Solomons amendment ire
Transparency Solomon Islands is raising questions concerning recent rushed amendments to the Financial Institutions Act, which it claims will effectively allow logging companies to run their own banks. This…
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‘Tens of billions’ from seabed mining
The Cook Islands government is seriously considering mining its ‘tens of billions of dollars’ of seabed resources. Mark Brown, Cooks Islands’ Finance Minister has held talks with some of…
33 Years of Independence
Images from Vanuatu's independence celebrations
Political forum wrap-up
Toby Ley provides a wrap-up of Pacific Media Centre’s extensive and excellent coverage of last week’s Pacific Parliamentary and Political Leaders Forum in Wellington
PiPPtalks – Peter Forau
Director General of the Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat, Peter Forau discusses West Papua, the MSG's relevance and identity.
The long walk to freedom
The history of the West Papuan liberation movement is inextricably tied to that of Melanesia. Dan McGarry tells its story