Latest Okinawan Island Studies journal features social justice activism and advocacy
Asia Pacific Report
A new edition of the Okinawan Journal of Island Studies features social justice island activism, including a case study of Aotearoa New...
NZ’s Media Freedom Council slams mayor Brown’s ban attempt as ‘insult to voters’
RNZ News
New Zealand’s Media Freedom Council has called Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s exclusion of some media outlets from his budget speech today “unacceptable”.
In an...
Duncan Graham: Compromise worked in Aceh – why not West Papua?
There are parallels between Indonesia’s Aceh where an Australian surfer faced a flogging, and West Papua where a New Zealand pilot may be facing...
2000 Fiji coup leader George Speight applies for presidential pardon
By Vijay Narayan in Suva
Fiji’s 2000 coup leader George Speight, who has been serving time in prison for more than 20 years, has applied...
Claims of ‘issues, concerns and breaches’ emerge at USP
By Kelvin Anthony
A leaked document authored by a recently recruited senior University of the South Pacific academic has again put a spotlight on the...
Kanaky New Caledonia’s FLNKS wants ICJ advice on contested vote
By Walter Zweifel
New Caledonia’s pro-independence FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front) says the advice of the International Court of Justice is being sought...