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REVIEW: By Sherry Zhang Last week, writer Sherry Zhang was at the opening night of Auckland Theatre Company's production of Single Asian Female. She's waited...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesia is unleashing a massive military crackdown in West Papua with the use of "demon troops" and spurning human rights, warns...

RNZ Pacific The decision by Samoa's head of state to call a second election will be challenged in the courts, as the country's month-long political...

By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop has warned Papua New Guinean ethnic groups to stop fighting and killing each...

By Charlie Dreaver, RNZ News political reporter Cook Island businesses holding out for much needed tourists have now got a reprieve with a travel bubble...

ANALYSIS: By Sukhmani Khorana, Western Sydney University In the past five years, the number of overseas-born migrants from India grew more than any other group...

ANALYSIS: By Yamin Kogoya The Indonesian government has officially labelled the OPM (Organisasi Papua Merdeka) Free Papuan Movement and its military wing, the TPNPB (West...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk On World Press Freedom Day 2021, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the #HoldTheLine coalition launched an innovative campaign of solidarity with...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Australia's leading journalism education advocacy body has marked World Press Freedom Day by condemning attacks on journalism education and research, including...

By Soli Wilson of the Samoa Observer The deported vice-chancellor of the University of the South Pacific has told the Samoa Observer that his future...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Journalists are fearful that increased harassment, abuse and violence directed towards them during the covid-19 pandemic could become the new normal,...

By Yogi Ernes in Jakarta Indonesian police have seized 15 Papuan students among scores arrested at a May Day rally in central Jakarta on the...

By Talebula Kate in Suva Fiji has reported no new case of coronavirus infection after the screening of 7560 Fijians and 1212 tests conducted by...

COMMENT: By Matt McCarten It’s time for progressive activists to step up. The working class needs you. On May Day - International Workers Day - we...

By Thierry Lepani in Port Moresby Only seven governors out of Papua New Guinea's 21 provinces and Bougainville attended a meeting in the capital Port...

By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Fiji's government has taken the most drastic measures since covid-19 hit the country in March last year. Most of...

By Barry Guy, RNZ News sports reporter New Zealand Rugby is accusing the Players' Association of misrepresenting the reasons for their opposition to the Silver...

An unverified video clip purportedly from a military YouTube channel claiming that nine Papuan rebels had been shot, 28 April 2021. The video of...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk One of the world’s first deep sea mining pilot tests has resulted in a huge machine being stuck on the seafloor...

RNZ Pacific One of Fiji's latest two cases of covid-19 remains a concern for health authorities. The Health Ministry said a 53-year-old caretaker from the town...

RNZ Pacific Deported Canadian academic Professor Pal Ahluwalia is still vice-chancellor and president of the University of the South Pacific, says chancellor Lionel Aingimea. Professor Ahluwalia...

RNZ Pacific Micronesian leaders have received an apology from their colleagues in the Pacific Islands Forum. In what has been described as a frank and open...