Yearly Archives: 2023

By Joy Olali and Max Oraka Papua New Guinea’s literacy rate stands at 63.4 percent -- the lowest in the Pacific -- with the government...

RNZ Pacific Japan plans to start releasing treated nuclear wastewater from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean as soon as later this...

OBITUARY: By David Robie New Zealand-adopted Fiji journalist, sports writer, national news agency reporter, anti-coup activist, media freedom advocate, storyteller and mentor Sri Krishnamurthi has...

By Grace Auka Salmang in Port Moresby It isn't every day that a doctor will follow up with a patient and check how he or...

By Rodney Duthie in Suva Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad has called on the Fiji Football Association to address the problem of the decline...

By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter A review of RNZ's online news has called for greater oversight and enforcement of standards after a crisis sparked...

By David Robie Two researchers examining responses to conspiratorial pandemic narratives have warned Aotearoa New Zealand not to be complacent over the risk of fringe...

The Paradise Bombed documentary about West Papua by Kristo Langker. Asia Pacific Report A new documentary and human rights report have documented savage attacks in 2021...

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist Pacific anti-nuclear advocacy groups and campaigners have condemned the Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's...

PNG Post-Courier Faced with a rise in the number of criminals in Papua New Guinea who are now armed and shooting at the police, Police...

PNG Post-Courier Police in Papua New Guinea's National Capital District are investigating the shooting yesterday of a woman reporter working with the National Broadcasting Corporation...

RNZ News The integration of RNZ's digital team with the wider news team was meant to take place during the merger with TVNZ that never...

ANALYSIS: By Ravindra Singh Prasad In a historic first visit to an independent Pacific state by a sitting French president, President Emmanuel Macron has denounced...

By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor Papua New Guinea's police commissioner David Manning says a man allegedly involved in the kidnapping of 17 girls...

By Mackenzie Smith and Toby Mann of ABC Pacific Beat Concerns have been raised about foreign influence in Pacific media after it was revealed Solomon...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya An Indonesian court has held a hearing to consider whether the ailing suspended Papua Governor, Lukas Enembe, is well enough...

Jubi News Papuan police are investigating a spate of mysterious fires in the Dogiyai area in Central Papua province. The razed structures include the offices of...

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist The media sector in the Pacific should be supported with an enabling environment to...

ANALYSIS: By Bryce Edwards Cabinet Minister David Parker recently told The Spinoff he’s reading The Triumph of Injustice – how the wealthy avoid paying tax...

PNG Post-Courier Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama has called on Prime Minister James Marape to spell out "clearly and honestly" his fears about Bougainville obtaining independence...

Pacific Journalism Review Research on climate crisis as the new target for disinformation peddlers, governance and the media, China’s growing communication influence, and journalism training...

By Bernadette Carreon and Aubrey Belford A major daily newspaper in Solomon Islands received nearly US$140,000 in funding from the Chinese government in return for...