Monthly Archives: October 2020

By RNZ News The Director-General of Health says a ship now bound for Brisbane is believed to be the most likely source of transmission in...

By Tri Indah Oktavianti in Jakarta The convicted murderer of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, died on Saturday after testing positive...

ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw, Massey University; Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury; Jack Vowles, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Jennifer Curtin, and...

By RNZ News The Green Party say voters have given a strong signal they are valued in the New Zealand government, and they have ambitions...

By RNZ News The Māori Party looks set to secure a place back in New Zealand's Parliament after three years out in the cold. Rawiri Waititi...

By RNZ News New Zealand's Labour leader Jacinda Ardern received a rapturous reception when she walked on stage at the Auckland Town Hall this evening. With...

By RNZ News Seventeen passengers from New Zealand who travelled to Sydney under the trans-Tasman bubble arrangements have been caught entering Melbourne, reports the ABC. The...

By RNZ Pacific French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse has tested positive for covid-19, prompting a deferral of today's appeal court hearing. Flosse and the current...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Today, October 16, marks the 45th anniversary of the Balibo Five – the five Australian-based Australian, British and New Zealand -...

By RNZ News New Zealand's Labour Party leader Jacinda Ardern today spoke on national radio about why she should continue as prime minister on the...

By RNZ News The last opinion poll before Saturday's general election on Saturday last night put Labour on 46 percent and National on 31 percent....

By RNZ News Vanuatu's opposition leader is calling for engagement with New Caledonia's anti-independence side to convince them of a viable Kanaky. New Caledonia last week...

By RNZ Pacific The president of New Caledonia's parliamentary Congress says the Pacific territory could become an independent state associated with France. The suggestion was made...

ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw, Massey University Three years ago everything felt so different. New Zealand's borders were open, no one knew what PPE stood for,...

By Samisoni Pareti in Suva Attempts to remove the University of the South Pacific pro-chancellor and one of its council’s committee chairperson - both of...

By RNZ News National Party leader Judith Collins has described obesity as a weakness and says people should not "blame systems for personal choices". She was...

ANALYSIS: By Graham Davis As the national flag – Fiji's “noble banner blue” – flew over the celebrations at the weekend marking the 50th anniversary...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch In this new covid-19 world, environmental and climate crisis defenders are developing new ways to cope...

By Dominic Godfrey, RNZ Pacific journalist Help with living costs while studying and extra support for mental health are two areas Pacific tertiary students want...

By RNZ Pacific The West Papua Council of Churches wants an end to what it says is the re-militarisation of the region. It wrote to Indonesia's...

By RNZ Pacific French Polynesia's President Edouard Fritch says he has tested positive for covid-19 on his return from France. A government statement said that despite...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Dash cameras have been installed in Papua New Guinea police vehicles to monitor the activities of drivers and officers...