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PORT MORESBY (ULMWP/Pacific Media Watch): The Solomon Islands Special Envoy on West Papua, Mathew Wale, today cautiously welcomed the decision by the Pacific Islands Forum leaders to take forward a request to the Indonesia government on a fact finding mission on human rights.

AUCKLAND (Pacific Scoop/Pacific Media Watch): Fifty six representatives from 19 different countries around the Pacific region took part in the Future Leaders of the Pacific conference last week in Auckland, where social entrepreneurship was the key theme.

Alistar Kata’s video report from the “Live the Dream” conference. Video: PMC Pacific Scoop: Report – By Alistar Kata of Pacific Media Watch Fifty six representatives from 19 different countries around the Pacific region took part in the Future Leaders of the Pacific conference last week in Auckland, where social entrepreneurship was the key theme. […]

Column Afro-Middle East Centre Brief No. 12/2015 The refugee crisis currently affecting Europe has elicited comparisons to the refugee crisis resulting from the Second World War. This comparison, while worthwhile insofar as it has helped mobilise sections of the European community to assist the refugees, misses a key point: the Middle East and African regions […]

Felix Marwick
OPINION: PORT MORESBY (Newstalk ZB/Pacific Media Watch): It has to be said dire warnings were issued to the Kiwi media contingent ahead of the trip to this year’s Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Papua New Guinea.

On July 14th the Obama Administration announced that an agreement (known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA) had been reached with the Iranians regarding their nuclear programme. It was sold heavily by Secretary of State John Kerry and President Obama as a good deal that will constrain Iran’s nuclear ambition and bring […]

RESEND: Government tells investors IRD has no resources to fix unfair tax on demerger shares

NZ government tells investors IRD has no resources to fix unfair tax on demerger shares

Bettylyn Matakitoga
SUVA (The Fiji Times/Pacific Media Watch): Working in the Fijian me­dia has been an exciting journey of challenges and realisations for two overseas student journalists in the country for two weeks.

The Dom Post editorial: Now we’re fighting about whether the Red Peak flag should join the final four for the referendum later this year. And it obviously should. The Flag Consideration Panel botched its job and ended up with three fern designs and a koru. What sort of choice is that? The Red Peak movement […]

Leading NZ scientist says “we’ve certainly gone too far” with our cleanliness obsession and science has proved that it’s causing higher allergy and asthma rates

Stephen, Glenn and Greg Davies are missing their treasured father and grandfather of three granddaughters, 74 year-old William (Bill) Davies, who was last seen three days after Father’s Day on Wednesday September 9 at his Albany rest home.

The Public Service Association (PSA) says it is fitting that the inaugural Margaret Long Memorial Lecture, given by Labour leader Andrew Little, is on the subject of equal pay.

New Green MP wants to improve party’s connection with Maori, saying it traditionally hasn’t had a strong presence in Maori communities Wants “every decision we make” to “put children front and centre”. Opposed to any new mining, but says transition ...

Patrick Gower: Steve Hansen, thank you for joining us. Steve Hansen: A pleasure. The All Blacks – a great team, a great history, a great heritage. I want to ask you first what, in your opinion, makes the All Blacks the All Blacks? Well, a lot ...

Sept. 12 (BusinessDesk) - The high level of debt carried by Fonterra Cooperative Group and dairy farms is a major concern for the New Zealand economy, said speakers at the annual Shareholders Association conference.

Stuff reports: A group of growers and farmers, who have been campaigning under the Pure Hawke’s Bay banner for a GM ban in the region, say the council’s move should result in a “major economic opportunity” because of the premium global markets place on unmodified food. The council – Hawke’s Bay’s largest territorial authority, responsible for […]

In the latest saga that the issue of transport in East Auckland, the local MPs are calling for some of the roads to be turned into State Highways.

After three years of falling PC sales computer makers hope Microsoft and Intel can revive a flagging industry.  PC sales hit saturation point two or three years ago. Analysts knew demand would fall, but the drop was worse than expected. Some thought replacement sales would keep the market ticking over. It didn’t happen. Business users […]

The New Zealand Air Line Pilots' Association is pleased with The Court of Appeal decision that has agreed a New Zealand pilot,employed by Jetstar, should be able to take adequate meal and rest breaks because he is not subject to Australian aviation ...

Philip Matthews writes in Stuff: It was a Monday morning much like any other. There were jokes to make, news stories to mock, zingers to zing. Twitter was ticking over as it should, running as an infernal engine of bad humour and good information. And then it all went horribly wrong. I blame the Wiggles. […]

The Bream Head success stories keep on coming with the Bream Head Conservation Trust this week announcing the exciting discovery of nesting grey-faced petrels on the rocky cliffs of Whangarei’s Bream Head Scenic Reserve.

Canterbury Police are appealing for any witnesses to a crash that occurred on Ryans Road Yaldhurst near Pound Rd today to contact them.

The Native Forest Restoration Trust today announced the purchase of its second South Island reserve. The Trust’s latest acquisition, situated above Akaroa at the top of the Grehan Valley on Banks Peninsula, takes the Trust’s total number of reserves ...