Yearly Archives: 2022

By David Robie A Fiji-based academic challenged the Pacific region’s media and policymakers today over climate crisis coverage, asking whether the discriminatory style of reporting...

RNZ Pacific One of eight West Papuan activists who raised the banned Morning Star flag of independence in a protest last December has died. Zode Hilapok's...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby At least 32 people have been killed in an all-out war between Kulumata and Kuboma tribes in Milne Bay’s...

By Finau Fonua and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalists More than 30 people have been confirmed dead by Papua New Guinea government official Nelson Tauyuwada...

PNG Post-Courier Thirty people are reported to have been killed and many seriously injured in the worst tribal warfare on Kiriwina Island in Papua New...

RNZ Pacific None of the parties making up New Caledonia's pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) will attend this week's talks in France...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama says Bougainville’s future as an independent sovereign nation is inevitable and nothing can change the...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...