Monthly Archives: October 2022

RNZ Pacific The results of Vanuatu's snap election have been released, but it is not clear who has come out on top. The official results have...
Pacific cyclones

RNZ Pacific Fiji's weather office predicts that up to seven tropical cyclones may affect several Pacific countries in the coming cyclone season -- and up...
BBC faces digital age challenges

ANALYSIS: By Simon Potter, University of Bristol The BBC celebrated its 100th birthday last Tuesday. It came as the institution faces increasing competition for audiences...
Papuan Student Association Oceania musicians

By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist About 23,000 Melanesians live in Aotearoa and yesterday they had their first very own festival showcasing their diverse cultures. Fijians...
USTKE founder Louis Kotra Uregei dies

Asia Pacific Report Louis Kotra Uregei, an emblematic and radical figure in the independence struggle in New Caledonia, has died aged 71, announced the Union...
NZ/Tongan sports champion and role model Dame Valerie Adams

REVIEW: By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist One of New Zealand's most celebrated athletes is opening up her on life journey on the big screen. Double...
The Trust Gap

COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis A new study suggests that the news media’s tanking levels of public trust may be made worse merely by association with...
A United Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) leader, Buchtar Tabuni, about to be arrested

Asia Pacific Report Indonesian police have arrested Buchtar Tabuni, one of West Papua’s most important liberation leaders, along with three other United Liberation Movement for...
Fiji's Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva FijiFirst party general secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum claims they are fighting The Fiji Times and Communications Fiji Ltd -- not political...
Ok Tedi Mine

By Andrew Anton Mako in Port Moresby “When we don’t have any of these copper and gold mines anymore, where are we headed?” This quote is...
Julie King with Ralph Regenvanu

RNZ Pacific A woman candidate appears to have won a seat for the first time in Vanuatu in more than a decade in unofficial results...
Professor David Robievideo

Mediasia Iafor New Zealand journalist and academic David Robie has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media for more than four decades. An advocate for media...
Award-winning Wansolwara student editor Sera Tikotikoivatu-Sefeti

By Akansha Narayan in Suva Award-winning University of the South Pacific student journalist Sera Tikotikoivatu-Sefeti says Pacific voices on the climate fight need to be...
Filipino press freedom and human rights activists

BenarNews Philippine police have announced the arrest of a suspect in the killing of a radio journalist who was known for criticising President Ferdinand Marcos...
Bitila Tawake of Fiji is tackled during the Pool C Rugby World Cup 2021 match between Fiji and South Africa

By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist The Fijiana are one step away from reaching the quarterfinals of the Women's Rugby World Cup -- but they...
Mangareva Atoll, population 1500

RNZ Pacific The new French High Commissioner to French Polynesia has heard calls for support and compensation for atolls close to the test sites of...
Lawyer Richard Naidu outside the High Court in Suva

COMMENTARY: By Wadan Narsey There is a shameful public tragedy unfolding day by day as the Bainimarama government tries to stop a potential political candidate,...
Pro-independence Tahitian MP in Paris Moetai Brotherson

RNZ Pacific French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party says France's refusal to engage in any UN-supervised decolonisation process is becoming increasingly untenable. In 2013, the UN...
The Licorne nuclear test at Moruroa Atoll in 1971

RNZ Pacific The French state should pay for a study on the genetic impact of its nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific, says French...
PNG businessman Peter Nupiri

PNG Post-Courier A Papua New Guinean businessman has been arrested and charged by police as the first of 15 "persons of interest" relating to post...
USP journalism head Dr Shailendra Singh

NZ Pacific A Pacific media academic says Fiji is still not a fully-fledged democracy and is recovering from the impacts of the 2006 coup --...
West Papuan activist Leonie Tanggahma

OBITUARY: By Yamin Kogoya The sudden death of activist Leonie Tanggahma has shaken Papuan communities. Her loss last week has shocked West Papuans who regarded...