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Northland declares state of emergency as Cyclone Gabrielle hits NZ
RNZ News
Northland has declared a state of emergency and the Auckland Harbour Bridge has been closed as steady rain and strong winds from Cyclone...
Fiji to probe Korean Grace Road cult land deals – 31...
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
The Grace Road Church made 31 acquisitions of land during the reign of the FijiFirst government and it has several...
Red weather warnings as Cyclone Gabrielle makes NZ landfall
RNZ News
Cyclone Gabrielle is already bringing steady rain and strong winds to northern parts of Aotearoa New Zealand after sparing Norfolk Island and MetService...
Cyclone Gabrielle closes in on Aotearoa: Warnings and forecasts
RNZ news
Coromandel Peninsula and Gisborne north of Tolaga Bay are now under red heavy rain warnings in Aotearoa New Zealand linked to Cyclone Gabrielle.
MetService...
4 die, 700 forced to flee as earthquake hits Papuan capital...
Jubi News
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 hit Papua's capital city Jayapura on Thursday afternoon, killing four people, injuring at least five and...
Accepting Indonesia into MSG ‘a mistake’, admits Natuman
By Len Garae in Port Vila
Former Vanuatu Prime Minister Joe Natuman says allowing Indonesia -- by former Prime Minister Sato Kilman -- into the...
Auckland’s Great Flood: ‘If you think it was bad before, it’s...
By Ashleigh McCaull, RNZ Te Ao Māori news
A fortnight after the floods in Tāmaki Makaurau and as Aotearoa New Zealand braces for Cyclone Gabriel...
PNG government’s top legal adviser charged over ‘dangerous’ road death
PNG Post-Courier
The Papua New Guinea government’s top legal adviser, Dr Eric Kwa, has been arrested and charged on allegations of dangerous driving causing death.
Dr...
Rescue mission underway for NZ pilot held hostage in Papua, say...
RNZ News
Indonesian police and military have launched a joint mission to rescue a New Zealand pilot who was seized by rebels as a hostage...
Human rights researcher pleads for West Papuan rebels to free NZ...
By Finau Fonua and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalists
A researcher at Human Rights Watch in Jakarta is calling for the immediate release of the...
Indonesian security forces ‘have no idea’ where NZ pilot hostage is
Jubi News in Jayapura
Indonesian security forces do not know the whereabouts of the New Zealand pilot taken hostage by the West Papua National Liberation...
Climate data from Pacific has deteriorated, says new report
By Caleb Fotheringham for RNZ Pacific
The quality and quantity of Pacific Island climate data has been getting worse in recent decades according to a...
Indonesian rights researcher slams kidnapping – efforts to free NZ pilot
RNZ News
An Indonesian human rights researcher has condemned the Papuan rebels who have taken a New Zealand pilot hostage and gone into hiding in...
NZ Papua hostage: Pilots warned to take precautions in ‘danger’ zone
By Kate Green , RNZ News journalist
A former New Zealand pilot says flying for an Indonesian airline can be dangerous, and those who do...
Papuan rebels seize NZ pilot hostage, set local plane on fire,...
RNZ Pacific
Pro-independence rebels in Indonesia's Papua province have seized a New Zealand pilot as hostage after setting a small commercial plane on fire when...
PNG military ‘won’t sit back’ after soldiers ambushed, warns chief
PNG Post-Courier
PNG Defence Force Commander Major-General Mark Goina says “appropriate force” will be dealt to the gunmen who ambushed and wounded two soldiers in...
Simon Oosterman Beckers: After the Great Flood – a greenway offer...
COMMENTARY: By Simon Oosterman Beckers
We tried to give away two hectares of land to help minimise flooding in West Auckland. For free. We just...
Yamin Kogoya: The fate of Papua’s governor Enembe – where is...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
On Friday 10 February 2023, it will be one month since the Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was "kidnapped" at a...
Prime Minister Hipkins welcomes less politics, more commemoration on Waitangi Day
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has described today's Waitangi Day dawn service as moving and says he welcomes the shift away from...
Kalsakau wants Melanesian staff to work at MSG secretariat
By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific Vanuatu correspondent in Port Vila
Vanuatu's prime minister has stressed any future employment within the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat...
Tongan politician, democracy reformer and scholar Dr Sitiveni Halapua dies
By Kālino Lātū, editor of Kaniva News
Dr Sitiveni Halapua, former deputy leader of Tonga’s Democratic Movement, has died aged 74.
Born on February 13, 1949,...
NZ’s Waitangi Day 2023 – why Article 3 of the Treaty...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato; Claire Breen, University of Waikato, and Valmaine Toki, University of Waikato
The heated (and often confused) debate about...