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1. Fiji Media Protected

10 February 2012 3:27pm | Pacific Media Watch

President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau yesterday approved the State Proceedings (Amendment) Decree 2012 , which offers legal immunity to the media when reporting statements made by the Fiji government. This means no media organisation can be held liable ..... More >>

2. Rabuka needs to expose the coup plotters

12 February 2012 3:27pm | Pacific Media Watch

AUCKLAND ( Pacific Scoop / Pacific Media Watch ): Almost 25 years after committing treason by carrying out a military coup against a democraticallyelected government, Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka recently apologised to the Fiji public... More >>

3. Historic WW1 Kiwi Military Records Now Available Online

20 April 2011 5:24pm | Ancestry.com.au

Ancestry.com.au releases over 40 million historic military collections, free to search for a limited time this ANZAC Day Weekend .. More >>

4. SAMOAN MINOANS FROM ANCIENT CRETE: The Origin of Polynesia

01 July 2011 5:20pm | Obed Unasa

One of history's great mysteries that glitter in the realm of the unknown, just beyond the reach of scientific proof, is the origin of Polynesia... More >>

5. Celebrating 50 years of Friendship - samoa2012.co.nz

14 December 2011 1:11pm | Pacific Cooperation Foundation

2012 marks both the 50th anniversary of Samoa's independence and the 50th anniversary of the unique Treaty of Friendship between New Zealand and Samoa. To celebrate these two milestones, a full calendar year of events in Samoa and New Zealand is being ..... More >>

6. Fijians Appeal for Flood Donations

02 February 2012 1:40pm | Fiji Club Of New Zealand

Fiji Club New Zealand (FCNZ) Bringing Communities Together © Thursday, February 2, 2012 "The Fijian communities in New Zealand, Fiji and internationally are vigorously rallying for public appeals as a result of the recent devastating flood in the Western ..... More >>

7. New Zealand Waitangi Day

07 February 2012 9:53am | US State Department

On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I am delighted to send best wishes to the people of New Zealand as you commemorate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, this February 6. This is a time to ..... More >>

8. 2,000 African Communities Abandon Female Genital Mutilation

08 February 2012 2:35pm | UN News

New York, Feb 6 2012 1:10PM A new United Nations report shows that almost 2,000 communities across Africa abandoned female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) last year, prompting calls for a renewed global push to end this harmful practice once and for all. .. More >>

9. Industry Figures Confirm GM Food Is European Commercial Flop

09 February 2012 11:19am | Greenpeace European Unit

Annual industry figures to be released on Tuesday are expected to confirm the commercial failure of genetically modified (GM) food in Europe, said Greenpeace. Only around 0.06% of the EU's agricultural land was used in 2011 to grow GM food, the report ..... More >>

10. David Swanson: The Election We Should Be Following

09 February 2012 12:25pm | David Swanson

For progressives and populists around the country who take an interest in Congressional races there are always a few good challengers we might hope to send to Washington. Incumbents, we assume, can take care of themselves. But in Northern Ohio, redistricting ..... More >>

11. Journalist attacked after reporting on police officers

12 February 2012 4:15pm | IFEX

(IPYS/IFEX) - On 7 February 2012, Oscar David Rodríguez Martínez, a writer for the newspaper "El Sol de los Andes" in Huancayo, was attacked by two individuals who took his documents and his cell phone. The journalist believes the attack is ..... More >>

12. Fiji Newspapers Condemn 'Privileges' For Rebels

14 August 2000 9:30am | Pacific Media Watch - Pasifik Nius

USP Pacific Journalism Online: http://www.usp.ac.fj/journ/ USP Journalism on the Fiji crisis (UTS host): http://www.journalism.uts.edu.au / USP Pasifik Nius stories on Scoop (NZ): http://www.scoop.co.nz/international.htm Have your say: http://www.TheGuestBook.com/vgbook/109497.gbook.. More >>

13. Sun Editor-In-Chief Dies Of Massive Heart Attack

31 July 2003 10:47am | Pacific Media Watch

SUVA (Wansolwara Online/Pacific Media Watch): The Fiji Sun's recently appointed editor-in-chief has died of a massive heart attack at the Suva Private Hospital, Wansolwara Online reports... More >>

14. A cabinet reshuffle takes place in Tonga

17 May 2006 8:32pm | Radio New Zealand International

Tonga's Prime Minister, Feleti Sevele, has announced the appointment of three new ministers and a reshuffle in Ministerial portfolios... More >>

15. Barack Obama: Yes We Can, Thank You New Hampshire

10 January 2008 12:15am | Barack Obama 2008 Campaign

I want to congratulate Senator Clinton on a hard-fought victory here in New Hampshire. A few weeks ago, no one imagined that we'd have accomplished what we did here tonight... More >>

16. UN: Edible Insects Provide Food For Thought

20 February 2008 8:59am | United Nations

19 February 2008 - Experts from around the world have gathered in Chiang Mai, Thailand, at a meeting organized by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to discuss the human consumption of insects, some of which have as much protein as ..... More >>

17. Agreement Reached Over Manihiki Airport

05 April 2009 11:13am | Government Of The Cook Islands

Air Rarotonga managing director Ewan Smith has met with Deputy Prime Minister Sir Terepai Maoate to discuss the outcome of meetings with Manihiki airport landowners. .. More >>

18. Boycott Of Ties With Sri Lanka Will Not Work

15 June 2009 1:13pm | New Zealand Society for Peace Unity and Human Rig

We have seen recent news reports that a section of New Zealand Tamils supporting the international terrorist organization LTTE has suggested that the New Zealand Government should cancel the Black Caps' Sri Lankan cricket tour and should also ..... More >>

19. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center - Bulletin No. 3

30 September 2009 9:43am | Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AMERICAN SAMOA / SAMOA / NIUE / WALLIS-FUTUNA / TOKELAU / COOK ISLANDS / TONGA / TUVALU / KIRIBATI / KERMADEC IS / FIJI / HOWLAND-BAKER / JARVIS IS. / NEW ZEALAND / FR. POLYNESIA / PALMYRA IS. / VANUATU / NAURU / MARSHALL ..... More >>

20. Rally Against Sharia Law, For Human Rights

19 November 2009 12:14pm | Peter Tatchell

Speakers include philosopher AC Grayling, columnist Johann Hari, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, Bangladeshi feminist writer Taslima Nasrin, Southall Black Sisters' Pragna Patel and Women Against Fundamentalism's Rahila Gupta. A full list of speakers, ..... More >>

21. Open Letter to Francis Boyle

01 February 2010 12:35pm | Project Humanbeingsfirst

Subject Re: International Criminal Court Complaint Filed Against Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Tenet, Rice, Gonzales By Prof. Francis A. Boyle .. More >>

22. Ex-pat returns to head NZ aid programme

12 April 2010 2:32pm | NZAID

World Bank senior staffer Amanda Ellis has been appointed to the position of Deputy Secretary - Development in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ministry CEO John Allen announced today... More >>

23. US: Bill to ban the manufacture and export of 1080

02 July 2010 12:05pm | The Graf Boys

Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Congressman John Campbell (R-CA) introduced the Compound 1080 and Sodium Cyanide Elimination Act (H.R.5643) before the U.S. Congess, yesterday (NZ time). .. More >>

24. Tongan Soldiers are going to Afghanistan

31 July 2010 3:22pm | Government of Tonga

Parliament voted unanimously on 27 July to send Tongan soldiers to Afghanistan in response to a request from the British Government. The vote was taken after a lengthy and non-acrimonious debate took place in Parliament following a briefing by a team ..... More >>

25. Documentary on SASR Selection to Air Tonight

07 December 2010 4:54pm | Australian Defence Force

SAS - The Search for Warriors , a documentary about the 2010 Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) selection course, will air for the first time tonight. The two part documentary premiering tonight and on December 14 at 8.30pm on SBS, is an expose ..... More >>

26. WikiLeaks: NZ response to NIE on Iran's nuclear program

10 January 2011 11:27am | Wikileaks

December 4, 2007. DCM met with MFAT Deputy Secretary Alan Williams December 4 to present NIE and talking points per reftel. Williams said that MFAT would immediately prepare a summary for cabinet and the Prime Minister. 2. (S) Williams commented that ..... More >>

27. South African measures to restrict cycad trade inadequate

27 February 2011 12:36pm | TRAFFIC Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network

South Africa, 15thFebruary 2011-A proposal published for public comment could result in trade in eleven species of native cycad trees being brought to a halt by authorities in South Africa, and trade in others restricted. .. More >>

28. Hyundai launches Veloster in Korea

18 March 2011 5:15pm | Hyundai

A sporty new coupe from Hyundai will change the game this year. The three-door Veloster has just been launched in Korea. It's expected in New Zealand late this year. Among its revolutionary design features are one door on the driver's side but two doors ..... More >>

29. Princess Margaret's 'Illegitimate Son' takes UK Government t

04 April 2011 10:19am | Robert Brown

A man said to be the illegitimate son of Princess Margaret is taking the British government to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on the grounds that it is illegally discriminating against women and illegitimate children in the process of ..... More >>

30. Tongan King arrives in London to attend the Royal Wedding

29 April 2011 11:22am | Government of Tonga

His Majesty King George Tupou V arrived safely in London on Sunday 24th April 2011, in order to attend the Marriage of His Royal Highness, Prince William of Wales with Miss Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey on Friday 29th April 2011. .. More >>

31. $50,000 Nonprofit Poetry Competition Seeks World's Best Poem

06 July 2011 2:24pm | Len Epp

A group of leading poets from around the world, including a former UK poet laureate, have joined forces in an historic effort to deliver a major new global poetry prize. .. More >>

32. Tonga Police Commissioner post to be advertised

06 August 2011 4:05pm | Government of Tonga

The Prime Minister, Lord Tu'ivakano was In Audience of His Majesty King George Tupou V yesterday, as part of the Prime Minister's monthly briefing to His Majesty. .. More >>

33. Women and the Arab Spring

04 November 2011 11:37am | US State Department

Tamara C. Wittes Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and Deputy Special Coordinator for Middle East Transitions Senate Foreign Relations Committee .. More >>

34. India: 13-Year-Old Tribal Girl Raped By The Headmaster

10 November 2011 1:01pm | Asian Human Rights Commission

9 November 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------- INDIA: 13-year-old tribal girl raped by the headmaster of her school in Orissa .. More >>

35. Aquaculture Has Great Potential To Reduce Poverty

10 November 2011 2:39pm | UN News

New York, Nov 9 2011 12:10PM More than 50 per cent of the world's food fish will come from aquaculture, making it a crucial method to reduce poverty and combat food insecurity, said a United Nations report released today , while calling for governments ..... More >>

36. Services For Women With Disabilities Needs Improvement

16 November 2011 2:38pm | Fiji Women's Crisis Centre

Women with disabilities are among the most vulnerable when it comes to gender-based violence, yet support services for them in Fiji are severely lacking, a meeting discussing the elimination of violence against women has heard... More >>

37. TPP And US Anti-China Strategy, Conclusions

21 November 2011 10:56am | Professor Jane Kelsey

I argued in Part I that the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) is one limb of an American strategy to secure what US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls "America's Pacific Century". [...] The TPPA is intended to complement America's remilitarisaton in the Asia Pacific by constructing a region-wide legal regime that serves the interests of, and is enforceable by, the US government and its corporations. China will be increasingly isolated, as a critical mass of APEC countries signs on to the "gold standard" deal, and may ultimately subordinate itself to the TPPA's US-designed "international norms". Part II examines three pivotal questions about the execution of that strategy... More >>

38. UN Warning on List of World's Intangible Cultural Heritage

23 November 2011 2:19pm | UN News

The United Nations-managed Intangible Heritage List shines a spotlight on the vast range of global traditions - from Korean dance to French gastronomy to Costa Rican ox-herding - but risks becoming a victim of its own success, a senior United Nations ..... More >>

39. The New 2012 Fiji Tax Policy

28 November 2011 11:32am | Fiji Government

Effective January 1, 2012, the Bainimarama Government will reduce or eliminate taxes for 99.4 percent of taxpayers o The top income tax marginal rate will be cut from 31 percent to an absolute ceiling of 20 percent o RESULT: The Bainimarama Government ..... More >>

40. Assessing Flood-Affected Ayutthaya World Heritage Site

01 December 2011 12:06pm | UNESCO

Bangkok, 30 November 2011 - UNESCO water specialists and experts from four countries are now surveying the Ancient City of Ayutthaya in Thailand to assess the impact to the World Heritage property from the country's most disastrous flooding in decades... More >>

41. Malaysian Top Politician's Family Billions in Illicit Assets

05 December 2011 10:42am | Bruno Manser Fonds

Official documents show that the inner circle of Malaysia's Taib family is linked to over 400 companies in 25 countries and offshore jurisdictions -the Taib family's stake in the net assets of 14 Malaysian companies alone is over 1.46 billion US dollars ..... More >>

42. Boosted Global Efforts Against Malaria Lead To Fewer Deaths

14 December 2011 12:06pm | UN News

The expansion of malaria prevention and control measures have resulted in a decline of more than 25 per cent in the number of deaths caused by the disease in the past decade, and a 33 per cent reduction in mortality rates in Africa, the disease's ..... More >>

43. Michael Reid: 2011 A Year In Review

14 December 2011 1:51pm | Michael Reid

The gallery year started in February with a near sell-out Sarah Field exhibition. The major work - a banquet table of abundant foods made out of human hair - sold to a significant London collector. This exhibition was a major step up for the artist ..... More >>

44. The Cuban Government Should Respect Human Rights Week

15 December 2011 12:11pm | US State Department

We are deeply troubled by reports of increased repression by the Government of Cuba against Cuban citizens peacefully expressing themselves. Of particular concern are reports that government officials and government-organized groups detained, harassed, ..... More >>

45. Canada Withdraws from the Kyoto Convention

19 December 2011 11:17am | Oilprice.com

So, why the abrupt Canadian volte-face? [....] The answer may lie in Canada's far north, in Alberta's massive bitumen tar sands deposits, a resource that Ottawa has been desperate to develop. Since 1997 some of the world's biggest energy producers ..... More >>

46. Samoa: Seventh Day Adventists To Have Two Sabbaths

28 December 2011 8:59pm | Edwin Puni

Seventh Day Adventis In Samoa To Have Two Sabbaths When The International Dateline Change Comes Into Effect .. More >>

47. Interpol replies to Taib arrest call

04 January 2012 12:08pm | Bruno Manser Fonds

The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) says international police action against Malaysian potentate Abdul Taib Mahmud "may be activated only by the decision of the competent domestic authorities" - Malaysian authorities fail to acknowledge ..... More >>

48. Public Order Amendment Decree 2012 Restricts Basic Freedoms

16 January 2012 12:38pm | Citizens Constitutional Forum

The promise to exercise our right to government and free and fair elections will be severely limited if the spectre of suspicion and fear of 2000 continues to determine our vision for a free Fiji. The new Provisions of the "modernized" Public Order ..... More >>

49. Bainimarama "Is Good For Fiji" Says AG

17 January 2012 11:23am | Pacific Media Watch

SUVA ( FijiVillage.com / Pacific Media Watch ): Acting Prime Minister and the Attorney-General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has told an Australian media outlet that the Prime Minister, Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, should run for prime minister in the 2014 elections ..... More >>