Tag: New Zealand
Pacific councillors offer passionate defence of Auckland city’s assets in budget dilemma
Local Democracy reporter Kim Meredith reflects on her observations from Auckland Council’s two-day annual budget meeting last week. Following drawn out debate and Mayor...
Hipkins grants Fiji $11m in climate crisis aid as Rabuka renews NZ links
By RNZ reporters and Rachael Nath of RNZ Pacific
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka was welcomed to the New Zealand Parliament yesterday while on his...
Slow down Simeon Brown – NZ bilingual traffic signs aren’t an accident waiting to happen
ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw
When New Zealand’s opposition National Party’s transport spokesperson, Simeon Brown, questioned the logic of bilingual traffic signs, he seemed to echo...
Academic ‘tsunami’ at USP shakes regional Pacific institution to core
COMMENT: By Michael Field
An alleged bizarre swinging punch towards an academic from a senior management figure at the top of the University of the...
OPM call for PNG’s James Marape as negotiator for NZ pilot’s safe passage
Asia Pacific Report
Free Papua Organisation (OPM) leader Jeffrey Bomanak has appealed for Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape to become a “neutral intermediary”...
Author-poet condemns Papuan rebel threat to shoot NZ hostage pilot if denied talks
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian author-poet and advocate for West Papuan independence has condemned a reported threat against the life of a New Zealand hostage...