Sunday, February 19, 2012
Afghanistan's mineral wealth has long been seen as a potential source of income that could sustain the troubled nation after US-led international forces withdraw in 2014. Afghanistan has massive bills to pay...
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Mark Pearson: ANALYSIS: The international media freedom group Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF – Reporters Without Borders) has released its 2011-12 World Press Freedom Index and Australia has slipped 12...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Ben Bohane ANALYSIS: Papua New Guinea’s power struggle appears locked in political combat, with an old Sepik strongman trying to claw back power from a new generation Highlander who made a pre-emptive raid on...
Monday, February 6, 2012
Clive Hamilton ANALYSIS: If Gina Rinehart succeeds in getting a controlling interest in Fairfax Media, the only competition to the Murdoch stable of newspapers in Australia - and the largest media group in New Zealand,...
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Peter Thompson: ANALYSIS: Christmas may be over, but the commercial humbug surrounding the future of public broadcasting has continued unabated. Policymakers and the mainstream media have been Scrooge-like in their...
Friday, January 20, 2012
Linda Clark ANALYSIS: Opening the first public session of the inquiry into the culture and ethics of the British press, Lord Justice Leveson said that at the inquiry's heart was one simple question: "Who guards...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Nigel Moffiet: ANALYSIS: Reported incidents of human rights abuses inflicted on the West Papuan people at the mercy of the Indonesian military includes widespread violence, killings, torture, disappearance, rape, sexual...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Thaku Ranjit Singh OPINION: On 15 December 2011, I graduated with a Masters in Communication Studies (MCS) from Auckland University of Technology. My thesis was based on research into George Speight’s coup of 2000...
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Rowan Callick: Papua New Guinea plunged into a constitutional crisis yesterday as Peter O’Neill, rejecting a Supreme Court ruling that removed him as prime minister, occupied the government benches in Parliament...
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Dr Wadan Narsey OPINION: Fiji's illegal President has now signed the unlawful Fiji National Provident Fund Transition Decree which trashes lawful contracts between the FNPF and pensioners, takes away their basic...
Thursday, December 1, 2011
OPINION: Indigenous Papuans describe their plight as slow genocide and Maire Leadbeater says it is time New Zealand stood up for their human rights. As December 1 approaches, there is always apprehension in Indonesian-...
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Michael Holtz: Overall, Indonesia has made great strides in democracy and human rights since Suharto's day. Sweeping reforms have freed up the media, wiped repressive laws off the books and led to the direct...
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Padre James Bhagwan OPINION: With Fiji about to get its next "free-to-air" television channel, the hype of who has the best coverage, programmes, and presenters is bound to intensify as the broadcast war...
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson: REVIEW: The Orator is poignant, it forces the audience to contemplate the not so Paradisal image of Samoa, and ultimately it brings out the natural acting talents of our people and it...
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Kim Austin: SPECIAL REPORT: Although there has been much talk about the problem of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the Pacific over recent months, anti-landmine campaigners are worried the New Zealand government may be...
