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‘Let’s rally behind them’ – PNG commits to help Tuvalu at...
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea has committed around US$5.5 million ($25 million kina) to Tuvalu over five years in aid of...
French Polynesia proposes ‘pathway to independence’ process at UN
By Christina Persico of RNZ Pacific
President Moetai Brotherson says French Polynesia's future cannot remain solely a French domestic matter.
Brotherson has addressed the United Nations...
‘Respect the people’ – Fiji coalition clash over Rabuka’s fast-tracked constitutional...
By Kelvin Anthony of RNZ Pacific
Cracks are starting to show within Sitiveni Rabuka's coalition government ahead of a looming general election and a potential...
Palestine solidarity protesters in NZ to kick off ‘global action’ day...
Asia Pacific Report
Pro-Palestinian protesters in Aotearoa New Zealand will be the first to kick off a Global Day of Action next Saturday marking 1100...
Jale Moala: Words matter in politics, especially at a time like...
COMMENTARY: By Jale Moala
Words matter in politics. They matter even more when a country is debating the document that will determine how it is...
New Zealand walks away from multi-billion dollar Defence Bank
Kaya Selby of RNZ News
New Zealand has turned down an invitation by Canada to join a multi-billion dollar Defence Bank.
The Defence, Security and Resilience...
UK Greens celebrate landmark ’Zionism is racism’ policy adoption
By Anam Alam
Backers of the UK Green Party's landmark "Zionism is racism" motion celebrated the proposal's passing into policy on Sunday, with supporters telling...
‘We are not a French province’ – Vanuatu slams pro-France lawmaker’s...
RNZ Pacific reporters
Vanuatu's government has condemned a "shameful, racist, and neo-colonial rant" made by a pro-France New Caledonian lawmaker.
Nicolas Metzdorf, a French politician from...
Fiji PM Rabuka urges climate action as Pacific hosts pre-COP31 meeting
RNZ Pacific reporters
Fiji's prime minister has called on global leaders coming to the country to see and listen to the people on the climate...
Eugene Doyle: The quiet general – and the fast growing Eurasian...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
Nurlan Yermekbayev is one of those very important people most of us in the West have never heard of. I had...
Greens eye free, fast and reliable public transport with NZ election...
By Lauren Crimp of RNZ
New Zealand's Green Party has pledged to make public transport free for eligible groups and cap bus and train fares...
‘The school that became a grave’ – Jeremy Scahill on US...
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, I’m Amy Goodman. We’re broadcasting from Publix, the House of Journalism in Berlin, Germany.
The Pentagon is sending...
Police arrest two as protesters accused of blocking NZ aerospace summit
Asia Pacific Report
Pro-Palestine protesters targeted Christchurch’s Te Pae Convention Centre yesterday to highlight the National Aerospace Summit's alleged ties with Israeli military.
The protesters from...
Fiji approves ‘lifeline’ needle exchange law to combat HIV emergency
RNZ Pacific reporters
Fiji's lawmakers have passed legislation allowing the rollout of a needle exchange programme aimed at containing the rapid rise of HIV from...
Palestinian-led parties in Israel face ‘institutional discrimination’, says lawyer
Asia Pacific Report
Palestinian lawyer Muhammad Dahleh says moves to exclude Palestinian-led parties and candidates from Israel’s elections this month amount to “institutional discrimination,” arguing...
American Samoa environmental group sues US govt over deep sea mining...
By Susana Suisuiki of RNZ Pacific
An environmental group in American Samoa is taking legal action against the United States government over its plans for...
Tuvalu appoints first woman governor-general ahead of 48th Independence Day
RNZ Pacific reporters
Temukisa Auina Penehuro Hauma, 71, has become the first woman to be appointed the Governor-General of one of the world's smallest nations.
Tuvalu...
From Resistance to the Ponsonby People’s Union, a courageous tale of...
REVIEW: By David Robie
The seeds of resistance and later community empowerment began in Tāmaki Makaurau in a humble but lively bookshop in a rundown...
Pacific leaders urge Jakarta to allow UN rights visit to West...
RNZ Pacific reporters
Pacific Islands leaders have used their addresses to the United Nations General Assembly to urge Indonesia to allow the UN human rights...
Mother rescued after triplets die in remote PNG community
By Scott Waide of RNZ Pacific
A young mother who gave birth to triplets in a remote part of Papua New Guinea was successfully evacuated,...
Greenpeace seabed mining activists protest on board NZ research vessel Tangaroa
By Ellen O'Dwyer of RNZ and RNZ Digital reporters
Police are considering charges against Greenpeace protesters who occupied a state-owned ship in protest at seabed...
‘Stop empty promises’ – Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands leaders demand...
RNZ Pacific reporters
The leaders of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands have issued a strong call to action to industrial nations and the...






























































