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NZ covid-19 update: 17 new deaths, 13,475 cases, 764 people in...
RNZ News
New Zealand's number of people in hospital with covid-19 continues to fall, but there have still been 13,475 new cases in the community...
Ukraine, Israel, racism and the tired hypocrisy over refugees and Palestine
When Israel steals Palestinian land ... Image: imgflip.com
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has exposed so much hypocrisy in Aotearoa New Zealand and...
Universities must act to prevent espionage and foreign interference, but national...
ANALYSIS: By Sarah Kendall, The University of Queensland
This week, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security released its much anticipated report on national...
Why Governor Lukas Enembe is inviting Russia’s Putin to Papua
COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya
Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe had an hour-long meeting with Russian Ambassador Lyudmila Vorobyeva, accompanied by the director of the Russian Centre...
Parliament protest donations went to bank account of man with history...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter
A man whose personal bank account was used to receive donations for New Zealand's Parliament protest is...
One third of NZ covid cases in children and teens, says...
RNZ News
One third of all current cases in Aotearoa New Zealand are in children and teenagers, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield revealed at...
Lae police chief calls on state agencies, NGOs to tackle illegal...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Lae police chief has called on government agencies and non-government organisations to address illegal settlements in and around Papua New...
Nick Rockel: Memories of the two-year covid safety struggle –...
COMMENTARY: By Nick Rockel, a reflection as Aotearoa New Zealand yesterday experienced its worst day since the covid-19 pandemic began.
It came up in...
The coming storm for New Zealand’s future retirees: still renting and...
ANALYSIS: By Claire Dale, University of Auckland
A large number of New Zealanders are facing a perfect storm at retirement, with minimal savings and no...
Solomon Islands police complete combat drill with Chinese trainers
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
Fourteen officers of the Royal Solomon Island Police Force (RSIPF) have completed the first public order management (POM) training conducted...
NZ public health chief encouraged in spite of 34 covid deaths...
In spite of a record 34 covid-related deaths being reported in New Zealand today, Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay says it is...
Sogavare denies ‘insulting’ claim on Chinese military base for Solomons
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has denied allowing the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) to establish a military base in the...
Covid trends around the Pacific – deaths, lockdown and easing rules
RNZ Pacific
A snapshot of how the covid-19 pandemic is impacting on Pacific nations and territories today:
Second Covid-19 death in American Samoa
American Samoa has recorded...
Timor-Leste government parties back Lú-Olo’s return as president
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Leaders from the three key parties in the Timor-Leste governing coalition have confirmed that are supporting the incumbent head of state,...
PM says Honiara’s growing China relationship is ‘gravely concerning’
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there is "very little" reason for China to station military forces on Solomon Islands, describing developments...
Hundreds more may die in NZ’s first omicron wave, covid modeller...
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist
A covid-19 modeller says hundreds more people could die in Aotearoa New Zealand's first wave of the omicron...
Ukraine example cited in call to extend visas for abandoned Papuan...
By Matthew Scott of Newsroom
Time is running out for a group of West Papuan students in New Zealand whose scholarships were cut -- out...
‘Tread carefully’, opposition warns Solomons PM over geopolitical rivalries
By Robert Iroga
Solomon Islands opposition leader Matthew Wale has warned that the country is a young and "fairly fragile" democracy and should keep clear...
OPM rejects Papuan peace talks with Jakarta unless mediated by UN
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organisation (TPNPB-OPM) has rejected peace talks with the Indonesian government if it is only...
Covid-19 modeller says NZ’s omicron death rate ‘comparable’ to other countries
RNZ News
A covid-19 modeller is hopeful omicron hospitalisations have peaked and says at this stage New Zealand's death rate is at a comparable level...
Papuan students caught by Indonesian grants cutback plead for NZ help
The West Papua students who had their tertiary scholarships terminated by the Indonesian government have turned to New Zealanders for help. Video: Tagata Pasifika
By...
Saying China ‘bought’ a military base in the Solomons is simplistic...
ANALYSIS: By Joanne Wallis and Czeslaw Tubilewicz of the University of Adelaide
The draft security agreement between China and Solomon Islands circulating on social media...




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