flotilla activist

By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report A New Zealander who took part in the global flotilla trying...

‘We’re under attack!’ – the night the Israelis struck the Global Sumud Flotilla

SPECIAL REPORT:  By Eugene Doyle New Zealander Jay O’Connor had finished a long but satisfying day as a crew...

Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats and court summons

By Khalia Strong of PMN News Fiji has shot up the world rankings for press freedom but the victory...

Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal attack

POLITICAL CARTOONS: By Campion Ohasio My name is Campion Ohasio, and I am currently the only political cartoonist in...

Vanuatu – West Papua – MSG: An epic saga of messianic hope, betrayal, tragedy and resurrection

SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya The name Vanuatu has taken on a sacred significance in Papuan liberation consciousness. The Free Papua Movement (OPM) elders ignited this...

Anti-nuclear movements need to return to table, says FANG activist

By Rachael Nath Securing a nuclear-free region has been a long battle for the Pacific. After the Second World War, the United States, along with its...

Congressmen angry that Bikini islanders’ nuclear trust fund may have been ‘squandered’

By Giff Johnson in Majuro Following widespread media coverage of the collapse of what was a more than US$70 million trust fund for Bikini islanders...

Japan’s Fukushima nuclear waste plan stirs ‘Pacific Chernobyl’ risk protests

By Peter Boyle in Sydney As Pacific communities protest the Japanese government’s plan to dump more than a million tonnes of radioactive waste water from...

‘We chose death over being raped’ – PNG kidnap survivor speaks out

By Don Wiseman and Scott Waide A woman who was part of a group kidnapped in Papua New Guinea in February has spoken out after...

French nuclear testing fallout in Pacific still affecting NZ men decades later

By Jimmy Ellingham Fifty years ago 242 men left New Zealand on a mission to Moruroa Atoll in French Polynesia. The crew of HMNZS Otago, and...