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Global outrage continues over Israeli defiance of World Court Rafah order
Asia Pacific Report
International outrage continues to reverberate as Israel ignores the International Court of Justice's order to immediately cease its attack on southern Rafah,...
West Papua independence group slams French ‘modern-day colonialism’
Asia Pacific Report
A West Papuan independence group has condemned French "modern-day colonialism in action" in Kanaky New Caledonia and urged indigenous leaders to "fight...
The Fiji Times: Public outcry over Fijians’ MPs pay rise
EDITORIAL: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief of The Fiji Times
So 40 Fiji members of Parliament voted in favour of the Special Committee on Emoluments Report...
PNG landslide: Survivors of highlands disaster desperately seeking help
RNZ Pacific
The survivors of a massive landslide in a remote village in Papua New Guinea's highlands are still waiting for official help, more than...
Open letter from Kanaky: Things are really bad, we need to...
Asia Pacific Report
By a Kanak from Aotearoa New Zealand in Kanaky New Caledonia
I've been trying to feel cool and nice on this beautiful sunny...
Local officials fear fate of 300 missing people in remote PNG...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
The United States has said it is “ready to lend a helping hand” to the people of Mulitaka, Enga...
Hundreds feared dead after huge landslide in Papua New Guinea
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Scores of people have died in a huge landslide which has struck a remote village in the Papua...
Media fuss over stranded tourists, but Kanaks face existential struggle
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
“Only the struggle counts . . . death is nothing.” Éloi Machoro -- "the Che Guevara of the Pacific" -- said...
Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Macron ends day of political talks with...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French President Emmanuel Macron has ended a meeting-packed whirlwind day in New Caledonia with...
Rob Campbell: Unrest in New Caledonia – as seen through moana...
COMMENTARY: By Rob Campbell
Is it just me or is it not more than a little odd that coverage of current events in New Caledonia/Kanaky...
NZ students stage Gaza protests in global ‘take a stand’ rallies
Asia Pacific Report
Thousands of students across Aotearoa New Zealand protested in a nationwide rally at seven universities across the country in a global day...
Macron says ‘peace, calm and security’ his top priority for New...
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific Desk
French President Emmanuel Macron landed in Nouméa today under heavy security after pro-independence protests by indigenous...
French ‘betrayal’ triggered Kanak youth rebellion in Nouméa, says activist
By Adam Gifford of Waatea News
A New Zealand Kanak woman, Jessie Ounei, says young people in New Caledonia feel a sense of anger and...
French President Emmanuel Macron lands in Nouméa amid unrest
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
French president Emmanuel Macron has landed in Nouméa.
The French Ambassador to the Pacific Véronique Roger-Lacan was on the flight.
"The...
Vanuatu minister calls for referendum voters in spite of Nouméa crisis
By Tensly Sumbe
Vanuatu's Elections Minister Johnny Koanapo is urging every Ni-Vanuatu person living in New Caledonia to take part in the upcoming vote for...
Solidarity action group calls on NZ to support Kanak, Papuan independence
Asia Pacific Report
A New Zealand solidarity action group has called on the New Zealand government to back indigenous independence calls in the Pacific and...
‘France lost the plot’ – journalist David Robie on Kanaky New...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
Liberation "must come" for Kanaky New Caledonia, says one of the few New Zealand journalists who have worked consistently...
NZ’s first New Caledonia evacuation flight lands in Auckland
By Maia Ingoe, RNZ News journalist
A NZ Defence Force plane carrying 50 New Zealanders evacuated from New Caledonia landed at Auckland International Airport last...
Gordon Campbell: Israel’s political split, and the New Caledonia crisis
COMMENTARY: By Gordon Campbell
The split opening up in Israel’s “War Cabinet” is not just between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his long-term rival Benny...
Déjà vu in New Caledonia: why decades of political failure will...
ANALYSIS: By David Small, University of Canterbury
With an air force plane on its way to rescue New Zealanders stranded by the violent uprising in...
Plane heading for New Caledonia to bring NZ visitors home
RNZ News
A New Zealand government plane is heading to New Caledonia to assist with bringing New Zealanders home.
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters today confirmed...
Liberation for New Caledonia’s Kanak people ‘must come’, says educator
RNZ Pacific
A New Zealand author, journalist and media educator who has covered the Asia-Pacific region since the 1970s says liberation "must come" for Kanaky/New...