Press Release – Greenpeace New Zealand

The Greenpeace ship Esperanza is sailing to the Western and Central Pacific Ocean to protect threatened Pacific tuna stocks (1), as the fishing industry reports record catches.
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Pacific Press Release – AUT University, 27 August 2009

AUT brings more Pacific news to Scoop website

A new online Pacific media service, Pacific.Scoop, was launched today at AUT University’s Maori Expo by Scoop co-editor Selwyn Manning in a live video panel with Maori and Pacific communications students.

A partnership between Scoop Media and AUT’s Pacific Media Centre, Pacific Scoop is hosted on the existing Scoop website.
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Opinion – Pacific Media Watch

Real Fiji News is a pro-government site — the only one since IG closed earlier, as far as I know — and many of its posts have been to correct misinformation published in one or another of the numerous anti-government blogs.
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Press Release – Amnesty International

The UN Security Council should establish an International Criminal tribunal with jurisdiction over all grave human rights violations surrounding Timor-Leste’s 1999 independence referendum and in the previous 24 years of Indonesian occupation, said …
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Press Release – Pacific Islands Forum

Operation Kurukuru 2009 resulted in 21 boardings of vessels, levying of a $10,000 fine and 3 apprehensions of vessels which were escorted to port for further investigation. The 4 aircraft involved in the operation flew a total of 85 hours and covered approximately …
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Press Release – United Nations

New York, Aug 26 2009 6:10PM Highlighting events that include the creation of the Human Rights Council and the election of Ban Ki-moon as Secretary-General, the 2006 Yearbook of the United Nations was released today, showing the world body’s unified …
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Pacific.Scoop

The independent news website Scoop is hosting a new Pacific online media service being launched at AUT University’s Māori Expo in Auckland tomorrow.

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Buck Shelford ... among the role models. Photo: LBF/Scoop

Pacific.Scoop
By Lucy Mullinger

After all those years of yelling out “bring back Buck, bring back Buck”, he’s finally coming back.

Former All Black skipper Buck Shelford will be discussing New Zealand sport with other Māori sports stars including surfing champion Daniel Kireopa and Oceania football player of the century, Wynton Rufer, at the 2009 Māori Expo tomorrow.

AUT University Chancellor Sir Paul Reeves told Pacific.Scoop only 10 percent of students enrolling at AUT University are of Māori descent – but he said this was far better than most universities.

AUT also has almost as many Pacific Islands students.

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Press Release – Triangle Stratos

Triangle and Stratos will screen a two hour telethon called “Tonga ‘Ofa Kihe Vahanoa” in a bid to raise funds for the families of the victims whose lives were lost on the Tongan ferry, Princess Ashika.
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Pacific.Scoop
By Krista Ferguson

It is time to put the rhetoric aside and focus on the true cost of human trafficking in the Pacific, say participants in an upcoming forum.

The New Zealand Prostitutes Collective and the Salvation Army say the numbers involved in human trafficking can sometimes be exaggerated and it’s time to present hard evidence.
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