Yearly Archives: 2023

RNZ Pacific Transparency International Papua New Guinea has welcomed the conviction of lawyer Paul Paraka as the police confirm they are widening the investigation into...

RNZ Pacific Members of Fijian communities in Auckland and Wellington are eager to meet Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka next week when he arrives on his...

OBITUARY: By Dominic O'Sullivan Tui Rererangi Walsh O'Sullivan, 4 July 1940 -- 20 May 2023 Kia ora koutau katoa. Kia ora mo o koutou haerenga i...

By Repeka Nasiko in Lautoka The University of the South Pacific will be receiving additional funding from the Fiji government in the 2023-2024 national budget,...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby The National Court has ordered the Papua New Guinea government to disclose the full details of the gold refinery...

Asia Pacific Report A new edition of the Okinawan Journal of Island Studies features social justice island activism, including a case study of Aotearoa New...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Preliminary findings of a yet-to-be released Transparency International survey has found sextortion -- demanding sexual favours in return for...

RNZ News New Zealand's Media Freedom Council has called Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown's exclusion of some media outlets from his budget speech today "unacceptable". In an...

There are parallels between Indonesia’s Aceh where an Australian surfer faced a flogging, and West Papua where a New Zealand pilot may be facing...

By Vijay Narayan in Suva Fiji's 2000 coup leader George Speight, who has been serving time in prison for more than 20 years, has applied...

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist A leaked document authored by a recently recruited senior University of the South Pacific...

By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front)  says the advice of the International Court of Justice...

ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw, Massey University When New Zealand's opposition National Party’s transport spokesperson, Simeon Brown, questioned the logic of bilingual traffic signs, he seemed...

COMMENT: By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom An alleged bizarre swinging punch towards an academic from a senior management figure at the top of...

By Todagia Kelola in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea lawyer and businessman Paul Paraka has been found guilty of misappropriating K162 million (NZ$75 million) belonging...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Tokelau's largest atoll, Nukunonu, is now out of lockdown after experiencing its first community cases of covid-19. In a statement,...

By concerned citizens of the Pacific The signing of the memorandum of understanding between the University of the South Pacific's vice-chancellor and president, Professor Pal...

By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter The president of New Caledonia's largest pro-independence party Daniel Goa will not be prosecuted for alleged calls for violence...

PNG Post-Courier Dismissed Member of Madang Bryan Kramer says the dismissal notice by Papua New Guinea's Governor-General Sir Bob Dadae does not affect his appeal. "What...

By Joeli Bili in Suva A partnership forged between the Indian government and the University of the South Pacific (USP) will see the establishment of...

Asia Pacific Report Free Papua Organisation (OPM) leader Jeffrey Bomanak has appealed for Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape to become a "neutral intermediary"...

By Rayssa Almeida, RNZ News reporter New Zealand's Māori Party co-leader says the opposition National Party should go back to school if it thinks including...