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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

ANALYSIS: By Jérôme Viala-Gaudefroy, CY Cergy Paris Université The January 6 assault on the US Capitol may have been a fitting end to Trump’s presidency....

By Te Aorewa Rolleston, RNZ News Te Ao Māori affairs The National iwi chairs forum has put forward six recommendations to the New Zealand government...

By RNZ News A ragtag group of about 150 people gathered on the New Zealand Parliament's forecourt today to demand an end to covid-19 lockdowns. The...

ANALYSIS: By Nick Wilson, University of Otago and Michael Baker, University of Otago The global covid-19 pandemic is intensifying, with more infectious variants of the...