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By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby The public’s cry for a safe, affordable and efficient public transport system in Papua New Guinea’s capital Port Moresby...

By Soumya Bhamidipati, RNZ News journalist The orange light pandemic setting in Aotearoa New Zealand has brought a sense of relief for parents, as the...

By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital journalist Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong have added a focus on climate...

By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby Only two of Papua New Guinea's general elections -- in 1992 and 1997 -- have had some semblance of...

By Giff Johnson, RNZ Pacific correspondent Covid-19 testing of Marshall Islanders in managed quarantine has seen the largest number test positive for covid-19 since managed...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Outspoken Madang MP Bryan Kramer has been stripped of the Justice and Attorney-General ministries and given the Immigration and...

By Luke Nacei in Suva Forming post-election alliances through formal agreement is an effective way of drawing in a broader and more culturally diverse group...

RNZ News Eleven 11 more people have died from covid-19, and 6242 more community cases have been detected, New Zealand health authorities say. The Ministry of...

COMMENTARY:  By Gordon Campbell In recent weeks, barely a day has gone by without Christopher Luxon demonstrating the chasm of ability that exists between the...

By Anish Chand in Lautoka The Fiji Revenue and Customs Service has issued two infringement notices to the captain of the seized Russian super yacht...

RNZ News For the first time since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, Auckland does not have the most new daily community cases reported. The Ministry...

By Anish Chand in Lautoka The seizure of a super yacht -- reportedly owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch -- by the US government in...

By Venkat Raman in Auckland Fiji's National Federation Party leader and Member of Parliament Dr Biman Prasad is confident that the incumbent Voreqe Bainimarama government...

By RNZ Pacific's Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor in Palau At the closing of the Our Ocean conference in Palau the co-hosts announced that 410 commitments had been...

By Anish Chand in Lautoka Fiji is making a mockery of its stand in the United Nations in condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine by allowing...

RNZ News The long-serving New Zealand MP Louisa Wall has fired a broadside at her own Labour Party as she leaves Parliament to take up...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk West Papuan students stranded in Aotearoa New Zealand by an abrupt cancellation of their Indonesian government scholarships earlier this year while...

By Anish Chand in Lautoka “We don’t do Russians.” This was the response from Fiji's Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete when asked about the...

RNZ News Covid-19 restrictions for all of New Zealand will ease from midnight tonight but a leading epidemiologist says the country is divided over its...

By Eleisha Foon and Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalists Māori and Pasifika female rugby players and advocates are asking to not be an afterthought. Māori/Pasifika community...

By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby Allegations of young women being traded for votes in several parts of the Highlands region during Papua New Guinea's...

By Pekai Kotoisuva in Suva Some Fiji government ministers are “held on a tight leash” and afraid to make open ended statements in public, claims...