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A bruising 24 hours in the Pacific – three key questions...
ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Pryke in Sydney
After a divisive marathon meeting into the early hours of Thursday, Pacific leaders have emerged with a new Secretary-General...
Forum calls for ‘due process’ over USP, probe into Ahluwalia deportation
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Pacific Islands Forum chair Kausea Natano has described the University of the South Pacific as a "shining example of regionalism" and...
Myanmar coup: Asian response echoes ‘democracy comes with stability’ adage
ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne
Both coverage in the Asian press and statements by neighbouring Asian governments reported in the media on the grabbing of exclusive...
Case of ‘beating up the whistleblower,’ says deported USP chief
By PACNEWS/ABC
The deported head of the University of the South Pacific, Professor Pal Ahluwalia, says his expulsion from Fiji is “a classic case of...
Call for AUT vice-chancellor to resign after scathing report into bullying
By RNZ News
A senior academic staff member at the Auckland University of Technology wants the vice-chancellor to resign following a scathing report into bullying.
The...
New Caledonia government collapses amid storm and assets sale crisis
By RNZ Pacific
A coalition government in New Caledonia has collapsed after indigenous pro-independence politicians resigned, citing persistent economic issues and unrest over the sale...
Former Cook Islands PM elected new secretary-general of PIF in close...
By RNZ Pacific
Former Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna has been narrowly elected as the new secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum after a...
Mana Wāhine inquiry hearing: Original claimant Ripeka Evans gives evidence
By Māni Dunlop, RNZ News Māori News Director
New Zealand's Waitangi Tribunal has heard the voices of Māori women have been marginalised for far too...
NZ’s Medsafe grants Pfizer-BioNTech covid vaccine provisional approval
By RNZ News
New Zealand's medicines regulator Medsafe has provisionally approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against covid-19, with certain conditions placed on the company.
In its assessment...
Climate Change Commission calls on NZ to take ‘immediate, decisive action’
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...
Happy birthday Tahiti’s Mama Tini – celebrating with 100 candles, family
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...
Indonesian doctors challenge Jokowi’s claim pandemic is ‘under control’
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...
‘Don’t turn away any student’, Marape tells PNG schools
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...
French Polynesia closing borders to tourists from Wednesday
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...
Climate Change Commission plan ‘big challenge’ for New Zealand
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...
Intensity of Cyclone Ana hammering of Fiji catches many by surprise
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...
Curfew safety uproar in Fiji as TC Ana strikes – Soko...
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...
WorkSafe takes action against four NZ covid managed isolation hotels
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...
TC Ana hits Fiji: Nacula villagers evacuated to community hall
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...
Hipkins denies NZ’s MIQ standards slipping after covid cases, illicit rendevous
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...
PNG court rules police chief Manning can stay pending appeal
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...
‘Impose stricter quarantine measures’, epidemiologist tells NZ
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...