APR editor
Indonesia’s strict foreign researchers laws lead to deportation of rafting...
By Djemi Amnifu in Jakarta
A group of sailing enthusiasts attempting to conduct a rafting expedition from the Timor Sea to Darwin, Australia, has been...
Step Up step in right direction, but Australia ‘needs to listen...
By the Vanuatu Daily Post
The Whitlam Institute within Western Sydney University this week launched new policy research into the relationship between Australia and some...
Uyghurs living abroad in NZ tell of China’s campaign of intimidation
Pacific Media Centre
Chinese authorities are systematically harassing Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic groups even after they have left the country, according to new testimonies...
Marape makes rare PNG visit to NZ to boost friendship, model...
ANALYSIS: By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has embarked on a state visit to New Zealand. It is...
Philippine legal chief in Senate probe shot dead in front of...
By Rambo Talabong in Manila
The top lawyer of the Philippine Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) who was a controversial witness in Senate hearings on the...
Bougainville proposing constitution amendments, rejects ‘process’ claim
By Meriba Tulo in Port Moresby
Over the past month, the Autonomous Bougainville Government has made known its intention to put forward several proposed amendments...
Air Niugini putting people first in fight against coronavirus
Pacific Media Centre
Papua New Guinea's Minister for State Enterprises Sasindran Muthuvel has reassured the nation that Air Niugini is taking all necessary steps to...
Experts warn over Indonesian plan for fast track environmental deregulation
By Hans Nicholas Jong in Jakarta
Experts have warned that a slate of sweeping deregulation planned by the Indonesian government could prove disastrous for the...
Public outcry over Wuhan coronavirus leads to blame game in China
By Global Voices
A backlash against China’s official response to the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak has left local officials and the central government scrambling to offset...
Covid-19 outbreak: Four cruise ships barred from entering Tonga
By RNZ Pacific
Four cruise ships have been refused entry into Tonga due to health warnings following the global covid-19, or coronavirus, outbreak.
The Nuku'alofa Tourism...
NZ evacuates PNG students in Wuhan airlift – about 60 miss...
By RNZ News
About 60 people failed to board a New Zealand-led evacuation from China yesterday.
Nearly 200 people, mostly New Zealanders, were flown to Auckland...
Waitangi Day 2020: ‘Give us the courage to walk comfortably in...
The dawn service and following breakfast at Waitangi early today. Video: RNZ News
By Māni Dunlop in Waitangi
More than 2500 people gathered this morning at...
France fails to uphold human rights of Tahiti prisoners, rules European...
By RNZ Pacific
France has been found guilty of breaching the human rights of prisoners in French Polynesia by treating them in a degrading manner.
The...
NZ universities fear financial hit if students caught in virus travel...
By Harry Lock of RNZ News
New Zealand universities fear the temporary travel ban on foreigners from China due to the novel coronavirus outbreak is...
PNG students in Wuhan scared of coronavirus infection – call for...
By Benny Geteng in Rabaul
A Papua New Guinean student leader in the Chinese city of Wuhan says students fear for their lives with the...
NZ to shut out foreign travellers from China – first death...
By RNZ News
A man has died of the Wuhan coronavirus outside China, and any foreign travellers who leave from or transit through China will...
Coronavirus: NZ local councillor ‘bombarded’ with racist messages
By RNZ News
A New Zealand district councillor says he has been bombarded with racist messages since he spoke out about racism towards Asian people...
Coronavirus: NZ homestays reject Chinese students over virus fears
By RNZ News
Some Chinese students are being rejected by their homestays in New Zealand over fears about the deadly coronavirus.
Infections from the novel coronavirus...
Our biggest enemy amid the Wuhan virus outbreak – panic
Rappler editorial
It’s not the virus. It’s not the Chinese flying into the Philippines. Our biggest enemy amid the Wuhan crisis is panic.
Here's the situation:...
Why we may have lost battle against China’s coronavirus
By Andrio Adiwibowo in Jakarta
After beating the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) epidemics in the past, we may...
NZ investigates person who died after travelling to China for coronavirus
By RNZ News
The unexpected death of a person in New Zealand who recently travelled to China is being investigated for coronavirus, but a local...
Wuhan coronavirus: Unconfirmed reports of infected person in NZ
By RNZ News
New Zealand health authorities are following up reports of a person with coronavirus in the southern New Zealand tourism city of Queenstown.
RNZ...