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RNZ News New Zealand police have moved to start clearing up the roads near Parliament in the capital Wellington, where protesters have clogged the roads...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Mary Argue of the Wairarapa Times-Age Screams erupted as the sound of gunshots ricocheted around the open-air market. People ran. It was bloody. “I...

RNZ News Many central Wellington shops face a crisis, university buildings have been closed for eight weeks and many report major disruptions from the illegal...

Last week the Bougainville Autonomous Government announced an agreement had been reach with Panguna landowners to reopen the island's controversial gold and copper mine. Once...

RNZ News Almost 30 community leaders of New Zealand's capital Wellington have banded together to urge an immediate end of the illegal protest activities at...

By Thierry Lepani in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Justice Minister and Madang MP Bryan Kramer has been referred to the Public Prosecutor by the...

By Tim Brown, RNZ News reporter The anti-mandate protests in New Zealand's capital Wellington and around the country have also contained a strong anti-media sentiment...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The national news team of Papua New Guinea's major television channel, EMTV, walked out last night in protest over a decision...

RNZ News Police have pulled back on their plans to begin towing vehicles illegally parked around the anti-vaccine, anti-mandate protest on Aotearoa New Zealand's Parliament...

RNZ News Wellington iwi leaders have called for an end to Aotearoa New Zealand's 10-day-old anti-covid mandates protest in Parliament grounds and condemned comparisons made...

RNZ Pacific A group of church ministers in Fiji have resigned because they do not want to be vaccinated against covid-19. There has been growing pressure...

By Susan Botting, Local Democracy Reporting journalist A Kaipara district councillor's almost week-long participation in New Zealand's anti-covid-19 mandate protest at Parliament is jeopardising the...

By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist Pasifika people are making up about half of the cases in the current outbreak of the omicron variant in...

RNZ News New Zealand's Police Commissioner admits some tow companies are reluctant to help with the removal of vehicles near Parliament but says some towing...

ANALYSIS: By Ross Hendy, Monash University The continued occupation of the Aotearoa New Zealand Parliament’s grounds by anti-vaccine mandate protesters (and others) provides a unique...

COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis It is common practice for journalists to share contact details and locations in hostile environments such as war zones. Something is...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby The dormant Bougainville Copper Limited share value has more than doubled overnight on the Australian Stock Exchange following a...

RNZ News The one million New Zealanders who are so far delaying getting their booster shots are the biggest concern of top covid-19 adviser Sir...

ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya in Brisbane Google images of a country or region can offer a wealth of information about the people and cultures that...

COMMENTARY: By John Minto in Christchurch On December 30, New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade published a tweet condemning the forced closure of...

RNZ News "Go home and take your children" -- that was New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's plea to protesters remaining at Parliament today. Despite being...

RNZ News Hundreds of anti-mandate protesters remained on the New Zealand Parliament lawn today as health officials reported a big increase in covid-19 cases nationally. But...