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By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Three Papua New Guineans have been killed and another man is recovering in hospital after 16 armed bandits ambushed...

By RNZ Pacific The Melanesian Spearhead Group says it will continue to support the Kanak people in their quest for independence from France despite the...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Three years ago, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern campaigned on kindness and transformation. As New Zealand heads to the voting booths...

By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent Aucklanders are being warned not to be caught napping again when it comes to the covid-19 pandemic. New Zealand's...

New Caledonia's people have narrowly voted to stay part of France in the second referendum on the issue in two years. Video: Al Jazeera Pacific...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Indonesian police forcibly dispersed a student protest near the Cendrawasih University (Uncen) in Jayapura, Papua, yesterday and the police "denied any...

By RNZ News Housing and climate change caused the most heated exchanges at TVNZ's young voters debate in New Zealand last night, an event far...

Heavily armed Indonesian security forces move in to break up student protest at Cenderawasih University, Jayapura. Video: TV WestPapua By RNZ Pacific Indonesian police have forcibly...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Papua New Guinea's opposition has called on the government to explain the paralysing martial law type restrictions that has crippled the...

By RNZ Pacific The covid-19 outbreak in French Polynesia has reached Tahiti's prison and infected 20 people. The French High Commission said that after two cases...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Auckland Rotuman Fellowship Group has celebrated relaxed covid lockdown restrictions by reviving their language and culture classes at the weekend. Transport...

By RNZ News With just under three weeks until the election, Newshub's new political poll shows the gap is closing between Labour and National, but...

By RNZ Saturday Morning Former Air New Zealand cabin attendant Taaniko Nordstrom, and her sister-in-law Vienna Nordstrom, are the creative duo behind Soldiers Rd Portraits,...

By Clifford Faiparik in Port Moresby Retired and serving police officers in Papua New Guinea are being investigated for alleged offences such as gun-smuggling, fraud...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk National Federation Party leader Dr Biman Prasad has accused the Fiji government of threatening the long-term stability of the Suva-based regional...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Three crew members of an unnamed foreign ship intercepted by a Papua New Guinea Navy vessel near Kavieng, New...

By RNZ News Three German yachtsmen - two men and a woman - have been detained after arriving in the Bay of Islands, in breach...

By Katie Todd, RNZ News Reporter Academics who made allegations of racism at the University of Waikato are welcoming the outcome of an independent review. While...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Staff of the regional University of the South Pacific have condemned the Fiji government’s “dictatorial" action in freezing a $28 million...

By Ivany Atina Arbi in Jakarta Indonesia saw a one-day record of 4465 new covid-19 cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases...

By Benny Mawel and Budi Sutrisno in Jayapura and Jakarta The killing of Pastor Yeremia Zanambani in Intan Jaya regency, Papua, last weekend - allegedly...

By Romulus Masiu in Port Moresby Full independence will be top of the agenda pledges Ishmael Toroama, the newly elected president for the Autonomous Region...