Monthly Archives: December 2021

OBITUARY: By Tony Fala James “Jimmy” O’Dea (18 October 1935-27 November 2021) was a mighty activist, community organiser, family man, and working-class defender. He died...

RNZ Pacific A late legal bid to postpone Sunday's independence referendum in New Caledonia has reportedly failed. A leading anti-independence leader and president of New Caledonia's...

RNZ Pacific Malaita province in Solomon Islands is planning to poll people on self-determination. It comes two weeks after a Malaitan-led protest against the national government...

RNZ Pacific A pro-independence delegation from New Caledonia has left for New York to raise its opposition to the independence referendum due this Sunday with...

By Bea Cupin in Manila Journalist and publisher Maria Ressa has called on tech and social media giants to practise “enlightened self-interest” amid a global...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Michael Field, co-editor of The Pacific Newsroom Extensive damage to food crops across South Pacific atolls has followed three days of high...

By Robert Iroga in Honiara After a day of political showdown that at times involved shouting battles and personal clashes, the much anticipated motion of...

RNZ Pacific Health authorities in Fiji have confirmed two people who had arrived in the country from southern Africa last month have now tested positive...

RNZ Pacific The Solomon Islands prime minister came in for searing criticism when he faced a confidence vote in Parliament today. A motion of no confidence...

Shocking footage has been circulating on social media showing National Armed Forces (TNI) Indonesian military helicopters firing indiscriminately at civilian villages in Suru-Suru District,...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Sue Ahearn, co-editor of The Pacific Newsroom Did you notice anything different about the news coverage of the recent unrest in Honiara? Those...

RNZ Pacific A group of citizens in New Caledonia has asked France's highest administrative court to postpone next Sunday's third and final independence referendum. In an...

By Robert Iroga in Honiara The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has appealed to opposition leader Matthew Wale to "stop interfering" with police investigations...

Reporters Without Borders One week ahead of the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony, the #HoldtheLine Coalition has called on the government of the Philippines to...

RNZ Pacific The latest members of New Zealand's Defence Force and police contingent have arrived in Honiara after days of unrest in the Solomon Islands...

RNZ News An anti-vax protest that shut down the centre of Newmarket in New Zealand's largest city Auckland today may have cost local businesses hundreds...

By Dhias Suwandi in Jayapura Eight youths have been declared suspects on charges of makar (treason, subversion, rebellion) for flying the banned Papuan independence flag...

RNZ Pacific Vanuatu's Shefa province is recognising Benny Wenda as the interim president of a provisional "independent" West Papuan government. In a country that has historically...

By Robert Iroga in Honiara Solomon Islands police have arrested 217 suspects connected to the three days of rioting and looting in the capital Honiara...

By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent Intensive care units and hospitals are getting a boost of hundreds of millions of dollars as the country...

By Mike Tua in Honiara Facing angry rioters threatening them with physical attacks, Solomon Islands mainstream and freelance journalists and photographers were confronted with an...

From RNZ Pacific Waves Pro-independence advocates say the human rights situation in West Papua continues to worsen because of "deliberate ignorance" by Pacific neighbours and...