Press Release – Global Forest Coalition

Forest Campaigners Denounce REDD as a Grimm Fairy Tale;Indigenous Communities Declare Safeguards Will Not Work. At the inauguration of United Nations COP17, Global Forest Coalition has published a series of “Grimm REDD Fairy Tales” [1] to assist delegates … Read more »

Press Release – Australia West Papua Association

AWPA has written to the Kevin Rudd concerning West Papua national flag day (letter below) . Joe Collins of AWPA said “because of the dangerously deteriorating situation in West Papua we are asking the Foreign Minister to use his good offices … Read more »

Press Release – Just Another Art Movement

When award-winning writer Anne Kennedy agreed to guest edit the 29th issue of JAAM , she knew she wanted it to reflect New Zealand’s position as a country in the Pacific, and connections with the Pacific. Read more »

Press Release – Event Polynesia

Final discussions for the propose Pacific International Boxing Championship (PIBC) will take place in Apia this week. The meeting is hosted by Samoa boxing company Event Polynesia who is spearheading the establishment of a regional professional … Read more »

Press Release – Pacific Network on Globalisation

In the lead up to International Human Rights Day on December 10th 2011, we the undersigned Vanuatu, Pacific and international organisations express our deep solidarity and support for the ongoing struggles of local communities, NGOs, Churches, Chiefs and … Read more »

Press Release – Pacific Islands Political Studies Association

The 12th Pacific Islands Political Studies Association (PIPSA) biennial conference will be hosted by the University of the South Pacific’s Alafua Campus in Apia on 8 and 9 December 2011. The theme for this year’s conference is “Pacific Politics, … Read more »

Press Release – West Papua Media Alerts

The Australian Government should take a leadership role in promoting and protecting human rights in the troubled Indonesian province of West Papua say two leading human rights organizations in a Joint Letter to the Foreign Minister, the Hon Kevin Rudd … Read more »

Press Release – West Papua Media Alerts

The Australian Government should take a leadership role in promoting and protecting human rights in the troubled Indonesian province of West Papua say two leading human rights organizations in a Joint Letter to the Foreign Minister, the Hon Kevin Rudd … Read more »

Labour candidate for Waitakere Carmel Sepuloni is waiting and hoping on special votes. Photo: WCommons

Pacific Scoop:
Report – by Alex Perrottet of Pacific Media Watch

Labour MP Carmel Sepuloni says she is waiting for the “final call” and is holding out hope she can still be re-elected, despite trailing incumbent National minister Paula Bennett by 349 votes.

A circumspect Sepuloni says she is not putting all her hopes on the seat but thinks she is “definitely in with a chance”.

“If I am in, I’m in, and if not, it simply means I’m meant to do something else for the next three years,” she says. Read more »

Press Release – Green Party

Upsurge in Māori votes for Green Party Māori communities’ support for the Green Party has more than doubled between the 2008 and 2011 general elections. Read more »