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Filipino shootout at PNG supermarket sparks demand for firearms ban
Police have charged a man with murder after the death of his security officer colleague in a shootout. Both men were Filipinos and investigators...
Ardern mission for post-Gita visit to Tonga, Samoa, Niue and Cook...
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Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says the New Zealand government’s Pacific Mission will take place early next month and travel to...
Tuila’epa to open high-powered Pacific climate conference
Trailer for the controversial climate change documentary Anote's Ark - former Kiribati President Anote Tong opened the previous Pacific Climate Change Conference in Wellington...
Massive Cyclone Pam disaster aid – good intentions but much unusable
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Tropical Cyclone Pam brought wide-spread devastation to Vanuatu nearly two years ago.
It also brought an outpouring of aid - including 70...
KontraS demands Indonesian police investigate death of terror suspect
By Riani Sanusi Putri in Jakarta
Indonesia's Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) has demanded police investigate the cause of death of...
West Papua one step closer to MSG membership, says Wenda
Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says the Melanesian Spearhead Group has made solid progress under the chairmanship of Solomon Islands. Video: EMTV...
One Filipino dead, two wounded in PNG supermarket shootout
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An expatriate man is dead and two local Papua New Guineans are badly wounded - both children - after two ex-Filipino...
Sounds of Caribbean planned for Auckland’s first steelband festival
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Auckland’s popular Silo Park will come alive to the sounds of the Caribbean next week.
Part of the Summer at Silo Park...
Tonga’s Parliament seeks temporary home after Gita smashed old House
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
As Tonga struggles to recover from Cyclone Gita, authorities are looking for somewhere to host the next Parliamentary...
Accidents expose lax safety hitting Indonesia’s infrastructure projects
By Sarah Yuniarni in Jakarta
A recent string of accidents in major construction projects in Indonesia has raised concerns of lax safety standards as President...
Tropical Cyclone Gita leaves trail of destruction in Tonga
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Severe Tropical Cyclone Gita has left a trail of destruction after hitting Tonga with 200 kph plus winds during the night.
RNZ...
Tonga declares state of emergency to face looming wrath of Cyclone...
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Tonga has declared a state of emergency today in preparation for severe Tropical Cyclone Gita as it threatens to hit the...
PNG Mine Watch: Bougainville’s new ‘infamous’ Filipino mining company
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte exposes "illegal favours" to mining tycoon Eric Gutierrez, whose company SR Metals Inc has now won an exploration contract on...
Mata’afa Keni Lesa: Cyclone Gita’s over but remember Ofa’s vengeance
OPINION: By Mata'afa Keni Lesa, editor of the Samoa Observer
Tropical Cyclone Gita has left just as quickly as it arrived on Friday night and...
Gallery: Stay away from flooded areas, Samoan police warn after Cyclone...
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Tropical Cyclone Gita might be slowing moving away from Samoa but the danger is far from over and a state of...
UN human rights chief to send mission to investigate abuses in...
By Sheany in Jakarta
The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights plans to send a mission to Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua following reports...
Philippine mining company wins Bougainville search licence
By Franklin Kolma
The Autonomous Bougainville Government has granted its second mining exploration licence to a Philippine company in a low-key event at Tunania, the...
‘We prayed with them until they died’ – stories of Kiribati...
Coming ashore ... seven ferry disaster survivors reach Kiribati and tell their stories. Image: TVNZ video clip
By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ's Pacific correspondent
With 93 people...
Crown breached Crimes Act over ‘depoliticising’ Treaty of Waitangi
OPINION: By Steve Edwards
The New Zealand government’s ongoing failure to acknowledge that the British Crown did not gain sovereignty over New Zealand in 1840...
The Daily Blog: Jacinda’s Waitangi Day 2018 aroha creating a Māori...
OPINION: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog
Waitangi Day 2018 smells different doesn’t it?
It tastes different too.
No bitter "Māori privilege" nonsense from Don...
United ULMWP executive confident of O’Neill’s West Papua support
By Len Garae in Port Vila
The executive of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has complied with Papua New Guinean Prime Minister...
Asian rights body calls for more action by Jakarta over Papuan...
Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen was given exclusive access to report on the measles outbreak from Asatat, in Indonesia's Papua province.
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The Asian...