Yearly Archives: 2022
When will enough be enough? Port Moresby’s struggle with ethnic war
SPECIAL REPORT: By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Port Moresby’s "amazing city" tag in Papua New Guinea is fast losing its varnish and appeal --...
UNHRC adopts resolution to help Marshall Islands over nuclear legacy
RNZ Pacific
The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution aimed at assisting the Marshall Islands to get justice in the aftermath of...
‘Mexican standoff’ ends, as PNG court orders locks removed over unpaid bills
PNG Post-Courier
The Mexican standoff over the closure of Papua New Guinea government offices due to nonpayment of rentals has ended.
The National Court has ordered...
Indonesian police asked to stop ‘intimidating witnesses’ over football stadium tragedy
By Fika Nurul Ulya in Jakarta
The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has appealed to Indonesian police chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo to stop...
PNG police put national exams under guard over cheating fears
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
For the first time in the life of school exams in Papua New Guinea, police will monitor the national...
Black Ferns: a new dawn for global women’s rugby
ANALYSIS: By Jamie Wall, RNZ sports writer
The Blacks Ferns 41-17 win over the Wallaroos on the field at Auckland's Eden Park last night was...
TVNZ’s media marriage at first sight – ending in tears or Heartbreak Island?
MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
Media execs and concerned citizens alike aired their fears about the government’s public media plan -- and...
Win for diversity in Wellington, defeat in Auckland as NZ votes local
RNZ News
Wellington's Tory Whanau has convincingly won the mayoralty race for Te Whanganui-a-Tara in a triumph for diversity in Aotearoa New Zealand's local government...
NZ local elections: A Pacific mayor possible for biggest city Auckland?
By Jonty Dine, RNZ News reporter
The race for the Auckland mayoralty ends this weekend in the Aotearoa New Zealand local elections and polls indicate...
Papuan students abroad plead for Governor Enembe to get treatment
Jubi/West Papua Daily
Papuan students studying in Russia and Australia have appealed to the Indonesian government to respect the health rights of Papua Governor Lukas...
Red Roses hot favourite to win 2022 Women’s Rugby World Cup
SPECIAL REPORT: By Sri Krishnamurthi
The Red Roses of England are overwhelming favourites to win the 2022 Rugby World Cup being hosted by New Zealand...
Journalists risk prosecution under Australia’s ‘foreign interference’ law
UQ News
Journalists may face decades in prison for "foreign interference" offences unless urgent changes are made to Australia’s national security laws, according to a...
PNG daily Post-Courier joins fight against gender-based violence
By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby
The Post-Courier daily newspaper is one of 15 companies in Papua New Guinea that have pledged to fight against...
Gavin Ellis: NZ government media teams that breach the law
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis
New Zealand's Ombudsman, Peter Boshier, has given government agency media teams a well-deserved kick up the fundamental over some of their...
Parkop calls for full probe into brutal murders of two Moresby women
By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop wants the city’s police to fully investigate the gruesome murder...
FBoy Island vs public interest media: the culture clash at the heart of the...
ANALYSIS: By Peter Thompson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The 980 submissions in response to the Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media Bill...
Quality of iTaukei language under threat, says Fiji scholar
By Rachael Nath of RNZ Pacific
Concerns are being raised about the future survival of the iTaukei (Fijian) language as a threat of extinction looms...
NZ university union members to strike tomorrow over pay demand
RNZ News
Thousands of New Zealand tertiary union members will go on strike at eight universities tomorrow over a cost of living pay demand.
The Tertiary...
Honiara doesn’t want to be forced to choose sides, says Foreign Minister
RNZ Pacific
Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele says the country joined an agreement with the United States only after changes to wording relating to...
Delegates from French Polynesia head to UN decolonisation committee
RNZ Pacific
Delegates from French Polynesia have flown to New York for the annual meeting of the UN Decolonisation Committee.
The veteran pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru...
Small communities could be buying, selling and saving money on electric power right now...
ANALYSIS: By Soheil Mohseni, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Alan Brent, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Globally, the...
Marshall Islands calls off talks after no US response on nuclear legacy plan
By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent
On the eve of the US Pacific Islands Summit in Washington, a...