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...
Anger over failure of sirens to go off as wildfire swept through Lāhainā
By Finau Fonua
As recovery and humanitarian efforts ramp up in Hawai’i’s Maui to help evacuees from the town of Lāhainā, there is frustration among...
‘Harrowing’ details of Indonesian crackdown on Papuan villages exposed by new report
Asia Pacific Report
A chilling new report by a German-based human rights watchdog has exposed indiscriminate attacks by Indonesian security forces on indigenous West Papuan...