APR editor

RNZ Saturday Mornings with Kim Hill Australian human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson has been described as the go-to barrister for London's rich and famous. Standing by...

RNZ Pacific The Marshall Islands has issued a plea for help and a call to action at the US Leaders Summit on Climate Change. Addressing the...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Chinese official characterised the US return to the international climate scene, not unfairly, as a “truant getting back to class”,...

RNZ News A New Zealand veteran who fought in Korea told of his experience of war and the horror of seeing napalm used for the...

By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom In late 1913 one of the most famous men in Britain arrived in Pago Pago. Rupert Brooke, 26, was...

Papuan protesters outside the United Nations headquarters yesterday after John Anari was gagged again from making a full statement at the UN Permanent Forum...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape has defended the adjournment of Parliament for four months, saying this is...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Governor-General, Dame Patsy Reddy, this week invested social justice advocate and former Green Party MP Keith Locke as a Member...

ANALYSIS: By Clare Corbould, Deakin University The unprecedented conviction of police officer Derek Chauvin in the United States for the murder and manslaughter of George...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A West Papuan envoy who was gagged while addressing the United Nations Permanent  Forum on Indigenous Issues two years ago is...

By Lagi Keresoma in Apia Samoa could end going back to the polls should a tie of 26/26 between the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP)...

RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea's parliament has adjourned for almost four months, dashing an attempt to oust Prime Minister James Marape. The adjournment allows Marape to...

The Pacific Newsroom Fiji’s Health Secretary Dr James Fong strongly attacked his country’s media for “reckless reporting” today, saying it could spark panic. He gave no...

By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent New Zealand is scrapping district health boards and creating a new Māori health agency in a radical "fairer...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Fiji Health Ministry’s Permanent Secretary Dr James Fong says the breach at the quarantine facility in Nadi was an incident waiting...

ANALYSIS: By Ilan Noy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Nguyen Doan, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington What have...

ANALYSIS: By Blair Williams, Australian National University It feels like every day brings more harrowing claims of harassment, bullying and abuse of women in Australia's...

RNZ News Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta has urged New Zealand to diversify its trade arrangements and not put all its eggs in one basket...

By Praneeta Prakash in Suva Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says a breach in protocol in relation to the 53-year-old woman now testing positive of...

The Pacific Newsroom Vanuatu's capital island of Efate has gone into covid-19 lockdown for three days after a body was found on a beach near...

RNZ News While the trans-Tasman bubble today is "a significant day" for New Zealanders, any moves to open the borders to other countries will need...

By Dian Erika Nugraheny in Jakarta The Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet) recorded 147 digital attacks in Indonesia during 2020, the majority...