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By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist A proposed draft Police Bill in Fiji has come under intense scrutiny from civil society groups and opposition parties. The...

The Loop PNG livestreaming of the Sir Michael Somare funeral in Port Moresby today. Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Somare family has thanked the people of...

By Katie Doyle of RNZ News A new anti-vaccine publication with links to the Advance New Zealand fringe political party should be ripped up and...

By RNZ Pacific Fijians have been urged to register as the government's covid-19 vaccination campaign got underway this week. The vaccine rollout started on Wednesday following...

By Roger Fowler in Auckland The multi-billion-dollar NZ Super Fund  - New Zealand's state pension fund - has finally divested from five of Israel’s biggest...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Sir Michael Somare. Founding father and three times prime minister of Papua New Guinea. Born Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, April 9,...

ANALYSIS: By Michael Toole, Burnet Institute One year ago today, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared covid-19 a pandemic, the first caused by a coronavirus. As...

Asia Pacific Report news desk East Sepik, preparing for the state funeral of Papua New Guinea's Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare, could expect a surge...

By Laurens Ikinia A son of former migrant refugees who came to New Zealand from DR Congo, Africa, has fulfilled a childhood dream by being...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A 17-year-old youth has become the latest victim of Indonesia’s six-decades-long colonisation of West Papua, alleges the United Liberation Movement of...

ANALYSIS: By Benjamin T. Jones, CQUniversity Australia The most explosive element of the Sussexes’ highly anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey was the claim that someone...

By Muhammad Aminudin in Malang, East Java A Papuan demonstration held near the Gajayana stadium in Malang city, East Java, ended in chaos with protesters...

ANALYSIS: By Tony Fala The arrest, detention, and deportation of University of the South Pacific vice-chancellor Pal Ahluwalia and his wife are significant issues for...

By Lulu Mark and Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby A medical academic has warned the Papua New Guinea government to immediately bring in more than...

By RNZ Pacific Wallis and Futuna has been rushed into a two-week lockdown from this morning after yesterday's tests revealed another 12 covid-19 positive cases...

Women journalists, feminists, activists, and human rights defenders around the world are facing virtual harassment. In this series, global civil society alliance CIVICUS highlights...

ANALYSIS: By Marcia Devlin, Victoria University Australian university leaders are nearly three times more likely to be a man than a woman. Of 37 public university...

COMMENTARY: By Murray Horton in Christchurch Owen Wilkes, an internationally renowned peace researcher and Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) founder, died in 2005,...

By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom New Zealand’s High Commissioner in Fiji, Jonathan Curr, has taken to social media to counter claims that Wellington...

By Talebula Kate in Suva While International Women’s Day is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women, Fiji must not lose sight of the...

Asia Pacific Report New Caledonia, one of the Pacific territories to have avoided the covid-19 pandemic so far, is to go into strict two-week lockdown...

OPEN LETTER: By Gary Juffa in Port Moresby Dear all, I had covid-19. I am now covid-free for 13 days now. Not sure where I contracted it,...