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Fiji elections: SODELPA has ‘sold its soul’, says Rabuka
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
The People’s Alliance party leader Sitiveni Rabuka claims the Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) “has sold its soul” in secretly...
Fiji elections: People ‘not powerless’ in real democracy, says Naidu
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
People are not powerless in a “real” democracy, says prominent Suva-based Fiji lawyer Richard Naidu.
Speaking to The Fiji Times during...
Indonesia accused of using new Criminal Code to ‘colonise its own...
Asia Pacific Report
Civil society organisations which make up the National Alliance for Criminal Code Reform have slammed the decision by the Indonesian government and...
NZ blood donor case: Baby’s surgery takes place at Starship hospital
RNZ News
The baby in Aotearoa New Zealand whose parents did not want him to receive blood from people who may have had the covid...
An update on the ‘good governance coup’ – political will, corruption...
ANALYSIS: By Grant Walton, Husnia Hushang and Neelesh Gounder
In 2006, Fiji’s current Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama, seized power from a government that had been...
New review aims to ensure education is ‘a right’ across the...
By Jan Kohout, RNZ Pacific journalist
A new initiative has been launched in 15 Pacific Island countries to improve educational standards.
The Pacific Regional Inclusive Education...
Fiji elections: Voting villagers say they ‘want a government that can...
By Repeka Nasiko in Suva
Malake villagers in the Ra of western Fiji have flocked to their polling station eager to vote for a government...
No appeal against ruling in NZ baby blood case, surgery to...
RNZ News
The parents of a New Zealand baby at the centre of a legal dispute that has made global headlines will not be appealing...
Fiji elections: Tabuya claims child ‘harassed’ by anti-corruption agency
By Rakesh Kumar in Suva
People’s Alliance candidate Lynda Tabuya claims her 16-year-old daughter was “harassed” by the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption (FICAC) officers...
Rabuka condemns ‘outrageous’ arrests of deputy leaders so close to Fiji...
By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist
With the Fiji general election just days away, a major political party has condemned the arrests of its deputy...
Fiji elections: Solution to nation’s problems – ‘vote out FijiFirst’, says...
By Serafina Silaitoga in Suva
The solution to Fiji’s problems is to vote out the FijiFirst government, says People’s Alliance party leader Sitiveni Rabuka.
Speaking to...
As Fiji prepares to vote, democracy could already be the loser
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
When Fijians elect a new parliament on December 14, it is likely their votes will be counted fairly...
NZ covid inquiry must look at response to specific communities, Pasifika...
RNZ News
A Pasifika health leader hopes the Royal Commission into the Covid-19 pandemic will look into the equity of the response and resource allocation.
Prime...
Indonesian protesters call for release of West Papua Morning Star detainees
RNZ Pacific
Activists have protested at Indonesia's Ternate Police headquarters in North Maluku demanding that the security forces release eight people arrested while commemorating West...
‘Huge distress’: Postgrad students feel impact of AUT academic staff cuts
RNZ Nine To Noon
Postgraduate students are petitioning Auckland University of Technology over academic staff cuts -- saying it is hugely disruptive and will impact...
NZ announces Royal Commission into government’s covid-19 response
RNZ News
The New Zealand government has announced a Royal Commission into its covid-19 response.
The Commission will be chaired by Australia-based epidemiologist Professor Tony Blakely,...
FijiFirst condemned over ‘politics of fear’ aimed at voters
By Shayal Devi in Suva
The "politics of fear" pervading Fiji must go away, says National Federation Party (NFP) candidate Agni Deo Singh.
The former general...
French judiciary drop forgery, fraud case against Tahiti’s Flosse
RNZ Pacific
The French judiciary has thrown out an alleged forgery and fraud case against former French Polynesian president Gaston Flosse, relating to a property...
Mediawatch: Anti-vax parents create media conundrum and criticism
MEDIAWATCH: By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer
One press conference question at a Prime Ministerial summit in Aotearoa New Zealand kicked off a wave of...
Pacific churches call for boycott of Indonesian products over Papua
By Shayal Devi in Suva
In solidarity with West Papua, the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) has called for a boycott of all Indonesian products...
Yan, Zhou plead guilty to conspiring to bribe Marshall Islands officials
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro
Three months after their extradition from Thailand to face bribery and money...
NZ Chinese local community protests against China lockdowns, ‘dictatorship’
By Lucy Xia, RNZ News journalist
More than 200 people from Aotearoa New Zealand's Chinese community gathered for a vigil at Auckland's Aotea Square last...

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