Monthly Archives: November 2021

RNZ Pacific Tonga has new noble MPs and at least one returning MP among the people's representatives, according to preliminary election results. The polls have closed...

RNZ Checkpoint A New Zealand emergency medical specialist has written about their experience working at an Auckland hospital, issuing a warning ahead of yesterday's Auckland...

By Poreni Umau and Phoebe Gwangilo in Kokopo Kokopo Business College in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain province has evicted male students by force...

RNZ Pacific The new vice-chancellor of the Auckland University of Technology is calling on young Pasifika peoples pursuing their education to stay the course. Toeolesulusulu Dr...

PNG Post-Courier PNG Power Limited -- faced with a business on the brink of total collapse due to ageing infrastructure -- is losing K25 million...

RNZ Pacific Pacific civil society organisations say COP26 was the most exclusionary and inequitable of the annual United Nations climate negotiations so far and the...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Pacific Islanders believe corruption is a big problem in both their governments and the business sector, says a new report. About one...

By Luke Nacei in Suva Opposition National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad has hit out at the Fiji government, calling on Prime Minister Voreqe...

RNZ News New Zealand reported a record 222 new community cases of covid-19 and one virus-related death today. There are now 91 people in hospital and...

By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent About 2000 New Zealand district health board workers had not been vaccinated 15 hours before the deadline to...

By Ella Stewart, RNZ News reporter A Northland high school principal says she has been accused of being "complicit in mass genocide" by people opposed...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Pacific scholar and senior university sector leader Toeolesulusulu Dr Damon Salesa has been appointed as the next vice-chancellor of Te Wānanga...

ANALYSIS: By Robert Hales, Griffith University and Brendan Mackey, Griffith University After two hard-fought weeks of negotiations, the Glasgow climate change summit is, at last,...

RNZ News An epidemiologist says New Zealand's record high covid-19 case numbers today and the spread across the North Island are a reminder that the...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Chloé Farand, Joe Lo, Isabelle Gerretsen and Megan Darby After a series of tense huddles, more than 24 hours into overtime, the gavel went...

By Litia Cava in Suva Leaders of four political parties in Fiji are calling for a “complete clean-up” of the Elections Office before preparations for...

RNZ News Auckland mayor Phil Goff has hit out at anti-lockdown protesters who held up traffic on roads throughout the country today, describing their actions...

RNZ Pacific A New Zealand medical and logistics support team with essential supplies to assist Papua New Guinea with its covid-19 crisis has departed New...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The French High Commissioner in New Caledonia, Patrice Faure, has confirmed the December 12 date for the independence referendum, fuelling tension...

By Samisoni Pareti in Suva A major development out of the besieged University of the South Pacific has meant that two main characters in a...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Scott Waide in Port Moresby Our mother, Patricia, sits on the bed in a small room she is currently sharing with our...

RNZ News Auckland is a thousand nurses short and lacks the capacity to deal with the amount of people self-isolating at home, according to New...