Monthly Archives: May 2023

PNG's Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko steps aside.  Video: ABC News ABC PACIFIC BEAT: By Marian Faa, Prianka Srinivasan and Belinda Kora Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister...

By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Students at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) marched to Parliament House in in the capital Port...

By Filipe Marayawa in Suva The Fiji Rugby Union is expected to lose its seat on the World Rugby Council. This means FRU loses its voting...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea's opposition has called on Foreign Affairs Minister Justin Tkatchenko to resign after calling critics of his...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby A defiant Foreign Affairs Minister Justin Tkatchenko says he will not resign over the furore surrounding his daughter Savannah’s...

By Karoline Tuckey, RNZ News journalist A call for the first reading of a member's bill banning seabed mining altogether was voted down at Parliament...

RNZ Pacific Amnesty International is calling on Indonesia to release West Papua National Committee (KNPB) international spokesperson Victor Yeimo. Yeimo was sentenced on Friday to eight...

ABC PACIFIC BEAT: By Marian Faa and Belinda Kora Papua New Guinea's foreign minister has vehemently defended his daughter against a furious backlash to a...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea’s airspace will be closed for four hours with tight security for when US President Joe Biden...

Pacific Media Watch Journalist, author and media academic David Robie has launched an independent news and current affairs website to complement his long-established Asia Pacific...

Asia Pacific Report An advocacy group opposed to seabed mining has accused the government of "deliberately misinterpreting" a draft bill aimed at banning the industry...

By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter France has been warned against attempts to abandon the New Caledonian decolonisation process pursued for more than two decades. A...

REVIEW: By Sri Krishnamurthi From Island girl to an airline pilot seems like the Disney fantasy Moana yet nothing could further from the truth when...

Asia Pacific Report Pacific Media Network broadcaster and community activist Ernestina Maro (left) and Auckland Rotuman Fellowship Group chair Rachael Mario share the microphone to...

RNZ Pacific Indonesia has sent 30 tonnes of relief supplies to aid the Vanuatu government's recovery efforts post three major natural disasters earlier this year. The...

RNZ News A state of local emergency has been declared in Aotearoa New Zealand's largest city Auckland today as heavy rain and thunderstorms affect the...

By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter The French Polynesian economy has been given a positive assessment in the aftermath of the covid-19 pandemic by the...

Jubi News A West Papuan leader, defending himself against treason charges, has denounced "systemic racism" by Indonesian authorities in the Melanesian region in a court...

By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist The Methodist Church of Fiji is seeking forgiveness from the descendants of Indian indentured labourers, or Girmitiyas, for the...

Asia Pacific Report Rotuman people and communities in Aotearoa New Zealand launched their Rotuman Language Week 2023 celebrations yesterday. The event by the NZ Rotuman Collective...

By Stephen Forbes, Local Democracy Reporter Te Whatu Ora's new winter health plan fails to address workforce shortages and staff burnout in Aotearoa New Zealand,...

RNZ News The World Health Organisation's decision to remove covid-19 as a global health emergency is the right move, epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker says. The organisation...