Yearly Archives: 2022

By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Regional stability and security, and the China Economic and Security Deal were on the agenda today when...

By David Robie Migrants and overseas Filipinos in Aotearoa New Zealand today called on the governments of both Australia and New Zealand to halt all...

RNZ Pacific An indigenous legal challenge in a bid to annul the result of last December's referendum on New Caledonia's independence from France has failed. The...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The "sorry saga" of former Breakfast celebrated host Kamahl Santamaria's abrupt departure from Television New Zealand last month has created a...

By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Eleisha Foon, journalist Pacific health advocate and champion Dr Collin Fonotau Tukuitonga heads the list of Pacific recipients...

COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya A flurry of peaceful rallies and protests erupted in West Papua and Indonesia on Friday, June 3. Papuan People's Petition (PRP), the...

COMMENTARY: By David Robie Timor-Leste, the youngest independent nation and the most fledgling press in the Asia-Pacific, has finally shown how it’s done -- with...

ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato This week’s White House meeting between NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and US President Joe Biden reflected a...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesian police have been accused of beating two Papuan students with rattan sticks - severely injuring them -- while 20 other...

ANALYSIS: By the RNZ Pacific editorial team China has been successful in signing multiple bilateral agreements with almost a dozen Pacific Island nations during its...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned a media blackout imposed on events during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s 10-day tour of...

By Gita Irawan in Jakarta Indonesia's Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has criticised the appointment of Central Sulawesi State Intelligence Agency...

By Kaupapa Māori reporter Matai O'Connor of The Gisborne Herald Tairāwhiti tā moko artists Maia Gibbs and Henare Brooking designed the jersey the Warriors wore...

By Giles Dexter, RNZ News political reporter New Zealand's Te Pāti Māori has handed over its petition -- with 70,000 signatures -- calling for the...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Amnesty International Indonesia has revealed that police officers forced a number of residents of Intan Jaya regency in Papua to cut...

ANALYSIS: By Louise Chappell, UNSW Sydney and Claire Annesley, UNSW Sydney Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s first cabinet is Australia’s most diverse ever. Not only do...

PNG Post-Courier Opposition People’s National Congress leader Peter O’Neill is urging Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape and the government to refrain from signing...

ANALYSIS: By Tony Walker, La Trobe University Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s decision to embark on a diplomatic offensive to outflank China in the Pacific within...

RNZ Pacific Church bells and police sirens rang out across Samoa at midnight to herald the start of 12 months of nationwide celebrations for the...

By Shirley Mauludu in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Energy Minister Saki Soloma and his supporters had to run for their lives when they were...

RNZ Pacific French Polynesia's pro-independence leader and mayor of Faa'a, Oscar Temaru, says double standards are at play in probing him over the payment of...

Pacific Media Watch Appalled by French reporter Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff’s death in Ukraine on Monday, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for a transparent investigation into...