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No new cases of covid-19 as NZ eases restrictions in Auckland,...
By RNZ News
New Zealand's Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield announced no new cases of covid-19 yesterday.
It was also revealed that Auckland is set...
Ordnance blast kills two foreign aid workers in Solomon Islands
By Moffat Mamu in Honiara
Two foreign nationals have lost their lives in the Solomon Islands during a bomb blast last night at their home...
Former BRA leader Toroama increases his Bougainville poll lead over rivals
By Keith Jackson
The trend is your friend, it is said, and the trend in counting votes for the next president of Bougainville remains firmly...
Bryan Bruce: The fog of economic policy is starting to clear
ANALYSIS: By Bryan Bruce
National’s economic policy of temporary tax cuts for next month's New Zealand general election yesterday proved - if proof be needed...
Four new covid cases in NZ – two community and two...
By RNZ News
Two new community cases revealed today in New Zealand are connected to a returnee who tested positive for covid-19 after completing the...
Judge jails businessman 15 years for ‘cowardly attack’ on ex-Miss PNG
By Zedaiah Kanau in Port Moresby
A Papua New Guinean businessman who caused the death of his girlfriend by punching her, forcing her to jump...
One new community covid case in NZ, one imported case
By RNZ News
New Zealand today reported one new community case of covid-19 - the first in five days.
There was no media conference today. In...
Back to zero for NZ: No new cases of covid-19 reported...
By RNZ News
New Zealand reported no new cases of covid-19 today - for the first time since early August.
There was no media conference today....
Independence would open more choices for New Caledonia, says Goa
By RNZ Pacific
Pro-independence advocates in New Caledonia say a vote for full sovereignty next month would allow the country to step up onto the...
Some Bougainville voters ‘bullied’ into submission, says Momis
By RNZ Pacific
Bougainville's retiring president says some candidates are bullying or offering inducements to buy their way into the new parliament.
John Momis first raised...
Bryan Kramer: One year in – why so quiet about corruption...
COMMENTARY: By Bryan Kramer
September 16 - yesterday - marked the 45th year of Independence for Papua New Guinea. It also marked just over a...
Papua Solidarity returns rights lawyer Veronica Koman’s scholarship grant
By IndoLeft News/CNN in Jakarta
The symbolic handover of money to Indonesia's Finance Ministry Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) to repay scholarship funds received by...
Marape urges PNG citizens to work together for ‘better nation’
By RNZ Pacific
As Papua New Guinea marked its independence anniversary the Prime Minister urged all citizens to help build a "better" PNG.
Yesterday was the...
Making te reo Māori cool: Language revival lessons from the Korean...
By Rachael Ka'ai-Mahuta, of Auckland University of Technology
Earlier this year, I met an Aucklander whose teenage passion for K-pop sparked an interest in the...
Call for unity over mental health in Fiji amid covid-19 virus...
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific Journalist
A Fijian psychologist is calling on people in Fiji to work together to tackle issues associated with mental health...
One million New Zealanders celebrate te reo Māori at the same...
RNZ's Meriana Johnsen speaks to Te Taura Whiri i te reo Māori chair Rawinia Higgins as part of the Māori Language Moment.
By Meriana Johnsen,...
‘Be vigilant’ pleads PNG police chief as woman dies from covid...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A woman has died of the covid-19 coronavirus in Papua New Guinea, becoming the sixth fatality from the deadly virus in...
Harnessing power of trendy teens ‘a key for language revitalisation’
By AUT News
Teenage trendsetters are one of the keys to sustainable language revitalisation and points to an unlikely source of inspiration – the Korean...
Former BRA commander again leading in Bougainville presidential contest
By RNZ Pacific
Former Bougainville Revolutionary Army commander, Ishmael Toroama, is starting to build a substantial lead after count 206 in the presidential vote.
With counting...
Sogavare reassures Solomon Islands on health of 6 covid positive students
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare today has reassured the nation and parents of six students who have tested positive...
Auckland mayor Phil Goff slams rash of ‘obnoxious lies’ over covid
By RNZ News
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff says people in the city are, by and large, following the rules and prosecution shouldn't be ruled out...
Raivet now in contention as vote count progresses in Bougainville
By RNZ Pacific
Thomas Raivet has roared into contention as the Bougainville presidential vote count continues while former rebel military leader Ishmael Toroama retains the...