Yearly Archives: 2023

By Anneke Smith, RNZ News political reporter One of New Zealand's wealthiest people says he supports a capital gains tax, as new research lays...

By Meri Radinibaravi in Suva The gamble that the previous FijiFirst government took in 2016 — in reducing the value added tax (VAT) rate from...

By Marcia Negri in Port Moresby The arena was filled with applauses and whistles when Fidelis Kamsnok walked up to the podium to receive his...

RNZ Pacific New Zealand hostage Phillip Mehrtens, who is being held by pro-independence fighters in West Papua, appears well in a newly-released video. It comes as...

By Anish Chand in Suva Energy Fiji Ltd (EFL) has warned that the Monasavu and Nadarivatu hydropower schemes may need to shut down if it...

By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist Anzac dawn ceremonies have been held across the Pacific region, with tributes paid to both Anzac and Pacific Island...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist In the early 1940s a young Sergeant Alexander Brown from Mangaia, Cook Islands, was killed in action. "His siblings, all...

By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter New Caledonia's largest pro-independence party has been told that France is "panicking" and afraid of losing New Caledonia. The head...

ANALYSIS: By Katie Pickles, University of Canterbury What happened on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey 108 years ago has shocked and shaped Aotearoa New Zealand...

By Maxine Kamus in Port Moresby Port Moresby’s power blackouts may now be over. After 15 years, Papua New Guinea's national government and its Chinese...

By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter Politicians in French Polynesia have reacted with scorn over the ruling party's hastily-convened electoral alliance with an opposition party,...

THE HOUSE: By Johnny Blades, journalist If elected representatives have their work cut out for them to create the slightest social or political change through...

By James Hita of Greenpeace A flotilla of crafts surrounding a massive "ban bottom trawling" banner protested off Auckland's Mission Bay today against bottom trawling...

By Shayal Devi in Suva Any attempt to review or change Fiji’s existing taxation system will be done with proper consideration of all reports and...

By Giles Dexter, RNZ News political reporter The Australian government has announced a direct pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders, ending a tension between the...

RNZ Pacific Daycare centres have been shut down in American Samoa following confirmation of an eight-year-old girl with measles. The territory's Department of Health (DOH) said...

Asia Pacific Report Indonesian security forces have intensified operations in various conflict areas in West Papua, reports Human Rights Monitor. According to information received by the...

By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist The United Kingdom's commitments to upholding human rights have come under question this week over the West Papua issue,...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby A senior Papua New Guinea police officer has called for mandatory drug tests because the National Capital District (NCD)...

RNZ Pacific A senior health practitioner in Fiji has warned that the exodus of nurses will put significant strain on the country's health sector. According to...

By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter French Polynesia's President Édouard Fritch has warned of "chaos", should his party lose power to the pro-independence Tavini Huira'atira. In...

By Stephen Forbes, Local Democracy Reporter South Auckland's poor turnout for the 2018 Aotearoa New Zealand national census could have cost the region $130 million...