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Fiji’s Rabuka not troubled over new police summons as election looms
By RNZ Pacific
Fiji political party leader Sitiveni Rabuka says he is not worried about being called in by police for questioning today.
Rabuka, leader of...
New Caledonia’s timeline of injustice to independence?
Key dates in New Caledonia's colonial history:
1774: James Cook “discovers” Grande Terre island for Europe and renames it New Caledonia because the landscapes remind...
Fiji gender groups welcome 56 women candidates, slam lack of diversity
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A Fiji women's coalition has praised the confirmation of 56 female candidates for the 2018 Fiji national elections next week, but...
MSG backing Kanak independence ‘on the quiet’, says campaigner
By RNZ Pacific
A leading New Caledonian pro-independence politician, Victor Tutugoro, says governments of Melanesian countries have quietly supported the New Caledonian independence cause.
Tutugoro, second...
New Caledonia on brink of fateful decision – new nation or...
By Stefan Armbruster in Noumea
New Caledonia, a group of picturesque islands in Melanesia that are the closest neighbour to Australia and New Zealand, have...
Scrap workers deal with Saudi Arabia following execution, says Jakarta NGO
By Dian Septiari in Jakarta
The Migrant CARE advocacy group has called on Indonesia's Manpower Ministry to cancel a recent agreement with Saudi Arabia to...
Bainimarama tops Fiji pre-election poll – but one in 5 voters...
By RNZ Pacific
Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is polling highly in the latest pre-election poll in Fiji.
But two weeks out from the election, the...
France under fire for ‘manipulated’ ousting of Temaru from Assembly
By RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's pro-independence opposition has continued to attack the French government and judiciary for removing its leader Oscar Temaru from the Territorial...
Indonesia sees PNG as a top ‘non-traditional’ market priority for APEC
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea has been placed as one of Indonesia’s top non-traditional market priorities as the country leader President Joko Widodo...
French human rights body warns over ‘colonial reality’ before key Pacific...
Caledonia TV's report on the recent indigenous Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) conference on a "post-independence" future for New Caledonia. Video: NCI TV...
PNG to host first Pacific APEC – but is it leaders’...
RNZ's Insight visits Papua New Guinea, which is due to host an APEC Leaders Summit next month. Video: RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea is about...
Rabuka acquitted on assets charge, free to contest 2018 general election
By Litia Cava in Suva
Former Prime Minister and Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) leader Sitiveni Rabuka is now sure to contest the 2018 general...
AUT staff withhold marks in strike for better pay and living...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Union members at Auckland University of Technology are withholding marks for two weeks after voting overwhelmingly in favour of taking strike...
Kanak independence struggle gains Maohi support as vote looms
By Nic Maclellan in Ponerihouen, New Caledonia
In a show of support for the Kanak independence movement, Maohi leader Oscar Manutahi Temaru has joined the...
NZ Law Society elects first Pasifika woman as president in ‘sea...
By Te Aniwa Hurihanganui, Te Manu Korihi Reporter of RNZ Pacific
The New Zealand Law Society has elected its first-ever president of Pacific Island descent...
Vanuatu student journalist launches first poetry collection and aims higher
By Harrison Selmen in Suva, Fiji
Vanuatu student journalist Telstar Jimmy launched her first poetry book in Fiji last week and vows bigger plans ahead...
Bougainville voters need to present unified front, says Momis
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The people of Bougainville should present a unified front at the dawn of the referendum to secure a viable option of...
Gallery: Pacific student journalists show their stuff on USP awards night
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Student journalists have celebrated the end of the academic year with their 18th annual awards at the University if the South...
Canberra raises glimmer of hope for New Zealand deal on refugees
By Michelle Grattan in Canberra
The Morrison government has sent qualified signals that it might agree to some refugees from Nauru being settled in New...
PNG government faces mounting pressure over Maseratis splurge
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's government is under mounting pressure to account for a purchase of 40 luxury vehicles for next...
O’Neill replies on Maseratis, shuns ‘racist’ critic as opponents call strike
Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says the Papua New Guinean government will not spend any money on the purchase of 40 Maserati luxury sedans to...
Paga Hill iconic human rights film banned from PNG festival
A Frontline Insight item about Joe Moses and the Paga Hill struggle for justice in Papua New Guinea. Video: Reuters Foundation
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