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By Matthew Vari in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea will face a grim reality of a ban on its shipping of oil and hydrocarbons in...

By Kelvin Joe and Gynnie Kero in Port Moresby Two widows and their children were among other Papua New Guinean squatters who had to dismantle...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk More armoured vehicles and firetrucks have been delivered for Kanaky New Caledonia's security forces, including police...

ANALYSIS: By Denise Fisher The voters in the second round of France’s national elections last weekend staved off an expected shift to the far-right. But...

Asia Pacific Report The Fiji NGO Coalition on Human Rights and other protesters took to the streets of Fiji's capital Suva yesterday in a rare...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Riots in Kanaky New Caledonia claimed their 10th victim yesterday. The death took place as a result...

By Ritika Pratap, deputy news manager of FBC News Five high-profile, international award-winning journalists and journalism academics will join their regional media counterparts to address...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Pacific results for the first round of French national snap elections yesterday showed a firm...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Voters in New Caledonia will go to the polls this weekend under tight security, almost eight...

RNZ Pacific An international relations lecturer says New Zealand's framing of China in the perceived Pacific geopolitical struggle is "disingenuous". Victoria University of Wellington's Nanai Anae...

By Laura Smith, Local Democracy Reporter Last night's Matariki drone show was an emotional experience for some of the thousands who huddled under the glow...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson Hawai’ian academic Dr Emalani Case has condemned the 2024 Rimpac military exercise that began off the coast of Hawai’i...

By Stefan Armbruster, Victor Mambor and BenarNews staff An unheralded visit to Indonesia’s Papuan provinces by a leading Pacific diplomat has drawn criticism for undermining...

OBITUARY: By Philip Cass of Kaniva Tonga A New Zealand politician and human rights activist with a strong connection to Tonga’s Democracy movement and other...

By Nicholas Mwai in Port Vila French Ambassador Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer to Vanuatu has hit back at criticism about French policy over Kanaky New Caledonia...

Asia Pacific Report The president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has welcomed the launch of a new political front, urging support...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Fresh violence has erupted in several parts of New Caledonia over the past three days, with...

Asia Pacific Report An exhibition from Tara Arts International has been brought to The University of the South Pacific as part of the Pacific International...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist A former National Party Member of Parliament says his late party looked "like dickheads" not supporting the first reading...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A group of pro-independence leaders charged with allegedly organising protests that turned into violent unrest in...

Asia Pacific Report The Aotearoa Caravan For a Free Palestine arrived in Auckland at the weekend and was greeted and supported by a large rally...

ANALYSIS: By Ian Parmeter, Australian National University Among the many sayings attributed to Winston Churchill is, “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed...