APR editor
UN boss in Fiji explains evacuation of worker to NZ with...
RNZ News
A UN official with covid-19 has been evacuated from Fiji on a mercy flight after an about-turn from New Zealand's health authorities.
RNZ Checkpoint...
Fiji’s other crisis – away from the covid emergency, political dissent...
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
The arrest of nine Fijian opposition politicians, including party leaders and two former prime ministers, once again exposes...
Fiji covid-19 patient being flown to NZ for treatment in about-turn
RNZ Pacific
A covid-19 positive patient is being flown to New Zealand from Fiji today despite an earlier decision by the Ministry of Health to...
Fiji dedicates Olympic sevens win to struggling people back home
RNZ Pacific
Fiji has dedicated its Olympic rugby sevens win to the people back home who are struggling amidst the country's covid-19 health crisis.
Fiji defeated...
PNG landowner group accused of ‘hijack’ over validation in Porgera
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Allegations of "hijacking and manipulation" of a Papua New Guinea national government sanctioned validation exercise at the Porgera mine in Enga...
Māori Party calls for indigenous debate to address NZ racism, white...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The co-leader of New Zealand's minority Māori Party has launched a blistering attack on white privilege and the opposition National Party...
Tokyo Olympics rugby sevens: Fiji too strong for NZ and claim...
RNZ Pacific
Fiji have proved too strong for the New Zealand men's sevens team at the Olympics, denying New Zealand its best chance yet of...
Tokyo 2020 Day Five: Pacific athletes – who to watch and...
Day Five of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics is all about rugby sevens and whether Fiji can defend their gold medal from 2016.
Rugby Sevens...
Macron launches cyclone shelter project in French Polynesia
RNZ Pacific
France and French Polynesia have agreed to jointly spend US$60 million to build 17 cyclone shelters across the Tuamotu archipelago.
This was announced on...
1981 Springbok tour protests revisited – and now Palestine is the...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
After his release from prison in South Africa and he became inaugural president of the majority rule government with the abolition...
Laying charges against Suhayra Aden would be unfair, says security expert
RNZ News
A counter-terrorism expert says there is no reason to lay charges against a New Zealand-born woman linked to the Islamic State.
Suhayra Aden and...
Fiji opposition MPs pledge not to be silenced, despite arrests over...
RNZ Pacific
Fiji's opposition MPs who were arrested after their criticism of a government land bill say they will not be intimidated or silenced.
Police have...
Michael Field: On Sāmoa’s change of government
COMMENT: By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom
It has been more than three months since elections in Sāmoa produced an election result that would...
Auckland councillor shaken by bomb threat after criticising TV show
LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTING: By Justin Latif, Local Democracy reporter
Auckland councillor Fa'anānā Efeso Collins received death threats after criticising a reality police TV show, and...
Delta variant taking hold of Papuan region amid Indonesian covid crisis
By Agustinus Beo Da Costa
Hospitals in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua are nearing full capacity amid a surge in covid-19 cases, with health officials...
Samoa’s FAST party gets quickly down to work after court ruling
RNZ Pacific
Samoa's new FAST Party government has got down to work this morning, meeting with the heads of government departments, more than 100 days...
John Minto: Ben & Jerry does right thing – will Mahuta...
COMMENT: By John Minto
US ice cream manufacturer Ben and Jerry has announced it will no longer sell icecream in the occupied Palestinian Territories.
This is...
NZ’s Trans-Tasman bubble suspension hits tourism, hospitality hard again
By Harry Lock, RNZ News reporter
The tourism and hospitality sectors are disappointed but understanding of the New Zealand decision to suspend the travel bubble.
Prime...
Samoa’s highest court declares FAST government legal – impasse ends
By Lanuola Tusani Tupufia-Ah Tong in Apia
Samoa's Court of Appeal ruled today that the Faatuatua ile Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party was the...
102-year-old woman among 15 latest Fiji covid deaths – 918 new...
RNZ Pacific
Fifteen more deaths, including that of a 102-year-old woman, and 918 positive cases have been confirmed by Fijian health officials in the 24...
Reporting Greenpeace to police shows KPK has become authoritarian, says watchdog
By Irfan Kamil in Jakarta
Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has condemned the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) under the leadership of Firli Bahuri as an "authoritarian...
Nine takeaways from the Mā’ohi Nui Lives Matter solidarity rally in...
By Ena Manuireva and Tony Fala
About 35 people joined an Auckland rally last Sunday in solidarity with a Mā'ohi Nui Lives Matter demonstration by...



























































