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West Papua’s customary region leaders back full MSG membership
Asia Pacific Report
Seven executives representing all the customary regions of West Papua have declared their support for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua...
‘I am sorry’ – Fiji Rugby admits it shortchanged women players
By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific senior sports journalist
Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) has confirmed it underpaid its women rugby players and still owes them their...
O’Neill says defence pact giving US forces ‘immunity’ threatens PNG sovereignty
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby
Former Papua New Guinean prime minister Peter O’Neill says the controversial US-PNG Defence Cooperation Agreement threatens the country's sovereignty.
He...
Influenza outbreak after Mawar challenges Guam’s evacuation centres
By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist
An influenza B outbreak has occurred at shelters housing residents who were hardest hit by Typhoon Mawar.
It has been...
I was involved in stalled talks to free kidnapped NZ pilot...
ANALYSIS: By Damien Kingsbury, Deakin University
New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has now been held hostage in West Papua for four months. Stalled attempts to...
‘We’re outgunned,’ says local PNG police chief – ‘give us firepower’
SPECIAL REPORT: By Miriam Zarriga at Wapenamanda, Papua New Guinea
Standing in the middle of the countryside, the sound of heavy gunfire is loud and...
Fiji PM Rabuka downplays ‘loyalist’ nepotism allegations
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has played down criticism he is leading an administration...
NGOs work in ‘public interest – not foreign lackeys’, says activist...
Asia Pacific Report
A defendant in an Indonesian case of alleged defamation, Fatia Maulidiyanti, has hit back at a statement by Coordinating Minister for Maritime...
Gavin Ellis: Proof our newsrooms need a ‘second pair of eyes’
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis
Own goals by two of our top news organisations last week raised a fundamental question: What has happened to their checking...
RNZ appoints panel to investigate inappropriate editing of online stories
RNZ News
RNZ has appointed a group of experts to carry out an investigation over how pro-Russian edits were inserted into international stories online.
An RNZ...
‘Mental torture’: Protesters seek freedom for detained Iran refugee
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor
As Australian protesters gathered outside the Brisbane detention centre calling for the...
Pacific councillors offer passionate defence of Auckland city’s assets in budget...
Local Democracy reporter Kim Meredith reflects on her observations from Auckland Council's two-day annual budget meeting last week. Following drawn out debate and Mayor...
PNG chief secretary’s complaint prompted arrest of former PM O’Neill
By Gorethy Kenneth and Majorie Finkeo in Port Moresby
The arrest of Papua New Guinea former prime minister Peter O’Neill yesterday was prompted by a...
O’Neill claims perjury charges over PNG’s UBS loan inquiry ‘political’
PNG Post-Courier
Former Papua New Guinea prime minister Peter O’Neill has been charged with three counts of giving false evidence in a national US$1.2 billion...
Papuan churches call on Jokowi to halt military ops for NZ...
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
The West Papuan Council of Churches says New Zealand hostage pilot Phillip Mehrtens' life is in danger if negotiations...
PNG gunmen ‘kidnapped, raped’ 17 schoolgirls before freeing them
By Majeleen Yanei in Port Moresby
Seventeen Papua New Guinean schoolgirls who were kidnapped, raped and held hostage by armed men in Bosavi, Hela, last...
Armed gunmen kidnap 17 girls from remote PNG village – freed...
RNZ Pacific
Reports from Papua New Guinea say that 17 girls from a remote village have been held captive by a large group of armed...
‘We are in the war’: Ukrainian man says RNZ altered news...
RNZ News
A Ukrainian man who complained about an RNZ story last year having Russian propaganda says his concerns are only now being noticed.
It comes...
John Mitchell: Planet Ocean – tides are changing, but halt plastic...
By John Mitchell in Suva
Fiji got to celebrate World Oceans Day this week -- a day when our conscience gets the occasional prick on...
New NZ theatre production highlights Fiji Girmityas’ struggles
By Blessen Tom, RNZ journalist
A new production called Coolie: The Story of the Girmityas is shedding light on the lesser-known history of the Indian...
Papuan students accused of ‘treason’ over raising Morning Star flags
Jubi News
The trial of three Papuan "free speech" students accused of treason has resumed at the Jayapura District Court this week.
The defendants -- Yoseph...
Auckland city budget finally approved: Councillor likens debate to ‘eating rats’
By Finn Blackwell, RNZ News reporter and Jordan Dunn, RNZ intern
Auckland councillors crossed swords, singling out one another and raising impassioned concerns on debt...