Yearly Archives: 2019

Trailer for the 2013 redux version of the 1983 film Utu produced for the Cannes Film Festival. Video: Utu OBITUARY: By Matthew Theunissen of RNZ...

By Wansolwara The journalism programme at the University of the South Pacific has won a US$20,000 (F$42,617) grant in a boost environmental reporting in the...

By RNZ News Fiji has reportedly revoked the approval of a Chinese resort project on Malolo Island. The developer Freesoul Real Estate had begun building a 350-bure...

By Koroi Hawkins of RNZ Pacific Independent and returning MPs dominate the line-up for Solomon Islands new Parliament with all the results in from last...

By Rappler The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism has responded to what it called President Rodrigo Duterte’s “broadsides” aimed at PCIJ's recent reports on the...

By RNZ Pacific The Commonwealth observer group has commended the commitment of the people of Solomon Islands to participating peacefully in last Wednesday's national election. In...

By SIBC Two women have been elected out of the 25 female candidates who contested last week's Solomon Islands general election, officials have declared. They are...

This year is a crucial year for Papua New Guinea's mining industry as important players - in Hela, Porgera and Madang - are being...

By Colin Peacock of RNZ Mediawatch Newstalk ZB broadcaster Heather du Plessis-Allan has been censured for Pacific Island slurs in a ruling that contains uncharacteristically...

By RNZ Pacific Guam has passed a law legalising recreational use of marijuana. Governor Lou Leon Guerrero signed off on Bill 32 on Thursday, after it...

By Ofani Eremae in Honiara Former Solomon Islands prime minister Manasseh Sogavare has been returned for his sixth term in Parliament after retaining his East...

AUT is a strategic partner for New Zealand's Techweek19 programme next month, on May 20-26, and the only NZ university taking part. Dr Roseanne...

By RNZ News The man charged over the Christchurch mosque shootings last month appeared in the High Court in Christchurch today, accused of killing 50...

By Rosalie Nongebatu As Solomon Islanders headed to the polls on Wednesday to vote for leaders whom they trust will lead them in the next...

By Ben Strang of RNZ News Thousands of New Zealanders do not believe the official version of the mosque terror attacks in Christchurch. About 5 percent...

By RNZ News Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has apologised to three New Zealand journalists detained overnight in Suva by a "group of rogue officers" Newsroom...

PROFILE: By Scott Waide in Lae For a Tolai girl growing up in Papua New Guinea between 1960 and 1970, career options were very limited....

OPINION: By Ramzy Baroud I visited the city of Christchurch on May 23, 2018, as part of a larger speaking tour in New Zealand that...

By RNZ News Three New Zealand journalists were detained by Fijian police in Suva last night after trying to interview a controversial Chinese resort developer. Newsroom...

By Michael Andrew Cuba will develop relationships with Pacific countries despite pressure from the United States, says a visiting advocate. On a tour of New Zealand,...

By RNZ Pacific With less than 24 hours to go before polling booths open for the Solomon Islands election tomorrow, RNZ Pacific's reporter in Honiara,...

By Gelo Gonzales in Manila Facebook has taken down 200 pages and accounts organised by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s social media manager in his 2016...