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Ships in the night – final day of election campaigning in...
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor
It is the final day of election campaigning in Solomon Islands and there is a palpable sense of anticipation...
New Caledonia: Flags and emotions flying high over proposed changes
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Caledonia's capital was on Saturday flooded by two simultaneous waves of French and Kanaky flags...
French security forces in Nouméa ahead of two opposing marches today
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Security forces reinforcements were sent from France ahead of two rival marches in the capital Nouméa...
More videos of Kiwi hostage in Papua – warning over Indonesian...
RNZ Pacific
More videos appear to have been released by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) showing New Zealand hostage Phillip Mehrtens.
The New Zealander...
Indonesian military’s crimes in West Papua and the democratic solution
By Sharon Muller of Arah Juang
On Friday, March 22, a video circulated of TNI (Indonesian military) soldiers torturing a civilian in Papua. In the...
Indigenous rights flag-burning protest rocks CNMI community
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent
A man on Saipan has burned the official CNMI flag in protest, saying that...
Enga ‘isn’t that bad’, says Australian diplomat on troubled area visit
PNG Post-Courier
The Australian High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, John Feakes, has become the first foreign diplomat to visit the "valley of tears" in...
Pacific states could help ‘help prevent’ nuclear war, says advocate
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Pacific nations and smaller states are being urged to unite to avoid being caught in the crossfire of...
Fiji’s position over Israeli war on Gaza – international blunder or...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Richard Naidu, editor of Islands Business
South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has been described...
Violent clashes in New Caledonia as tensions rise over nickel pact
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Fresh clashes in New Caledonia have erupted in the suburbs of Nouméa between security forces and...
PSNA’s Minto slams Peters over ‘bluster’ speech on Gaza at UN
Asia Pacific Report
The leader of a New Zealand solidarity group of Palestinian self-determination supporters has accused the country's Foreign Minister Winston Peters of making...
Pacific nations gradually embracing Elon Musk’s Starlink
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Broadband satellite service provider Starlink is now being used in the Pacific but not always legally, for now.
In Vanuatu,...
NZ’s Peters criticises Security Council at UN, says Gaza ‘a wasteland’
RNZ News
New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters has told the United Nations the situation in Gaza is an "utter catastrophe" and criticised the...
Wenda challenges Indonesia’s ‘Papua never colonised’ claim as false
By Doddy Morris of the Vanuatu Daily Post
It has been 60 years since Indonesia has been refused humanitarian agencies and international media access to...
Alarm raised over ‘wave of havoc’ by Marshallese deported from US
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal, and RNZ Pacific correspondent
Majuro Mayor Ladie Jack is raising the alarm about criminal behaviour involving Marshallese deported...
NZ immigration work visa changes to target ‘unsustainable’ migration
RNZ News
The New Zealand government is bringing in immediate changes to the Accredited Employer Worker Visa, which it says will help protect migrants from...
PNG’s Marape orders military-police operation in Porgera over illegal mining
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has authorised a joint military and police operation in a decisive move to curb the escalating...
More pressure from US allies could see change to ‘untenable policy’...
Asia Pacific Report
Nour Odeh, a Palestinian political analyst, says that the US is more likely to move in the “right direction” when it comes...
Solomon Islands election 2024: Polling day workers cast early votes
RNZ News
The first votes of the 2024 Solomon Islands joint elections have been cast in Honiara on Friday.
The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) said...
Let in UN human rights mission to West Papua – stop...
PNG Post-Courier
The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) has declared its solidarity with civil society groups and student protesters demonstrating against the torture of a...
Thousands march across NZ demanding climate crisis action
Asia Pacific Report
From Whangārei in the north to Invercargill in the south, thousands took to the streets of Aotearoa New Zealand in today's climate...
Noumea faces more protests over New Caledonia voting rules change
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Demonstrations have been held in New Caledonia -- with more protests expected -- from both pro-...