APR editor
Search for NZ pilot taken hostage by Papua rebels extended, says...
RNZ Pacific
The authorities in Indonesia's Papua region say the search for a New Zealand pilot taken hostage by West Papua Liberation Movement freedom fighters...
$9.6m scandal – Post Fiji to pay huge bill to Australia-based...
By Anish Chand in Suva
Post Fiji Ltd has engaged a law firm to recover $9.6 million from an Australia-based mail logistics company that used...
Al-Aqsa raid: How BBC coverage is enabling Israeli violence
ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook
The late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel laureate and tireless campaigner against South African apartheid, once observed: “If you are neutral in...
Jacinda Ardern says goodbye to parliament – how her politics of...
ANALYSIS: By Grant Duncan, Massey University
Jacinda Ardern’s resignation as prime minister in January was a courageous and pragmatic decision for herself, her family and...
Jacinda Ardern’s valedictory plea – ‘take politics out of climate change’
RNZ News
Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has used her valedictory speech to Parliament to ask the House to take the politics out...
Rob Campbell: Are diversity policies backfiring in business – or am...
Corporate diversity and inclusion have become more about profits than about recognising the rights of women and minorities, argues ousted Te Whatu Ora chair...
Jacinda Ardern’s legacy for NZ: Unique covid-19 strategy ‘saved many lives’
RNZ News
Jacinda Ardern will largely be remembered in Aotearoa New Zealand as the prime minister whose pandemic-era policies saved thousands of Kiwi lives, according...
Tough times ahead but Fiji’s coalition has ‘achieved much’, says PM...
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
Fiji's coalition government has achieved much in its first 100 days but Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says he is not...
Ex-PM Ardern named Christchurch Call envoy against online violence
RNZ News
Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been appointed as Special Envoy for the Christchurch Call.
Ardern established the initiative to eliminate violent extremist content...
Ni-Vanuatu villagers need more help after cyclones Judy and Kevin
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist in Port Vila
Communities in Vanuatu continue to rely on government for basic necessities and still lack access to...
Bougainville president slams ‘mocking’ by drunken MP over independence
Asia Pacific Report
Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama today condemned a visiting Papua New Guinean member of Parliament for "mocking" the autonomous region's independence aspirations during...
PNG’s Sir Rabbie blessed at birth – ‘he’ll be a big...
By Jean Nuia in Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea’s fourth prime minister, Sir Rabbie Namaliu, has died -- four days shy of his...
Australian advocacy group condemns Indonesian crackdown on Papuan ‘democracy’ rally in...
Asia Pacific Report
The Australia West Papua Association has condemned an Indonesian crackdown on a peaceful Papua self-determination rally in Bali at the weekend after...
NZ universities are not normal Crown institutions – they shouldn’t be ‘Tiriti-led’
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
As part of its aspiration to be “Tiriti-led”, the University of Otago has embarked on a consultation process...
Indonesian police move to stem rise in Papuan freedom fighter attacks
Jubi News in Jayapura
Indonesia's Papua police chief Inspector-General Mathius D Fakhiri has called for action to ensure that "security disturbances" in the Puncak Jaya...
Vanuatu hails ‘historic resolution’ in climate battle on the world stage
By Barbara Dreaver in Port Vila
Vanuatu is in celebration mode after winning a significant battle on the world stage over climate change.
In a United...
FLNKS message to French PM about Kanak ‘humiliation’ over referendum
By Jan Kohout, RNZ Pacific journalist
New Caledonia's Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) say they will tell the French Prime Minister of the...
Indonesia ‘makes humanitarianism illegal’ for West Papuans – 20 arrests
Asia Pacific Report
Twenty West Papuans who were fundraising for the victims of tropical cyclones in Vanuatu were today arrested by Indonesian police in Jayapura,...
UN adopts Vanuatu-led resolution in ‘epic win’ on climate change
RNZ Pacific
The UN General Assembly has adopted a Vanuatu-led resolution calling for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on climate...
‘Big picture vision’ conversations missing in Pacific, says Aqorau
By Giff Johnson in Majuro
Big picture conversations about the future of the Pacific islands should be happening, but they are not, says one of...
Indonesian security forces attack West Papuan rebels holding NZ pilot
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor
Indonesian security forces in Papua last week launched an offensive against the West...
Private security companies ‘holding PNG together’, claims minister
By Gorothy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Private security companies are currently holding Papua New Guinea together with the largest workforce of 29,445 and supporting the...