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Breaking the silence – 83% of Fijian children suffer violence, reports...
By Sainimili Magimagi in Suva
Family members keep silent on the issue of violence in Fiji and individuals continue to be the victims, according to...
Tahiti’s ‘old lion’ Gaston Flosse, 93, steps down after 52 years...
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French Polynesia's veteran politician, 93-year-old Gaston Flosse, announced last week he is stepping down from his...
Latest Puncak Jaya massacre reveals West Papua ‘is a time bomb’,...
Asia Pacific Report
A brutal killing of three Papuan civilians in Puncak Jaya reveals that occupied West Papua is a ticking time bomb under Indonesian...
PIF hopes to send delegation to New Caledonia, says Forum chair
By Pita Ligaiula in Tokyo
The Pacific Islands Forum hopes to send a high-level delegation to Kanaky New Caledonia to investigate the current political crisis...
A role for Pacific media in charting a pragmatic global outlook
By Shailendra Bahadur Singh and Amit Sarwal in Suva
Given the intensifying situation, journalists, academics and experts joined to state the need for the Pacific,...
PSNA demands immediate NZ action over Palestine court ruling
Asia Pacific Report
The decision of the International Court of Justice that Israeli settlements on Palestinian land are illegal demands immediate action from the New...
‘Attack on freedom of speech’: USP staff call out Ahluwalia for...
RNZ Pacific
The University of the South Pacific staff associations are up in arms about the sacking of a union leader and academic by the...
NZ’s Winston Peters calls for ‘more diplomacy, engagement, compromise’ in New...
RNZ Pacific
The Pacific Island Forum could serve as a "constructive force" to find a "path forward" in Kanaky New Caledonia, New Zealand Foreign Affairs...
Kanaky New Caledonia crisis: Kanak lawyer warns ‘separatism’ will worsen inequalities
By Margot Staunton, RNZ senior journalist and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor
A Kanak political commentator in Aotearoa New Zealand says calls to separate New...
PNG oil and LNG shipments face foreign waters ban if waste...
By Matthew Vari in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea will face a grim reality of a ban on its shipping of oil and hydrocarbons in...
‘We slept in the open,’ say PNG evicted widows who bought...
By Kelvin Joe and Gynnie Kero in Port Moresby
Two widows and their children were among other Papua New Guinean squatters who had to dismantle...
New riot vehicle shipment arrives for police, firemen in New Caledonia
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
More armoured vehicles and firetrucks have been delivered for Kanaky New Caledonia's security forces, including police...
A surprising litmus test for Kanaky New Caledonia’s independence parties
ANALYSIS: By Denise Fisher
The voters in the second round of France’s national elections last weekend staved off an expected shift to the far-right. But...
Fiji protesters call for freedom and justice in the Pacific –...
Asia Pacific Report
The Fiji NGO Coalition on Human Rights and other protesters took to the streets of Fiji's capital Suva yesterday in a rare...
Death toll in Kanaky New Caledonia unrest reaches 10
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Riots in Kanaky New Caledonia claimed their 10th victim yesterday.
The death took place as a result...
Award-winning academics, journos lined up for Pacific Media 2024
By Ritika Pratap, deputy news manager of FBC News
Five high-profile, international award-winning journalists and journalism academics will join their regional media counterparts to address...
French elections: First round of Pacific results show polarisation
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French Pacific results for the first round of French national snap elections yesterday showed a firm...
New Caledonia votes first under tight security in French snap election
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Voters in New Caledonia will go to the polls this weekend under tight security, almost eight...
New Zealand framing China as ‘the devil’ insincere, says Pacific lecturer
RNZ Pacific
An international relations lecturer says New Zealand's framing of China in the perceived Pacific geopolitical struggle is "disingenuous".
Victoria University of Wellington's Nanai Anae...
‘Quite emotional’ – thousands crowd Rotorua lake edge to watch Matariki...
By Laura Smith, Local Democracy Reporter
Last night's Matariki drone show was an emotional experience for some of the thousands who huddled under the glow...
Hawai’i’s Rimpac war games begin, but academic condemns them as harmful...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson
Hawai’ian academic Dr Emalani Case has condemned the 2024 Rimpac military exercise that began off the coast of Hawai’i...
Indonesia accused of subverting Pacific push for UN rights mission to...
By Stefan Armbruster, Victor Mambor and BenarNews staff
An unheralded visit to Indonesia’s Papuan provinces by a leading Pacific diplomat has drawn criticism for undermining...