Yearly Archives: 2021

RNZ Pacific Tonga's Prime Minister is urging people on the main island of Tongatapu to use the weekend to prepare for a potential lockdown next...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby The Papua New Guinea government’s financial hub was hit by computer hackers last week, holding state officials at ransom,...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Selwyn Manning in Auckland The dilemma facing whistleblowers, journalists and publishers who risk it all to help the world’s people to become...

By Antonio Sampaio in Dili Former Timor-Leste President Xanana Gusmão today lamented the death of journalist and filmmaker Max Stahl, recalling that his work had...

RNZ News New Zealand has reported 125 new covid-19 cases in the community today -- including two new cases in Christchurch, the Ministry of Health...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Greenpeace Aotearoa has again condemned New Zealand Rugby for its "destructive" undermining of the Pacific on climate change after an open...

In this video -- one of several made while he was guest speaker at the Pacific Journalism Review's 20th anniversary conference in Auckland in...

RNZ News The New Zealand government revealed changes to MIQ (managed isolation and quarantine) today, with stays halving from 14 to seven days, followed by...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist Armed conflict in West Papua has caused an exodus of displaced people into one of the most...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Two small babies were shot by the Indonesian military in Intan Jaya two days ago, claims the United Liberation Movement of...

ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne in Sydney Indonesia’s popular tourism islands of Bali opened for tourism last week, while Thailand announced that from November 1 vaccinated...

By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva Tonga The arrest of Colombian drug lord Dairo Antonio Úsuga, known as Otoniel, has re-opened deep seated concerns about...

By Sam Olley, RNZ News reporter Ngāti Whātua kaitiaki remain in bolstered numbers at the border between Tāmaki Makaurau and Te Tai Tokerau to stop...

RNZ Pacific France has detailed an unprecedented security set-up for New Caledonia's third and final independence referendum on December 12. The French authorities made the announcement...

By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has announced that there will not be a total lockdown of Port Moresby. He...

COMMENT: By Grubsheet's Graham Davis A public relations disaster for Fiji just as Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum head to Glasgow for...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report The warning is stark -- New Zealand is on the verge of a “tsunami" of dementia cases...

RNZ News New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today announced vaccination will be mandated in any workplace that requires a certificate of vaccination for entry. Last...

By Jeffrey Enapa in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s ruling Pangu Pati is entangled in another internal dispute just six months before the issue of...

RNZ News New Zealand has reported 79 new community cases of covid-19 today. Of the new cases, 75 are in Auckland and four are in Waikato....

RNZ Pacific The Vanuatu covid task force has confirmed that two arrivals from New Caleldonia have covid-19. But the organisation says Vanuatu remains free of any...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Australia needs to be put on notice by Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders over abandoning its commitments under the South Pacific’s...