Yearly Archives: 2023

By Craig Stephen, RNZ Pacific World football's top dog has completed his tour of the Pacific while in the region for the FIFA Women's World...

This open letter to En Avant Toute and journalists at France 24 and France Info marked the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples...

RNZ Pacific New research shows that more than half of New Zealanders are struggling financially. The annual survey by the Retirement Commission found the number of...

RNZ Pacific Vanuatu's Parliament is scheduled to meet tomorrow to debate a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau's government. A political stalemate persists,...

RNZ News A GPs advocacy group says that practices learned from the covid-19 pandemic, like staying home when sick or wearing masks in health facilities,...

By Sera Sefeti in Suva International environmental campaign group Greenpeace’s flagship Rainbow Warrior is currently sailing across the Pacific, calling at ports and collecting evidence...

RNZ Pacific Two men charged with conspiring to murder former Samoan prime minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi have been jailed. Malele Paulo, also known as King Faipopo,...

Asia Pacific Report An Australian West Papuan solidarity group has condemned the reported arrest of 21 activists protesting in Jayapura over a "tragic day in...

Asia Pacific Report Greenpeace has welcomed the Greens for being the first party to announce a household solar policy for Aotearoa New Zealand's election in...

ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato The release of the threat assessment by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) this week is the...

By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist The death toll from the devastating wildfire that engulfed the historic beachside town of Lāhainā on the island of...

By Aralai Vosayaco in Suva The Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) is disappointed with the Fiji government and Pacific Islands Forum’s endorsement of the Japanese...

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist News media in Indonesia act as "government loudspeakers" by advancing a one-sided narrative regarding...

By Felix Walton, RNZ News reporter A New Zealander on holiday in Maui says the wildfires devastating the Hawai'ian island are unlike anything he has...

ANALYSIS: By Kevin Trenberth, University of Auckland The announcement of a partnership between the New Zealand government and the world’s biggest investment manager BlackRock in...

Pacific Media Watch A new media monitoring watchdog, Muslim Media Watch, published its first edition today featuring a cover story alleging that a Malaysian cult...

By Finau Fonua and Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalists It was an evening of celebration in Manukau, the heart of South Auckland, as Pasifika musicians...

By Dale Luma and Pearson Kolo in Port Moresby Sixty-year-old Funki Uin continues his struggle in vain in Papua New Guinea as he tries to...

PNG Post-Courier As drivers and pedestrians continued on their daily business yesterday afternoon in Papua New Guinea's capital city Port Moresby, a cry went out...

RNZ Pacific Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has called again for the immediate release of New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens, who has now been held hostage...

Asia Pacific Report The leader of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) has called for the establishment of a "United Indigenous Nations" for global justice and...

PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea police have arrested three men and seized a stockpile of unlicensed firearms, ammunition, explosives and other illegal items in a...