APR editor
Report from the future: Aotearoa New Zealand is looking good in...
ANALYSIS: By Thomas Nash, Massey University
The year is 2040 and Aotearoa New Zealand has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the commitment to...
Filipino national artist, critic and columnist F Sionil Jose dies at...
By Rappler
National Artist for Literature F Sionil Jose has died in the Philippines. He was 97.
His death was announced by the Philippine Center of...
‘Boost like crazy’ before omicron spreads, epidemiologist warns NZ
RNZ News
Rising covid-19 cases at the border are increasing the risk of the omicron variant spreading in Aotearoa but a leading epidemiologist says the...
Three US Army personnel test positive for covid at Marshall Islands...
By Giff Johnson, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro
The US Army ignored agreed-to covid prevention rules for entry into the Marshall Islands this week and...
Fiji braces for pandemic third wave as omicron cases found in...
By Josefa Babitu in Suva
Fiji is bracing for a third wave of the covid-19 virus after tests have confirmed the presence of the omicron...
NZ protesters slam arrest of Lumad cultural speaker and other Filipino...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Justice and peace advocates in New Zealand have strongly criticised Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's "horrific crackdown" on community leaders, activists, and...
Fiji parents warned about sick children in back-to-school catch-up
By Timoci Vula in Suva
Fiji parents are advised not to send their children to school today if they are not feeling well as the...
The bleak and black covid year that shook Papua New Guinea...
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Levo in Port Moresby
In all of the meandering years in the life of Papua New Guinea, 2021, which ended on Friday...
Gordon Campbell: Fostering the Kiwi culture of covid complaint media
ANALYSIS: By Gordon Campbell in Wellington
Success can be its own worst enemy. If the plane doesn’t crash or the ship doesn’t sink, that doesn’t...
Pasifika reach 90% vaccinated: ‘Keep going’ urges medical academic
RNZ Pacific
Pacific Island New Zealanders are now 90 percent fully vaccinated against covid-19, and a public health expert is urging them to keep up...
Prasad warns Fiji government will end 2021 as ‘laughing stock’ over...
By Luke Nacei in Suva
National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad has asked if the Fiji government inquiry into the Office of the Auditor-General...
Seven women challenge Fiji electoral law ‘discrimination’ over name changes
By Ian Chute in Suva
Unionists and political activists are among seven prominent women who have brought a lawsuit against the Fiji government challenging new...
Urgent NZ search for DJ’s close contacts, second omicron case
RNZ News
As some North Island regions moved to the orange traffic light setting at 11.59pm last night, New Zealand has now found two omicron...
‘Shame on you, Fiji’, says human rights advocate over Professor Lal’s...
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist
A human rights advocate in Fiji says the country should be ashamed of the exile of the now dead...
Omicron case was briefly active in NZ community, Health Ministry confirms
RNZ News
New Zealand's Ministry of Health has confirmed that a border-related case with the omicron variant was briefly active in the community in the...
Hunt down PNG’s sorcery torture ‘glassmen’ – charge them, says Juffa
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's "glassmen" -- men who claim to identify and accuse women of sorcery -- must be hunted...
The Fiji Times: Professor Lal’s life leaves many lessons to appreciate...
EDITORIAL: By The Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley
I couldn’t help but be drawn to the constant flow of emotions that came in the wake...
Herald scolds world over contrast between space and earthly wins
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
New Zealand's leading daily newspaper has praised the "gift of inspiration" over global cooperation in launching the James Webb space telescope...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu: A friend of Aotearoa NZ and a champion...
OBITUARY: By John Minto
Palestine has lost a champion of the struggle against Israeli apartheid with the death of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, aged...
Professor Brij Lal: A champion of democracy and Fiji’s finest scholar
OBITUARY: By Professor Biman Prasad
Brij Vilash Lal, banished from the land of his birth by the Bainimarama government in November 2009 for championing democracy...
PNG police manhunt for Rai gang cult stalls without chopper
By Sylvester Wemuru in Port Moresby
The manhunt for the Papua New Guinean cult group along the Rai coast near Madang has been halted because...
‘Something has shifted’ in NZ’s security and foreign policy for China,...
By Anneke Smith, RNZ News political reporter
New Zealand's condemnation of Hong Kong's Legislative Council elections reflects a "hardening stance" towards China, says a leading...