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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's "glassmen" -- men who claim to identify and accuse women of sorcery -- must be hunted...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By Rebecca Kuku and Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby As families prepare to celebrate Christmas with their loved ones, a safe house in Papua New...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Meri Kirihimete! Merry Christmas ... Season's greetings froim the Asia Pacific Report team to whānau, colleagues and friends, and blessings to...

RNZ News New Zealand's Māori vaccination rate continues to tick up, with several district health boards (DHBs) now past 90 percent for first doses. But experts...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Suva lawyer and media commentator Richard Naidu consumer demand should be driving television stations onto a digital platform like Walesi and...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby A 21-man Papua New Guinean police team deployed to Nankina Valley in Madang’s Rai coast district has requested a...