Yearly Archives: 2024

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A women's union in New Caledonia has staged a sit-in protest this week to support senior...

Asia Pacific Report The prosecutor’s office at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has appealed for an end to what it calls intimidation of its staff,...

By Stephen Wright and Stefan Armbruster of BenarNews Fiji’s ranking in a global press freedom index has jumped into the top tier of countries with...

Pacific Media Watch New Zealand has slumped to an unprecedented 19th place in the annual Reporters Without Borders 2024 World Press Freedom Index survey released...

By Joe Yaya of Islands Business Controversial University of the South Pacific (USP) vice-chancellor and president Professor Pal Ahluwalia will return to be based at...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Vanuatu's former prime minister and opposition MP Ishmael Kalsakau has stepped down -- just two days after he confirmed...

Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan resistance leader has condemned the United Nations role in allowing Indonesia to "integrate" the Melanesian Pacific region in what...

By Jo Moir, RNZ News political editor, and Craig McCulloch, deputy political editor New Zealand's Labour Party is demanding Winston Peters be stood down as...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Jeremiah Manele has been elected Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, polling 31 votes to 18 over rival candidate and...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Police in Solomon Islands are on high alert ahead of the election of the prime minister today. The two candidates...

Asia Pacific Report Ngāti Kahungunu in Aotearoa New Zealand's Hawkes Bay region has become the first indigenous Māori iwi (tribe) to sign a resolution calling...

By Dale Luma in Port Moresby “We want grants and not concessional loans,” is the crisp message from Papua New Guinea businesses directly affected by...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Former opposition leader Matthew Wale has been announced as the second prime ministerial candidate ahead of the election in...

Asia Pacific Report A Pacific civil society alliance has condemned French neocolonial policies in Kanaky New Caledonia, saying Paris is set on "maintaining the status...

Koi Tū New Zealand cannot sit back and see the collapse of its Fourth Estate, the director of Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures,...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Eugene Doyle He is the most popular Palestinian leader alive today -- and yet few people in the West even know his...

Asia Pacific Report The Pacific state of Hawai'i’s House of Representatives has joined the state’s Senate in calling for a ceasefire in Israel's war on...

By Melyne Baroi in Port Moresby A Papua New Guinea MP, Peter Isoaimo, who had been ousted by the National Court in an alleged bribery...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor The first prime ministerial candidate has been announced in Solomon Islands and it is not Manasseh Sogavare. The man of...

By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent The US Department of Justice is being urged to condemn and cease its reliance...

Asia Pacific Report A score of Palestine solidarity protesters draped themselves in white shrouds with mock blood in a sombre “die-in” demonstration at Te Komitanga...

Pacific Media Watch US President Joe Biden has spoken at the annual White House Correspondents’ dinner in Washington in spite of protests over alleged "complicity"...