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...