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ANALYSIS: By James Renwick, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand’s Climate Change Commission this week released its long-anticipated advice to the...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Today was an extraordinary birthday for Tahiti's Mama Tini, as she is known locally - she turned 100. Emma Temaiana-Tehaamatai celebrated her...

By Ihsanuddin in Jakarta Jakarta Indonesian Doctor's Association (IDI) chairperson Slamet Budiarto has challenged a statement by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo who has claimed that...

By Gynnie Kero in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has instructed schools to enrol all children who turn up for the...

By RNZ Pacific Tourism is set to suffer a sharp decline in French Polynesia as the territory is about to close the border on Wednesday...

By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor New Zealand is heading for a major upheaval under a landmark plan to combat the climate crisis...

By RNZ Pacific The intensity of Cyclone Ana surprised many in Fiji which was hammered with 140km/hr gusts and heavy rain over the weekend. The storm...

By Luke Rawalai in Suva Fiji's national curfew enforced by the National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) on Friday evening has been dubbed as thoughtless and...

By RNZ News WorkSafe took enforcement action against four New Zealand managed isolation facilities last year after reviewing their health and safety measures, it has...

By Timoci Vula in Labasa Fiji villagers of Nacula in Labasa whose homes are under water after the Labasa River broke its banks this morning...

By Katie Todd, RNZ News reporter A wine delivery, a note penned on the back of a facemask and a 20-minute bedroom "encounter" have spelled...

By Karo Jesse in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court has stayed a court order nullifying the appointment of David Manning as Commissioner of...

By RNZ News The New Zealand government should impose a week-long home quarantine for returnees after they have left managed isolation facilities to reduce the...

By Adi Briantika in Jakarta A group of Papuan students in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Jakarta, who were planning to...

By RNZ News The two new cases of covid-19 confirmed yesterday in New Zealand are the South African variant and initial results show they are...

By Lulu Mark in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's biggest hospital is straining to provide medical services to the growing population of the capital Port...

ANALYSIS: By Alex Baumann, Western Sydney University and Samuel Alexander, University of Melbourne Among the many hard truths exposed by covid-19 is the huge disparity...

COMMENT: By Michael Field Docked and under some kind of arrest in Port Vila, Vanuatu, are two Chinese flagged fishing boats, allegedly caught in unauthorised...

COMMENT: By Bryan Kramer, PNG's Minister of Police who has defended Commissioner Manning's appointment today in The National My last article, announcing that I intend...

By RNZ News New Zealand's Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins has revealed that 14 close contacts of the Northland community case have returned negative test...

By Zedaiah Kanau in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Waigani National Court has ordered Police Commissioner David Manning to vacate the office by noon Friday...

By Devina Halim in Jakarta The Security sector Reform Coalition says there are three problems which need to be addressed when the sole candidate for...