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Pulitzer-winning author returns with decade-in-the-making epic
The new novel from Adam Johnson, the Phil and Penny Knight Professor of Creative Writing and professor of English in the School of Humanities and Sciences, is an epic in every sense of the word. The Wayfinder (MCD, 2025) spans more than 700 pages...
Owner: Stanford University
Discriminatory Migration System Fails Pacific People Facing Climate Change And Disasters – Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand
Authorities in Aotearoa New Zealand are failing people most at risk of climate-related harm in the Pacific islands, subjecting them to discriminatory migration policies that tear families apart and disregard children’s rights, Amnesty...
Owner: Martyn Bradbury
Oratia Books Releases Moana Oceania: Niue By Mele Nemaia
Press Release – Oratia Books Moana Oceania: Niue offers insights into society, geography, arts, history, sports and more, accompanied by many colour photos, illustrations and maps. Moana Oceania: Niue Mele Nemaia Distinguished Niuean educator...
Owner: Thompson Family & Jeremy Rose
Trump Didn’t Win the Nobel Peace Prize
(Permanent Musical Accompaniment to the Last Post of the Week from the Blog’s Favourite Living Canadian) I haven’t checked the news recently. Has he sent the National Guard to Norway to deal with the RIGGED awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to...
Owner: Hearst Family
Farmgate Backpackers leads with integrity amid industry challenges
At a time when the agriculture and horticulture industries are again experiencing issues in some southern mainland states, a Bundaberg operation is standing up for workers and farmers. ERLE LEVEY goes to Childers to speak with Bill Darby of...
Owner: Thomas Family
Pasifika art shines at Te Papa Tongarewa exhibition
John Pulu | Presenter/ Reporter/Director Ringa Toi is the annual showcase of artwork by secondary school students hosted by the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA). This year students from 126 schools were selected from across the motu to...
Owner: New Zealand Government
Discriminatory Migration System Fails Pacific People Facing Climate Change And Disasters
Press Release – Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand Amnesty Internationals recommendations to the Aotearoa New Zealand Government are to help people to migrate with dignity or, if they choose, to stay on their islands with dignity....
Owner: Thompson Family & Jeremy Rose
‘A matter of survival’: Amnesty International calls for urgent reform of Aotearoa's visa rules
Public Broadcaster
Pacific Media Network
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Amnesty International warns that Pacific people facing climate-related challenges are being blocked from migrating to Aotearoa New Zealand due to discriminatory visa rules. The organisation’s new report, Navigating Injustice, highlights how...
Owner: New Zealand Government
NZ discriminatory migration system fails climate-affected Pacific People: report
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Pacific News Service
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Authorities in Aotearoa New Zealand are subjecting people in the Pacific islands of Tuvalu and Kiribati at risk of climate related harm to discriminatory migration policies that tear families apart and disregard children’s rights, Amnesty...
Owner: The Pacific Islands News Association Ltd
Tinubu pardons Ogoni Nine, 175 inmates… honours 959 Nigerians, foreigners
President Bola Tinubu has approved clemency for 175 inmates and conferred national honours on 959 Nigerians and friends of Nigeria. Addressing State House correspondents in Abuja on Thursday at the end of the national council of state meeting, Uba...
Owner: Simon Kolawole
Black Perspectives IE: Dr. Dawn Wright
Maya Gwynn With KVCR Public Media, I'm Maya Gwynn with Black Perspectives IE. A show where we learn about the amazing things members of the Black community are doing in the Inland Empire. My guest today is Dr. Dawn Wright, Chief Scientist of...
Owner: San Bernardino Community College & American Government
Pacific Islands News Roundup – October 3 – 9, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...
Owner: East-West Center & University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Council of State endorses Tinubu’s prerogative of mercy, national honours for 959 Nigerians, Bill Gates
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja In a remarkable demonstration of the constitutional power of prerogative of mercy and national recognition, President Bola Tinubu has approved a significant array of presidential clemency and honoured a wide...
Owner: Uzor Kalu Family
Amupitan gets Council of State nod as INEC chair
From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja The National Council of State has endorsed the appointment of Joash Ojo Amupitan, Professor of Law and expert in the Law of Evidence as chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), following...
Owner: Uzor Kalu Family
Cyber security boss says online scams cost Fijians US$2.2m in 2024
Photo: 123rf A cyber security worker says Fiji lost more than US$2.2 million to online scams in 2024. The Fiji Sun reported head of cyber security solutions at Datec Fiji, Sagar Patel, revealed this during the Pacific Cybersecurity Forum in Suva...
Owner: New Zealand Government
News The Guardian ‘Humanitarian’ visa must be created for Pacific Islanders displaced by climate crisis, experts say
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Yahoo News - United Kingdom
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Climate and migration experts are calling for urgent action to create legal pathways for people displaced by the climate crisis, as a new report highlights the scale of the problem across the Pacific. Research by Amnesty International released on...
Owner: Apollo Global Management
TradeWinds Aligns with UN Call for Sustainable Tourism
Long before sustainability became a global call to action, TradeWinds—the purpose-led, eco-conscious yacht charter company—had already embedded this mission into its DNA. Now, as the United Nations urges the travel and tourism sector to accelerate...
Owner: Ted Virtue
Can local communities curb illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing in Cameroon's Douala Edea National Park?
Some chiefs and members of the Local Collaborative Management Committees in Mbiako. Photo by Leocadia Bongbe. Used with permission. In the settlements along Douala-Edea National Park, a first-class park covering over 2,630 hectares (6,498.87...
Owner: Stichting Global Voices
Pacific atoll nations receive NZD13m boost for critical water security
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Pacific Community (SPC)
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Representatives from seven Pacific atoll nations gathered in Nadi, Fiji, this June with an urgent message. Rising seas and prolonged droughts are pushing their communities toward a water crisis that threatens tens of thousands of lives. These...
Owner: Pacific Community
Samoa & Australia launch campaign against drugs
The governments of Samoa and Australia have launched a 12-month campaign to fight drugs:The Say no to illegal Drugs campaign. Australia‘s High Commissioner in Samoa Will Robinson said at the launching ceremony, the fight against drugs cannot be...
Owner: Larry Fuss