Nepali Times editor and author Kunda Dixit surveys some of the photos for his exhibition at the Investigative Journalism conference in Auckland next weekend. Photo: David Robie/PMC

Pacific Scoop:
Report – By Courtney Wilson

Images of Nepal’s civil war going on show in New Zealand next weekend illustrate the aftermath of war in a way words cannot.

Kunda Dixit, Nepali Times editor and coordinator of the Frames of War exhibit, which will be opened at AUT University on December 4, says a picture does not tell a thousand words – it shows them.

“Because of Nepal’s low literacy rate, the picture is the only way to communicate,” he says. Read more »

Pro-democracy group leader 'Akilisi Pohiva: His Tongan leadership prospects may depend on the independents. Photo: TNews

Pacific Scoop:
Analysis – By Pesi Fonua in Nuku’alofa

We can say that “a battle is over but the war has started” and this  is probably the best way to describe the outcome of the first round of Tonga’s Parliamentary Election yesterday.

Tongans are now preparing for the second round of voting by the new members of Parliament who are tasked with putting a new government in place within the next 28 days.

The 26 new members of Parliament who were elected yesterday are in search of a Prime Minister who will have to appoint his cabinet from the elected MPs. He may also appoint up to four cabinet ministers to come into Parliament. Read more »

Press Release – Ministry of Fisheries

Once again, fishing illegally in New Zealand waters has proved expensive for the owners of a foreign fishing vessel. The Taiwanese owners of the Vanuatu flagged tuna long-liner Fu Chun 126 have acknowledged that their vessel fished illegally in New … Read more »

Press Release – Released via Bullet PR Ltd

AUCKLAND:2degrees opens two new stores in one weekend- Westgate and Manukau City centre.2degrees is continuing its charge into bricks and mortar retail presence this weekend with the launch of two new retail stores in Auckland. The blue ribbon will … Read more »

Press Release – Business New Zealand

Between 29 November and 10 December thousands of negotiators, business people, campaigners and scientists will gather in Cancun, Mexico. Their aim is to breathe life into global climate policy following the failure to strike a deal at the 2009 Copenhagen summit. … Read more »

Press Release – Australian Defence Force

Thank you for that introduction. I’m very pleased to be here at your Senior Leadership Group Meeting. Can I formally thank the Secretary of the Department, Ian, and the Chief of Defence Force, Angus, as I did in Parliament yesterday, for the work they … Read more »

Press Release – Australian Defence Force

Civilian employers of Defence Force Reservists have experienced first-hand the conditions and challenges faced by their employees whilst serving on operations overseas. Twenty-three employers recently joined their Reservist employees currently deployed to the Solomon … Read more »

Press Release – Scoop Coverage of West Papua

Two videos that have circulated widely and cannot be ignored show the brutal tortures that Indonesian soldiers use to terrorise Papuan civilians. The court sentence d some of the soldiers who appeared on the video to a few months in prison. Meanwhile … Read more »

Press Release – Green Party

Green MP Keith Locke today congratulated the Tongan Democratic Party for its election victory yesterday. Mr Locke has been actively supporting the Tongan democracy movement for twenty years. He recently visited Tonga in August as part of a team of New Zealand … Read more »

Press Release – The Maori Party

Before I start my speech I want to mihi to the whānau of the miners in Greymouth and say what a great tragedy it is, and to pass on my aroha and, I am sure, the aroha of other members in the House He mihi mamae he mihi aroha ki nga tini aitua. Moe … Read more »