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Bougainville has first draft of new home grown constitution
RNZ Pacific
Two years after beginning consultations, the Bougainville Constitutional Planning Commission has released its first draft of a home grown constitution.
Bougainville expects to become...
Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Surveillance and better vaccine coverage is needed to prevent another measles outbreak in the Pacific, says the World Health...
Warning signs have been flashing, PNG police housing needs ignored
By Scott Waide in Lae, Papua New Guinea
Ten days into 2024, Port Moresby descended into chaos as opportunists looted and burned shops in Waigani,...
Activist criticises Western feminist ‘silence’ on Palestine’s brave women
By Peter Boyle in Gadigal Sydney
Jana Fayyad, a Palestinian activist, had some sharp words about “the silence of Western feminists” at International Women's Day,...
Talks herald Wapenamanda massacre ceasefire in PNG tribal warfare
PNG Post-Courier
A ceasefire is expected on the battlefields of Wapenamanda in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province that has claimed hundreds of lives and caused...
PNG police investigate bomb threat at Goroka courthouse in Highlands
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea police in Eastern Highlands are investigating a bomb threat that was sent via an email to...
Pacific journalist Barbara Dreaver challenges TVNZ chief over job cuts
Pacific Media Watch
Television New Zealand’s chief executive has been challenged by the public broadcaster’s Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver at a fiery staff meeting over...
PNG MP Allan Bird on death threats: ‘Picking on me isn’t...
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Papua New Guinea's rising voice as opposition candidate for prime minister, East Sepik Governor Allan Bird, has pushed...
Question for PNG foreign minister Tkatchenko – what does the...
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin
Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have formally ratified a defence agreement a decade after its initial signing.
PNG’s Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko...
Opposition MP Allan Bird claims his ‘life under threat’ after PM...
RNZ Pacific
A Papua New Guinea MP who is being touted by the opposition as the next prime minister of the country says "my life...
USP staff vote in favour of strike action over ‘just and...
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
A secret ballot by members of the Association of University of the South Pacific Staff (AUSPS) and USP Staff...
Stop treating Bougainville lightly, Sir Puka warns Marape
PNG Post-Courier
Opposition spokesperson for Bougainville affairs Sir Puka Temu has warned the Papua New Guinea government not to take the Bougainville ratification process lightly...
Prabowo says democracy ‘messy and costly’, calls for improvement
Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto discusses democracy (in English) at the Mandiri Investment Forum on March 5. Video: Kompas TV
By Dani Prabowo in Jakarta
Indonesia's Defence...
Chlöe Swarbrick to replace NZ’s outgoing Green Party co-leader James Shaw
RNZ News
Outspoken MP Chlöe Swarbrick will be the Green Party's new co-leader alongside Marama Davidson, as climate change specialist James Shaw steps down.
Last month,...
‘Not complicated’ over killing children, Swarbrick tells Gaza ceasefire rally
Asia Pacific Report
About 5000 protesters calling for an immediate ceasefire and an end to Israeli's genocidal war on Gaza today took part in a...
Kolinisau named new Fiji 7s coach after Gollings’ failure to win...
By Rodney Duthie in Suva
The Fiji Rugby Union has sacked Fiji 7s head coach Ben Gollings and replaced him with former Fiji 7s captain...
All female Air Niugini crew fly out to Cairns on International...
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's national airline flight from Port Moresby to Cairns today was operated by an all female Air Niugini crew in recognition...
Kaniva News: Noble’s letter demanding PM resign over royal memo takes...
Tonga has been locked in a political standoff between the country's King Tupou VI and Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni Hu'akavameiliku which erupted into a...
Rift widens between New Caledonia’s pro-French and independence parties
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ French Pacific correspondent
One of the main components of New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS umbrella, the Union Calédonienne (UC), says it has...
Fiji military commander seeks redemption for ‘past wrongs’
By Vijay Narayan in Suva
Army commander Major-General Jone Kalouniwai has highlighted the need for the Republic of Fiji Military Forces to "redeem itself" as...
East Sepik governor Allan Bird on how to ‘change the trajectory’...
Interview by Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
The man being touted by the opposition as the next leader of Papua New Guinea says the...
Lynda Tabuya fights back – ‘it’s unfortunate that as a woman...
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
Fiji's Women's Minister Lynda Tabuya says the decision by the People's Alliance executive council to remove her as deputy...