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Police break up protests in Jayapura over new Papuan provinces plan
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Hundreds of Cendrawasih University (Uncen) students took to the streets last week to hold actions opposing the creation of new provinces...
NZ war protest flotilla faces Russian oligarch’s luxury Northland estate
RNZ News
A New Zealand protest flotilla has arrived outside the luxury Northland home of Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov.
The eight vessels sailed to Helena Bay,...
NZ’s covid-19 death toll reaches 105, but it ‘could have been...
RNZ News
The number of people with covid-19 who have died in New Zealand has now reached 105, with 14 deaths reported in the past...
Six Nations: How Wallis and Futuna players have boosted France’s title...
By Tony Smith of Stuff
The tiny Pacific territory of Wallis and Futuna can, per capita, surely lay claim to be test rugby's hottest talent...
PNG’s EMTV sacks top journalist, recruits novices as elections loom
RNZ Pacific
Sincha Dimara, the news and current affairs manager at EMTV and one of Papua New Guinea's most experienced journalists, has been sacked after...
Merging commercial TVNZ and non-commercial RNZ won’t be easy – and...
ANALYSIS: By Peter Thompson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The announcement of the government’s decision to merge RNZ and TVNZ into a...
‘Remain vigilant’ warning from Auckland health leaders as record 7 covid...
RNZ News
Auckland health authorities remain cautiously optimistic that the omicron outbreak may have peaked in the country's biggest city, even though 601 of the...
Post-Courier: Violence in any form is a serious disease – target...
EDITORIAL: By the PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's police commissioner, David Manning, addressing the International Women’s Day celebrations this week, let it be known that...
Papuan activists protest in Jakarta, demand Jokowi pull troops in Papua
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Scores of Papuan activists have held a protest in front of the Army Strategic Reserves Command (Green Berets) headquarters in Central...
‘It’s still going to be messy’ warning as NZ hospital covid...
RNZ News
New Zealand's Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Royal NZ College of General Practitioners president Dr Samantha Murton gave a briefing today...
RNZ and TVNZ to be folded into mega public media entity,...
RNZ News
RNZ and TVNZ will be subsidiaries of a new mega public media organisation, Broadcasting Minister Kris Faafoi has confirmed.
Faafoi announced the long-awaited changes...
How will NZ’s law targeting sanctions against Russia work – and...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
With the cabinet meeting on Monday agreeing to targeted Russian sanctions legislation, New Zealand is preparing to circumvent...
Women’s empowerment ‘the key’ to building better Fiji, says PM
By Luke Nacei in Suva
It is the duty of men to uplift women and not undermine them or stand in their way, says Fiji...
Vanuatu’s health officials yet to reveal facts about first community covid...
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
Vanuatu's Ministry of Health (MOH) has yet to inform the public on when, where and how the first person...
US warns against travel to NZ due to rising level of...
RNZ News
The United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has raised its travel advisory warning on travel to New Zealand.
The CDC updated its...
Gavoka slams Fiji’s ‘shameless’ inaction over women’s rights
By Talebula Kate in Suva
Women’s participation in decision-making is fundamental to improving gender equality but despite making up half of Fiji's population, representation at...
Is the #MeToo era a reckoning, a revolution, or something else?
REVIEW: By Zora Simic, UNSW Sydney
“The world”, declares Laurie Penny on the first page of their new book, “is in the middle of a...
Covid-19: 28 Parliament protesters believed to have tested positive
RNZ News
Twenty-eight of the anti-public health protesters who occupied New Zealand's Parliament grounds over the past month have now tested positive for covid-19.
In a...
Bid for US Congress to acknowledge nuclear tests ‘darkest chapter’ in...
RNZ Pacific
Three members of the United States Congress have introduced a resolution to recognise the legacy of US nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands.
Congresswoman...
National’s leader Luxon and Bridges test covid-19 positive – record 696...
RNZ News
National Party leader Christopher Luxon is the latest in a string of members of Parliament reported to have tested positive to covid-19 as...
Pacific Climate Warrior on what the latest IPCC report means for...
RNZ Pacific
The United Nations chief scientific agency on climate change released its latest report on Monday.
The IPCC Working Group II report on climate impacts,...
Wenda backs urgent UN call for action over Papuan child killings,...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A West Papuan leader has praised the "bravery and spirit" of Ukrainians defending their country against the Russian invasion while condemning...