Press Release – Pacific Media Watch

The “right to know” is something media relish talking about, as it forms the basis of the fourth estate. Often people forget that as taxpayers, they should be talking about it, too. Read more »

Speech – New Zealand Government

For the past year New Zealand has had the privilege of chairing the Pacific Islands Forum – a regional body that represents some of the smallest and most vulnerable states on this planet. For us this has been an important responsibility. Read more »

Press Release – Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group

1. The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) held its Thirty-Eighth Meeting in New York on 28 September 2012. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Defence Force

Two Royal New Zealand Navy warships returned home today from a four-month deployment, which reinforced the Navy’s role as an integral member of the Asia-Pacific security community. Read more »

Article – Bill Berkowitz

As the election heats up and anti-Obama messaging proliferates, a new film, Dreams From My Real Father, argues that Obama’s pop wasn’t Kenyan, but an African American member of the Communist Party USA. Read more »

Indonesian security forces open fire on striking miners at Freeport’s Grasberg mine in West Papua region last October. Image: SP KEP SPSI

Pacific Scoop:
Report – By Karen Abplanalp

New Zealand’s public pension Superfund stand against alleged Indonesian government security forces breaches of human rights is making a mark around the world.

The story has been covered by international media and hit the front page of Indonesian news website the Jakarta Globe today, with the headline New Zealand fund pulls Freeport investment, cites Papua rights offences.

It is the first time a government fund has made statements linking Indonesian security forces, corruption and human rights abuses. Read more »

Press Release – Institute of Environmental Science And Research

A new agreement announced today between Australia and New Zealand will see scientists on both sides of the Tasman working together to beef up detection of any nuclear explosions under the framework of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). … Read more »

Press Release – Kako Chocolate

Kāko Chocolate’s Passionfruit Chocolate Hearts were served to tempt Prince William and Kate during their recent South Pacific Royal tour. Read more »

Press Release – ISF Men’s World Softball Championships

1 October 2012 at 9:00 am marks the public launch of ticket sales for the ISF Men’s World Softball Championship. The ISF Men’s World Softball Championships 2013 takes place at Rosedale Park on Auckland’s North Shore between 1-10 March 2013. Read more »

Press Release – Government Of Timor-Leste

Address By His Excellency The Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão On The Occasion Of The 67th Session Of The General Assembly Of The United Nations Read more »