AUCKLAND (Asia-Pacific Human Rights Coalition/Pacific Media Watch): Three Auckland-based refugee advocates have given a hopeful view of improved human rights in Burma following Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) landslide elections victory last month.
It was the country's first national vote since a nominally civilian government was introduced in 2011, ending nearly 50 years of military rule.
Press Release – NZUSA Student leaders from across Wellington will hold a silent protest on Sunday as student debt sets to reach $15 billion in February. 15 students will stand in front of the Hunter Building at Victoria University with 15 balls and chains symbolising the $15 billion debt mountain. Each ball will feature the […]
News from Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter It’s been a busy period for the Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter with over a dozen missions in the last 12 days. Fri 11 An early evening Police search and rescue mission into the Tararua Ranges for a missing female tramper, who was found alive and well. Thur 10 A […]
PORT MORESBY: (PNG Today/Pacific Media Watch): The Media Council of Papua New Guinea has expressed grave concerns at plans by the government to set up a Media Appeals Tribunal.
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Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Press Release The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine mourns our martyred comrade, Malek Akram Shahin, 19, killed at dawn on December 8 by heavily armed occupation forces who invaded Dheisheh refugee camp, violently attacking the Palestinian refugees in the camp. The occupation military forces killed Comrade […]
Letter Committee for the Protection of Journalists December 10, 2015 Prosecutor General Nabil Sadiq Office of the Public Prosecutor High Court of Justice Al Esa’af Square Cairo, Arab Republic of Egypt Via facsimile: +2 5774716/02 Via email: pgoare@gmail.com Dear Prosecutor General Nabil Sadiq, The Committee to Protect Journalists, an international press freedom organization, is writing […]
By an incredibly narrow margin the black, white and blue silver fern has beaten out the red, white and blue design. Turnout was 48.2% and of the 1,527,042 votes received there were 148,022 informals. The first round of counting saw: Red, white, blue fern 41.7% Black, white, blue fern 40.2% Red Peak 8.7% Black & white […]
The Electoral Commission has released the preliminary result for the first referendum on the New Zealand Flag. The referendum asked the question:
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Emergency services are currently at the scene of a crash on State Highway 1 near the Dunedin.
Te Whanau o Hato Petera Trust is disappointed that the Auckland Catholic Diocese released a statement on Tuesday 8 December 2015 claiming the trust is not legally constituted. “Te Whanau o Hato Petera Trust is a fully constituted entity with ...
Pacific Scoop: Report – By Samisoni Pareti in Paris On the eve of the conclusion in Paris of negotiations for a new global agreement on climate change, ministers of the Pacific are digging in on their red line positions of 1.5 degree target and a stand-alone loss and damage mechanism. Aides to Pacific ministers who […]
A group of male volunteers were welcomed into the Wellington Women's Boarding House for the first time.
Former director of MediaWeb Limited (MediaWeb), Victor John Clarke, has been sentenced in the Auckland District Court today to three years’ imprisonment.
The managers of high country Flock Hill Station and angling organisations have joined forces to protect a salmon spawning stream flowing from Lake Pearson into the Waimakariri River.
November was highest month in 2015 for million dollar house sales in Hamilton Hamilton, New Zealand – Lodge Real Estate’s managing director Jeremy O’Rourke, today said six (6) houses sold above the million dollar mark in Hamilton during the month ...
Police are awaiting updates on their conditions, but the injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
Stuff reports: Australian Labor leader Bill Shorten has been forced to apologise after he was caught on camera using his phone while driving. The opposition leader was filmed using his phone while driving at 40kmh on Melbourne’s Kings Way in a white 4WD. Texting while driving at 40 km/hr is not a good idea. In […]
Federated Farmers welcomes the Ministry of Primary Industries announcement that more detector dog teams are coming on board to help stop dangerous pests entering New Zealand.
We are delighted to announce the winner of the NZSA Lilian Ida Smith Award 2015 is Auckland writer Caroline Barron.
Wellington Zoo is thrilled to have again achieved carboNZero certification, after becoming the first Zoo in the world to be carboNZero certified in May 2013.
GymSports NZ Responds to $1.6 Million Funding Cut Auckland, 11th December 2015: Sport NZ today announced the funding arrangements for delivery partners in the community sport space for the next four-year cycle beginning July 1 2016. Of the 86 applicants ...
Dec. 11 (BusinessDesk) - Wynyard Group shareholders have passed a resolution to raise at least $30 million from a number of strategic investors to enable the security software firm to cash in on increased demand for ways to combat cyber, terrorist, ...