APR editor
15 arrested at Jakarta parliament rally against Papuan special autonomy
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...
NZ’s two new covid cases linked to South African strain in...
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...
Port Moresby hospital under strain with overcrowding, says doctor
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...
We are the 1% – the wealth of many Australians puts...
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...
Michael Field: Murky background to Vanuatu’s Chinese fishing boat arrests
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...
Bryan Kramer: How many PNG police chiefs have had a degree?...
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...
NZ covid: 14 close contacts of Northland case test negative
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...
PNG court orders police chief David Manning to vacate office
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...
Civil rights groups raise concerns about Jokowi’s next police chief
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...
NZ’s first community covid case since November travelled across Northland
By RNZ News
The latest community coronavirus case in New Zealand travelled across Northland before her positive test result, but was scrupulous about using the...
Forum chair welcomes Biden’s ‘Blue Pacific’ climate priority for Paris pact
By RNZ Pacific
The chair of the Pacific Islands Forum has welcomed the re-entry of the United States to the Paris agreement over climate change.
Within...
PNG police arrest Australian lawyer on K268m mining trust fund charges
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Papua New Guinea police have arrested and charged prominent Australian lawyer Greg Sheppard on allegations related to funds belonging to a...
Joe Biden sends a clear message to watching world – America’s...
ANALYSIS: By Scott Lucas, University of Birmingham
Politics doesn’t have to be a raging fire destroying everything in its path
Two weeks after the storming of...
Chancellor defends UP as ‘bastion of academic freedom’ against military
By Lorraine Ecarma in Cebu City
The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) will continue to stand against any threats to human rights, chancellor Clement...
As Joe Biden becomes president, US still reels from deadly consequences...
ANALYSIS: By Jennifer S. Hunt, Australian National University
Every four years on January 20, the US exercises a key tenant of democratic government: the peaceful...
Papua New Guineans defy national mask-wearing rules in spite of covid
By Lulu Mark in Port Moresby
In spite of Papua New Guinea's mandatory mask-wearing requirement under the National Pandemic Act 2020, many public servants attending...
Helen Clark-led covid-19 review panel calls for ‘global reset’ over pandemic
By RNZ News
An independent panel says Chinese officials could have applied public health measures more forcefully in January to curb the initial covid-19 outbreak,...
Expatriate in PNG tests positive with covid and admitted to private...
By The National in Port Moresby
An expatriate who tested positive for the covid-19 coronavirus last week has been admitted to a private hospital in...
Fijian health worker receives two covid vaccine shots and supports their...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
After receiving two shots of the covid-19 Pfizer vaccine, former Fijian resident Usaia Masuwale believes the vaccine is safe and says...
K Road Chronicles – looking at NZ’s homelessness from the inside
K Road Chronicles video produced by Stuff with NZ On Air.
By RNZ's The Weekend with Karyn Hay
The K Road Chronicles is a New Zealand webseries...
Controversy over renaming Tahiti’s hospital after Chirac amid covid crisis
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva in Auckland
It seems a long time ago - some 124 days - since Mā’ohi Nui deplored its first covid-19...
One-way Cook Islands travel bubble to NZ to begin next week
By RNZ Pacific
Passengers from the Cook Islands will resume quarantine-free travel into New Zealand from next week, the two governments have confirmed.
NZ Prime Minister...