Yearly Archives: 2023

RNZ Pacific A New Zealand professor and his two Papua New Guinean colleagues have been released from captivity, more than a week after being kidnapped...

RNZ Pacific New Zealand police report that the number of people cited as uncontactable following Cyclone Gabrielle has dropped to eight -- down from 13...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital and social media journalist The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is now "a family...

RNZ News Te Ao Māori Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau-a-Apanui from Mātaatua have been crowned Te Matatini champions for the third time in Aotearoa...

By Felix Chaudhary in Suva "We are proud Fijians and Melanesians today" -- Fiji Council of Social Services executive director Vani Catanasiga said this in...

RNZ News A tornado has torn through New Zealand's Bay of Plenty settlement of Waihi Beach ripping roofs off houses and cutting power to nearly...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement is holding its congress this weekend to prepare its position for the bilateral talks scheduled with French Interior...

ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato One year to the day since Russian tanks ran over the Ukraine border -- and over the UN...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Prime Minister James Marape has urged armed captors to free the remaining four hostages which includes an Australian-based New...

RNZ News New Zealand civil defence staff have sent out text alerts to residents in North and West Auckland today to avoid unecessary travel as...

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital and social media journalist, and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is the first Fijian...

RNZ Pacific Indonesian security forces were about to launch a rescue operation for a pilot held hostage in Papua before New Zealand intervened, reports ABC...

The National in Port Moresby Warlords and armed bandits pose a threat to Papua New Guinea's national security and must be destroyed, says Deputy Opposition...

The National in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's draft National Media Development Policy is not intended to give the government power to control the media...

Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on Papua New Guinea’s government to immediately withdraw a draconian draft media “development” policy that has...

PNG Post-Courier As day five dawned in Papua New Guinea's kidnapping drama, the family of one of the four hostages captives -- one of three...

By Felix Chaudhary in Suva Recognising Indonesia’s sovereignty is one thing. However, failing to allow West Papuans a seat at regional discussion tables like the Pacific...

Dr Essam Youssef visits the ambulance in Gaza sponsored by Freedom Flotilla Campaigns. The ambulance is used by the Benevolent Society for People with...

RNZ News New Zealand's MetService has issued an orange warning meaning heavy rain is on the way for cyclone-hit Hawke's Bay. From now through until 10am...

EDITORIAL: Inside PNG Papua New Guinea's Communications Minister, Timothy Masiu, has proposed a new policy that, if implemented, will affect the constitutional rights of freedom...

PNG Post-Courier The Post-Courier has exclusively been advised of the release of one of the women held captive by armed men in the Bosavi mountains,...

ANALYSIS: By David Norton, University of Canterbury During Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle the poor management of exotic plantations in Aotearoa New Zealand -- primarily pine...