SPOTLIGHT: WANTOK - A MELANESIAN VOICE ON THE AIR
You can still hear one Radio Australia program on shortwave via Radio New Zealand Pacific.
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You can still hear one Radio Australia program on shortwave via Radio New Zealand Pacific.
medxr.blogspot.com/2026/09/spot...
SPOTLIGHT: WANTOK - A MELANESIAN VOICE ON THE AIR
Rob VK3BVW blogs his latest DX and shortwave radio (SWL) tips and listening logs from Mount Evelyn, Australia
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September 28, 2026 at 11:14 PM
SPOTLIGHT: WANTOK - A MELANESIAN VOICE ON THE AIR
You can still hear one Radio Australia program on shortwave via Radio New Zealand Pacific.
medxr.blogspot.com/2026/09/spot...
You can still hear one Radio Australia program on shortwave via Radio New Zealand Pacific.
medxr.blogspot.com/2026/09/spot...
📖 Death, Witchcraft and the Spirit World in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea: Developing a Contextual Theology in Melanesia (Point, 29) by Neville Bartle
https://isbn.nu/9789980650030
https://isbn.nu/9789980650030
September 28, 2026 at 3:00 PM
📖 Death, Witchcraft and the Spirit World in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea: Developing a Contextual Theology in Melanesia (Point, 29) by Neville Bartle
https://isbn.nu/9789980650030
https://isbn.nu/9789980650030
🐦 South Melanesian Cuckooshrike (Coracina caledonica)
📏 32–37 cm
📍 Pothe, New Caledonia 🇳🇨
📅 Oct 2025
#birds #cuckooshrikes
📏 32–37 cm
📍 Pothe, New Caledonia 🇳🇨
📅 Oct 2025
#birds #cuckooshrikes
September 27, 2026 at 8:54 AM
🐦 South Melanesian Cuckooshrike (Coracina caledonica)
📏 32–37 cm
📍 Pothe, New Caledonia 🇳🇨
📅 Oct 2025
#birds #cuckooshrikes
📏 32–37 cm
📍 Pothe, New Caledonia 🇳🇨
📅 Oct 2025
#birds #cuckooshrikes
The dumbest part about the entire conversation, besides the fact that he still wouldn’t admit that he was wrong, is that it was under an article about how Melanesian people who are blonde don’t have any variation in color because it’s caused by a different gene than European blondes.
September 23, 2026 at 5:37 AM
The dumbest part about the entire conversation, besides the fact that he still wouldn’t admit that he was wrong, is that it was under an article about how Melanesian people who are blonde don’t have any variation in color because it’s caused by a different gene than European blondes.
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Ilhas Fiji: Melanésia, Micronésia e Polinésia, colonialismo, independência
Ilhas Fiji: Melanésia, Micronésia e Polinésia, colonialismo, independência
Fiji - Melanesian, Colonialism, Independence | Britannica
Fiji - Melanesian, Colonialism, Independence: When Fiji’s first settlers arrived from the islands of Melanesia at least 3,500 years ago, they carried with them a wide range of food plants, the pig, an...
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September 20, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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Ilhas Fiji: Melanésia, Micronésia e Polinésia, colonialismo, independência
Ilhas Fiji: Melanésia, Micronésia e Polinésia, colonialismo, independência
I got a lot done today already. Been here 3hrs & measured + cut + labeled 20 pockets for pambind folders. I received a stack of Gift items for our Melanesian collection which are all delicate AND odd sizes. It was fun but tiring. Student supervisor meeting in 15mins.
September 14, 2026 at 5:44 PM
I got a lot done today already. Been here 3hrs & measured + cut + labeled 20 pockets for pambind folders. I received a stack of Gift items for our Melanesian collection which are all delicate AND odd sizes. It was fun but tiring. Student supervisor meeting in 15mins.
I honestly hope Indonesia gets kicked out of the Melanesian Spearhead Group — hard.
You don’t get to sit at a Melanesian table while deliberately keeping UN human-rights investigators out of West Papua.
Block scrutiny? Lose the seat.
Simple.
You don’t get to sit at a Melanesian table while deliberately keeping UN human-rights investigators out of West Papua.
Block scrutiny? Lose the seat.
Simple.
WEST PAPUA: This is BIG.
Melanesian countries may review Indonesia’s status in the Melanesian Spearhead Group over Jakarta’s continued delay in allowing UN human-rights access to West Papua.
Open the door — or your seat at the table may be next.
Pay attention to this one.
Melanesian countries may review Indonesia’s status in the Melanesian Spearhead Group over Jakarta’s continued delay in allowing UN human-rights access to West Papua.
Open the door — or your seat at the table may be next.
Pay attention to this one.
Melanesian countries look to ban Indonesia's regional status over delay of UN visit to West Papua
Melanesian leaders are stepping up pressure on Jakarta to facilitate a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights visit to West Papua.There has also been a call to consider scrapping Indonesia'...
nit.com.au
September 14, 2026 at 3:19 PM
I honestly hope Indonesia gets kicked out of the Melanesian Spearhead Group — hard.
You don’t get to sit at a Melanesian table while deliberately keeping UN human-rights investigators out of West Papua.
Block scrutiny? Lose the seat.
Simple.
You don’t get to sit at a Melanesian table while deliberately keeping UN human-rights investigators out of West Papua.
Block scrutiny? Lose the seat.
Simple.
Personally, I hope Indonesia gets kicked out of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.
Indonesia claiming a seat at a Melanesian table while denying Melanesian West Papuans their rights is quite the fucking punchline.
Show them the door!
Indonesia claiming a seat at a Melanesian table while denying Melanesian West Papuans their rights is quite the fucking punchline.
Show them the door!
September 14, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Personally, I hope Indonesia gets kicked out of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.
Indonesia claiming a seat at a Melanesian table while denying Melanesian West Papuans their rights is quite the fucking punchline.
Show them the door!
Indonesia claiming a seat at a Melanesian table while denying Melanesian West Papuans their rights is quite the fucking punchline.
Show them the door!
And suddenly Indonesia has discovered human rights in West Papua. How touching.
Could it be because the Melanesian Spearhead Group may review Indonesia’s associate status if the UN keeps being denied access?
Nothing accelerates concern quite like someone reaching for the eject button.
Could it be because the Melanesian Spearhead Group may review Indonesia’s associate status if the UN keeps being denied access?
Nothing accelerates concern quite like someone reaching for the eject button.
September 14, 2026 at 3:13 PM
And suddenly Indonesia has discovered human rights in West Papua. How touching.
Could it be because the Melanesian Spearhead Group may review Indonesia’s associate status if the UN keeps being denied access?
Nothing accelerates concern quite like someone reaching for the eject button.
Could it be because the Melanesian Spearhead Group may review Indonesia’s associate status if the UN keeps being denied access?
Nothing accelerates concern quite like someone reaching for the eject button.
WEST PAPUA: This is BIG.
Melanesian countries may review Indonesia’s status in the Melanesian Spearhead Group over Jakarta’s continued delay in allowing UN human-rights access to West Papua.
Open the door — or your seat at the table may be next.
Pay attention to this one.
Melanesian countries may review Indonesia’s status in the Melanesian Spearhead Group over Jakarta’s continued delay in allowing UN human-rights access to West Papua.
Open the door — or your seat at the table may be next.
Pay attention to this one.
Melanesian countries look to ban Indonesia's regional status over delay of UN visit to West Papua
Melanesian leaders are stepping up pressure on Jakarta to facilitate a United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights visit to West Papua.There has also been a call to consider scrapping Indonesia'...
nit.com.au
September 14, 2026 at 5:06 AM
WEST PAPUA: This is BIG.
Melanesian countries may review Indonesia’s status in the Melanesian Spearhead Group over Jakarta’s continued delay in allowing UN human-rights access to West Papua.
Open the door — or your seat at the table may be next.
Pay attention to this one.
Melanesian countries may review Indonesia’s status in the Melanesian Spearhead Group over Jakarta’s continued delay in allowing UN human-rights access to West Papua.
Open the door — or your seat at the table may be next.
Pay attention to this one.
#OTD The Battle of Bita Paka took place on September 11, 1914 on the island of New Britain. This battle with German reservists and Melanesian police was the first Australian action of the first world war.This battle also saw the first Australian fatal casualties of the first world war.
#WWI #history
#WWI #history
September 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
--- [Polynesian, Micronesia, and Melaneaia] Greek terms. (Europeans are losing the allegations.) Melanesian melas:black as Polynesian in Greek poly:many;nesos:island. The colorist hierarchy of the cultural makes it easy to map in the language. The People dont like the term its signs of rejection.
September 10, 2026 at 4:24 PM
--- [Polynesian, Micronesia, and Melaneaia] Greek terms. (Europeans are losing the allegations.) Melanesian melas:black as Polynesian in Greek poly:many;nesos:island. The colorist hierarchy of the cultural makes it easy to map in the language. The People dont like the term its signs of rejection.
Melanesian ball wizards are back, baby
September 10, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Melanesian ball wizards are back, baby
📢 Analysis - On the second day of the Pacific Islands Forum leaders' meeting in Palau, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was asked about the potential participation of Torres Strait Islanders in the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) - one of the forum's three sub-regional groups.
Is Australia out of touch with the Pacific?
www.rnz.co.nz
September 9, 2026 at 7:44 PM
📢 Analysis - On the second day of the Pacific Islands Forum leaders' meeting in Palau, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was asked about the potential participation of Torres Strait Islanders in the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) - one of the forum's three sub-regional groups.
Is Australia out of touch with the Pacific?
Is Australia out of touch with the Pacific?
Analysis - On the second day of the Pacific Islands Forum leaders' meeting in Palau, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was asked about the potential participation of Torres Strait Islanders in the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) - one of the forum's three sub-regional groups.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 9, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Is Australia out of touch with the Pacific?