APR editor
As Wong makes her mark in the Pacific, the Albanese government...
ANALYSIS: By Tony Walker, La Trobe University
Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s decision to embark on a diplomatic offensive to outflank China in the Pacific within...
Church bells, police sirens mark 60 years of Samoa’s independence
RNZ Pacific
Church bells and police sirens rang out across Samoa at midnight to herald the start of 12 months of nationwide celebrations for the...
PNG’s energy minister, supporters flee for their lives in elections attack
By Shirley Mauludu in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Energy Minister Saki Soloma and his supporters had to run for their lives when they were...
Temaru hits back over probe in pro-independence Radio Tefana case
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's pro-independence leader and mayor of Faa'a, Oscar Temaru, says double standards are at play in probing him over the payment of...
Aupito heads to Fiji as government faces pressure over China strategy
RNZ Pacific
Aotearoa New Zealand's Pacific Minister Aupito William Sio is set to travel to Fiji tomorrow, while Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta is under increased...
Amplifying narratives about the ‘China threat’ in the Pacific may help...
ANALYSIS: By Joanne Wallis, University of Adelaide and Maima Koro, University of Adelaide
Yet more proposed Chinese “security agreements” in the Pacific Islands have been...
China documents threaten Pacific sovereignty, warns FSM president
RNZ Pacific
The President of the Federated States of Micronesia says he has serious concerns about the details of two leaked Chinese government documents to...
‘Democracy can be fragile’: Ardern uses Harvard speech to call out...
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delivered the highly regarded Harvard Commencement address, calling out social media as a threat to modern...
Tahitian pro-independence leader Temaru detained over funding
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's pro-independence leader and mayor of Faa'a, Oscar Temaru, has been held for questioning over the funding of his defence in a...
Kiribati ‘forced’ to allow China visit on Pacific mission, says journalist
RNZ Pacific
A Pacific journalist believes the Kiribati government has been coerced by Beijing to accommodate China's foreign minister's visit.
Kiribati authorities have confirmed that Wang...
West Papuan students fight on for rights to education in Aotearoa
By George Heagney of Stuff in Palmerston North
Students from West Papua desperate to stay in New Zealand after having their scholarships cut are pinning...
FijiFirst not fit to run country over ‘dry taps – no...
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
People’s Alliance party leader Sitiveni Rabuka says the FijiFirst government is not fit to run the country because it cannot...
PNG elections: People’s National Congress party endorses 90 plus candidates
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific journalist
Papua New Guinea's People's National Congress is shaping up as the party to watch as the country's general election...
PNG faces K105m Indonesian penalty for illegal black oil shipments
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby
The Papua New Guinean government can expect to be fined a hefty US$5 million (K17.6 million) each for six...
Top level Chinese delegation headed to Kiribati – questions over Kanton
By Barbara Dreaver, TV1 News Pacific correspondent
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is to visit Kiribati on Friday for four hours as part of a...
PM Jacinda Ardern launches US tour with NZ ‘open for business’...
RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has spoken to media to demonstrate to the US market that New Zealand is "open for business", having arrived...
Police warn PNG public about robbers after attack on Unitech students
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea police have warned the public to take precaution with criminals now operating in large numbers in some suburbs of the...
‘We’re listening and we’ll do better’, new minister Wong tells Pacific
RNZ Pacific
Australia's newly sworn-in Foreign Minister, Penny Wong, says the new Labor government "will be a generous, respectful and reliable member of the Pacific...
China’s high-level ‘milestone’ visit to the Pacific ahead of schedule
RNZ Pacific
The Solomon Islands government has confirmed the much anticipated high-level visit by the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to the country is ahead...
Commemoration held in Tahiti for politicians on a ‘vanished’ flight
RNZ Pacific
A commemoration has been held in French Polynesia to mark the 20th anniversary of the disappearance of a leading opposition politician in the...
Women MPs vital for PNG’s future, says campaigning Somare-Brash
RNZ Pacific
A female candidate in the Papua New Guinea elections believes it is more important than ever that the country has women MPs in...
‘I’m ready – energised,’ Port Moresby’s Parkop pledges to huge crowd
PNG Post-Courier
"Powes! Powes! Powes!" The city of Port Moresby was ringing with chants of support for its governor for the past 15 years --...