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Kanaky New Caledonia’s FLNKS wants ICJ advice on contested vote
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...
Slow down Simeon Brown – NZ bilingual traffic signs aren’t an...
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...
Academic ‘tsunami’ at USP shakes regional Pacific institution to core
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...
PNG lawyer Paraka found guilty of misappropriating K162m
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...
Tokelau covid: Two new cases announced as lockdown ends
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,...
Background to SCORI – is this a sell-out of Pacific’s ‘Sea...
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...
No sedition charges against Kanak pro-independence leader, says prosecutor
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...
Kramer still working on ‘unfinished’ exposure of PNG corruption
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...
OPM call for PNG’s James Marape as negotiator for NZ pilot’s...
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"...
NZ’s opposition ‘need to go back to school’ over bilingual sign...
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...
Author-poet condemns Papuan rebel threat to shoot NZ hostage pilot if...
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian author-poet and advocate for West Papuan independence has condemned a reported threat against the life of a New Zealand hostage...
Highly secretive Five Eyes alliance disrupts China-backed hacker group
ANALYSIS: By Dennis B. Desmond, University of the Sunshine Coast
This week the Five Eyes alliance -- an intelligence alliance between Australia, the United Kingdom,...
‘Living museum’ will help bring Fiji’s Girmit experience by storytelling
By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist
In a significant step toward preserving and commemorating Fiji's rich history, efforts are underway to establish the country's first...
After Mawar, post-typhoon restoration process begins in Guam
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Guam is in a recovery phase after being pummelled by typhoon Mawar.
In a notice early today, Guam Waterworks Authority...
PNG’s Governor-General signs off on dismissal of Bryan Kramer as MP
By Todagia Kelola in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Governor-General, Sir Bob Dadae, has formally dismissed former cabinet minister Brian Kramer as a Member of...
Fiji’s Great Council of Chiefs reinstates native land lease policy
By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific senior journalist, and Kelvin Anthony, lead digital and social media journalist
Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs has endorsed the reinstatement...
PNG corruption – ‘Our people think MPs are automatic teller machines’
EDITORIAL: PNG Post-Courier
Are the voters responsible for the corruption in the country?
Papua New Guinea's Health Minister and Member for Wabag, Dr Lino Tom, seems...
Caledonian Union dismisses ‘two generations to self-determination’ comment as an insult
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
New Caledonia's largest pro-independence party says the latest French pronouncement on self-determination is an insult to the decolonisation process.
Amid...
Protesters call for West Papua to be included on UN ‘decolonisation’...
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian advocacy group has called for West Papua to be reinscribed on the United Nations list of "non self-governing territories", citing...
Timor-Leste’s opposition party wins election ‘punishing’ ruling Fretilin coalition
ABC Pacific Beat
Timor-Leste independence hero Xanana Gusmao has won the parliamentary election, but the country's first president may contest the count after his party...
Fiji President welcomes inclusive ‘new dawn’ for Great Council of Chiefs
By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Kelvin Anthony, lead digital and social media journalist
Chiefs are to serve people and not to be served,...
Blinken, Daki sign controversial US-PNG defence pact after day of protests
The National, Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea yesterday intialled a defence cooperation agreement with the United States amid day-long protests against the signing by university...