Papuan church leaders call on Jokowi to stop military ops over NZ pilot
Jubi News in Jayapura
Church leaders across denominations in Papua have urged President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to stop military operations and to promote a humanitarian...
PNG authorities try to quell unrest after 16 prisoners on run shot dead
RNZ Pacific
A curfew has been imposed in part of Papua New Guinea and extra police have been moved in to quell unrest over the...
Rich-lister supports NZ capital gains tax as new research opens fresh debate
By Anneke Smith
One of New Zealand’s wealthiest people says he supports a capital gains tax, as new research lays the groundwork for a fresh...
‘I’m alive, healthy . . . stop the bombs,’ says kidnapped NZ pilot in new West Papua video
RNZ Pacific
New Zealand hostage Phillip Mehrtens, who is being held by pro-independence fighters in West Papua, appears well in a newly-released video.
It comes as...
Decolonisation tensions rise in New Caledonia as Kanaks accuse France of opposing ‘wind of history’
By Walter Zweifel
New Caledonia’s largest pro-independence party has been told that France is “panicking” and afraid of losing New Caledonia.
The head of the Caledonian...
Less than illustrious: remembering the Anzacs means also not forgetting some committed war crimes
ANALYSIS: By Jeffrey McNeill
It was observed that the English had slain wounded and captured German prisoners.
So reads a disturbing war diary entry of...