Pacific Beat
Deportation sparks call for boycott of Fiji Audio
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A spokesman for the Fiji Landowners Association, which Karen Seaton is a member of, is calling for a boycott of Fiji in response to her deportation.
Topics: government-and-politics, laws, pacific, fiji
Key resignation won't change NZ relations with Pacific Audio
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The resignation of New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is not likely to mean any changes in New Zealand's relations with the Pacific.
Topics: government-and-politics, pacific, fiji
PNG's ICAC to take over from Taskforce Sweep Audio
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The former head of Papua New Guinea's anti-corruption body, Taskforce Sweep's Sam Koim, has lost his two-year court battle to keep his job and maintain the taskforce.
Topics: corruption, pacific, papua-new-guinea
Fijian resident deported after speaking out against land-law changes Audio
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A Fijian resident, Karen Seaton, who has lived in the country since 2010, has just been deported by immigration officials after attempting to take on the government over changes to land laws.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, pacific, fiji
Fiji coup: ousted PM Laisenia Qarase reflects ten years on Audio
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Fiji's 2006 coup unseated Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase who had been re-elected just seven months earlier after winning the election by the narrowest of margins.
Topics: government-and-politics, pacific, fiji
Former PM Mahendra Chaudry reflects on 2006 coup in Fiji Audio
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Six years prior to the Bainimarama takeover, the serving Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry had been ousted in a coup led by George Speight.
Topics: government-and-politics, pacific, fiji
Fijian media and news coverage still feeling effects of 2006 coup Audio
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The media may have been the part of Fiji society most heavily affected by the coup.
Topics: media, government-and-politics, pacific, fiji
Indo-Fijian historian Brij Lal still in exile after 2006 coup: "We will never be allowed to return" Audio
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Indo-Fijian historian Brij Lal says the 2006 coup did not take Fiji by surprise as Commodore Bainimarama had been threatening to take over government for months.
Topics: constitution, government-and-politics, pacific, fiji
Fiji coup set church and interim government at loggerheads Audio
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Fiji's influential Methodist Church was at loggerheads with the interim government after the takeover.
Topics: government-and-politics, religion-and-beliefs, pacific, fiji
Party's over in PNG as North Korea are crowned FIFA U20 World Champions Audio
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The FIFA Under 20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea has been won for the second time by North Korea, after they came from a goal down to defeat France 3-1.
Topics: soccer, pacific, papua-new-guinea, france, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of
Back to earth for Olympic gold medal winners Fiji at Dubai sevens Audio
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The gold medallists from the Rio Olympics rugby sevens tournament had to settle for silver in the opening round of the 2016/2017 World Series in Dubai, where Fiji went down to South Africa in the men's final, while in the women's final New Zealand defeated Australia.
Topics: rugby-7, pacific, united-arab-emirates, fiji
Foreign landowner in Fiji says she was told to stop giving testimony to parliamentary committee Audio
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A foreign landowner in Fiji says she was told to stop giving testimony about changes to the Land Sales Act to a parliamentary committee.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, laws, pacific, fiji
PNG sign language to debut on TV news Audio
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In a first for Papua New Guinea, the country's state-owned national broadcaster is set to start airing its news in sign language.
Topics: hearing, disabilities, pacific, papua-new-guinea
Health startup develops smartphone device to diagnose scabies in Fiji Audio
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Human scabies is a serious problem in the Pacific - nearly a quarter of people in some communities can be suffering from the condition at any one time.
Topics: infectious-diseases-other, pacific, fiji
Democracy losing support globally, especially among young Audio
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Democracy appears to be losing popular support around the world.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, pacific
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