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Missing leaders won’t derail Pacific Islands Forum outcomes, says secretariat
By Teuila Fuatai of RNZ Pacific in Koror, Palau
With the final list of leaders attending the 55th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting in...
Vanuatu special envoy calls for PIF to ‘reopen’ issue of Pacific...
By Ezra Toara in Port Vila
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) should revisit a proposal for an independent regional delegation to visit West Papua and...
Solomon Islands PM Wale rushes home from Palau after confidence challenge...
RNZ Pacific reporters
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale made an emergency trip back to Honiara on Sunday morning from Palau after a motion of...
PSNA slams NZ’s ‘uncaring’ lack of signature on global Israeli settlements...
Asia Pacific Report
A national pro-Palestine advocacy group has criticised the "absence of signature" by the New Zealand government on a 22-member joint statement condemning...
Notable absences loom ahead of PIF leaders’ meeting in Palau
By Teuila Fuatai of RNZ Pacific in Koror, Palau
The 55th Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting officially kicks off tonight in Koror, Palau.
The runway leading...
NZ left parties condemn Luxon govt on lack of humanity, ‘complicity’...
Asia Pacific Report
Four opposition party spokespeople today condemned the New Zealand coalition government’s Palestine policies and called on voters to oust it and elect...
New Zealand says its ties with its Realm countries remain strong...
By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific
New Zealand says its connections to its Realm countries remain strong and stable, after the first of a series...
Alumni revolt over Israel: 450 Sydney Uni staff, graduates accuse university...
Deepcut News
More than 450 University of Sydney (USyd) alumni and current staff have signed a letter calling for a mass meeting to discuss the...
Six months on, Iran is still standing but survival is becoming...
ANALYSIS: By Mahjoob Zweiri
It has been six months since the United States and Israel launched their coordinated military campaign against Iran on February 28....
PNG’s parliament Bougainville vote still many months away
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
After an historic day in which the result of Bougainville's independence referendum was finally tabled in Papua New Guinea's...
Caitlin Johnstone: All it takes is one crack in the lie...
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
I saw a clip going around from the Netflix series “1899” where a woman discovers a crack in the screen of...
Comedian’s Australian visa sabotaged, war crimes suspects cheered through
The Israel lobby has tried to sabotage comic Bassem Youssef from entering Australia while the government gives a free pass to IDF soldiers suspected...
Long time coming: After decades of struggle, is Bougainville on the...
ANALYSIS: By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
We could be about to find out whether a part of the Pacific Islands will become the world's...
Mark Brown’s Cook Islands Party set to govern for historic fifth...
Cook Islands News/RNZ Pacific
Mark Brown's governing Cook Islands Party (CIP) is set to return to power for a historic fifth consecutive term after...
New Caledonia’s President Tukumuli outlines six-month recovery roadmap
By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia's President Milakulo Tukumuli on Monday outlined the urgent issues facing the French Pacific territory.
In a special address...
Thai protesters picket Israeli embassy over tourist harassment
Khaosod English
A Thai protest group submitted a letter outside the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok this week, urging Israeli tourists and residents in Thailand to...
Pacific ‘catastrophe’ awaits if nations not alert to deep sea eco...
COMMENTARY: By Kalinga Seneviratne
In the past year there has been a scramble by the big powers to secure the continuing supply of “rare minerals”...
‘This is a difficult task’: PNG parliament to finally address Bougainville...
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's prime minister has urged the nation to appreciate the gravity of the decision on Bougainville that...
PNG’s tinder-dry Central Province and NCD struggle under El Niño
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's Central Province is feeling the brunt of prolonged drought caused by the El Niño weather phase.
Central...
Lakapi Samoa CEO warns World Rugby sanctions could end Manu Samoa
By Talaia Mika of RNZ Pacific
There will be "no more Manu Samoa" if the government does not accept a proposed World Rugby review of...
Segal’s speech code meets the law – Justice Fagan wrecks Canberra’s...
The Israel lobby wrote itself a dictionary. Governments adopted it, regulators enforced it and police made arrests under it. Then it met a judge...
Whale-watching boat carrying NZ Anglican Church delegates capsizes in Tonga
By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific
A whale-watching boat carrying several New Zealand Anglican Church delegates capsized and sank in Tonga on Saturday.
RNZ Pacific understands...





























































