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By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Reports in Papua New Guinea say the governments of Bougainville and PNG have agreed to table the 2019...

By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter Opposition parties say Aotearoa New Zealand's government should be going much further, much faster in sanctioning Israel. Foreign Minister...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Further reports of civilian casualties are coming out of West Papua, while clashes between Indonesia's military and the armed...

RNZ News The United States has denounced sanctions by Britain and allies -- including New Zealand and Australia -- against Israeli far-right ministers, saying they...

By Aisha Campbell, RNZ News intern Ponsonby's post office is shutting shop next month despite push back from the local community. A sign on the storefront,...

RNZ Pacific French Polynesia's president has announced his administration will establish one of the world's largest networks of highly protected marine areas (MPAs). The highly protected...

Asia Pacific Report Aotearoa New Zealand's Te Pāti Māori has condemned the Israeli navy’s armed interception of the Madleen, a civilian aid vessel attempting...

Asia Pacific Report Amnesty International secretary-general Agnès Callamard has condemned Israel's interception and detention of the 12 crew members aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla’s humanitarian...

Asia Pacific Report Pacific advocacy movements and civil society organisations have challenged French credentials in hosting a global ocean conference, saying that unless France is...

COMMENTARY: By Cole Martin in Occupied Bethlehem Many people have been closely following the journey this week of the Madleen, a small humanitarian yacht seeking...

Asia Pacific Report Israel's military attack and boarding of the humanitarian boat Madleen attempting to deliver food and medical aid to the besieged people of...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Palau's president says the US order to fast-track deep sea mining is not a good idea. Deep sea mining frontrunner...

COMMENTARY: By John Hobbs It is difficult to understand what sits behind the New Zealand government’s unwillingness to sanction, or threaten to sanction, the Israeli...

ANALYSIS: By Anna-Karina Hermkens, Macquarie University Bougainville, an autonomous archipelago currently part of Papua New Guinea, is determined to become the world’s newest country. To support...

Asia Pacific Report The community is up in arms over another local post office in Aotearoa New Zealand about to be closed down, this time...

By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal, and RNZ Pacific correspondent A new report on the United States nuclear weapons testing legacy in the Marshall...

COMMENTARY: By Daniel Lindley As I sit down to write this article, I’m reading another update on the Israeli army killing 27 more starving Palestinian...

By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor Fiji's Minister for Health and Medical Services has revealed the latest HIV numbers in the country to a...

RNZ News Aotearoa New Zealand's Parliament has confirmed the unprecedented punishments proposed for opposition indigenous Te Pāti Māori MPs who performed a haka in protest...

Asia Pacific Report Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, Marwan Bishara, has highlighted the growing isolation of the United States at the United Nations over its...

By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Three staffers from Papua New Guinea's peak anti-corruption body are embroiled in a standoff that has brought into...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk One of seven people transferred to mainland France almost a year ago, following the May 2024...