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PNG police ‘lack accountability, governance’, warns commissioner
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby
The Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary "has a gap" in its accountability and governance in the organisation, warns Police...
Pacific unity crucial in ‘crowded geopolitical landscape’, says Fiame
RNZ Pacific
Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa has urged her fellow Pacific leaders to stop paying lip service to regionalism and walk the talk...
Auckland Council fails to decide over controversial budget – reconvening...
By RNZ News reporters Felix Walton and Finn Blackwell
Auckland Council ended its meeting yesterday without a decision on the annual budget.
The long-debated budget will...
20 MPs walk out as PNG’s Tkatchenko apologises for ‘media trolls’...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
The last time Papua New Guinea heard “there is a stranger in the House” was when two men walked...
‘I’m not begging’, Tahiti’s Brotherson tells France in prep for independence
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's new President Moetai Brotherson is in Paris for wide-ranging talks with the French government and the organisers of the 2024 Paris...
Hipkins grants Fiji $11m in climate crisis aid as Rabuka renews...
By RNZ reporters and Rachael Nath of RNZ Pacific
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka was welcomed to the New Zealand Parliament yesterday while on his...
Bougainville leaders call on mining giant Rio Tinto to assist communities
RNZ Pacific
Community leaders around Panguna mine in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville want mining giant Rio Tinto to help out following...
Climate crisis greatest threat to Pacific regional security, says Vanuatu PM
By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific Vanuatu correspondent in Port Vila
Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau says Pacific security is about the security of the Pacific...
Guam’s indigenous people ‘feel less safe’ over US military build-up
By Don Wiseman, NZ Pacific journalist
Guam has long faced tensions due to the heavy United States military presence on the island.
But as Washington moves to...
West Papuan ‘provisional’ government backs full membership of MSG
Asia Pacific Report
The self-styled provisional government of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua
"with the people" of the Melanesian region have declared political support...
Indonesia’s Widodo set to visit Port Moresby next month
RNZ Pacific
Indonesian President Joko Widodo is set to make a state visit to Papua New Guinea next month.
The one-day visit is scheduled for July...
French minister says FLNKS ‘willing to discuss’ election roll changes
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
New Caledonia's pro-independence parties are prepared to negotiate changes to the provincial electoral rolls, according to French Overseas Minister...
Fifteen Pasifika people on NZ King’s Birthday Honours List
RNZ Pacific
Paediatrician Dr Teuila Percival heads the list of Pacific recipients in the New Zealand King's Birthday Honours List for 2023.
Dr Percival is one...
King’s Birthday Honours: Former NZ leader Jacinda Ardern receives high accolade
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter
Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has received one of the top accolades in today's King's Birthday...
Wenda calls on Papuan rebels to free NZ pilot ‘unconditionally’
Asia Pacific Report
The president of a West Papuan advocacy group has appealed to the militants holding New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens hostage to free...
Hipkins faces grilling from students over University of Otago staff cuts
By Tess Brunton, RNZ News reporter
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins faced a grilling by University of Otago students during his trip to Ōtepoti...
Transparency PNG calls for further charges over ‘worrying’ Paraka case
RNZ Pacific
Transparency International Papua New Guinea has welcomed the conviction of lawyer Paul Paraka as the police confirm they are widening the investigation into...
Fiji communities eager to meet ‘our PM’ Rabuka on NZ visit
RNZ Pacific
Members of Fijian communities in Auckland and Wellington are eager to meet Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka next week when he arrives on his...
Obituary: Tui Rererangi Walsh O’Sullivan, the ‘flying bird in the sky’
OBITUARY: By Dominic O'Sullivan
Tui Rererangi Walsh O'Sullivan, 4 July 1940 -- 20 May 2023
Kia ora koutau katoa. Kia ora mo o koutou haerenga i...
Additional budget funds earmarked for USP arrears, says Prasad
By Repeka Nasiko in Lautoka
The University of the South Pacific will be receiving additional funding from the Fiji government in the 2023-2024 national budget,...
PNG’s National Court orders state to justify Singapore gold deal
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
The National Court has ordered the Papua New Guinea government to disclose the full details of the gold refinery...
Latest Island Studies journal features social justice activism and advocacy
Asia Pacific Report
A new edition of the Okinawan Journal of Island Studies features social justice island activism, including a case study of Aotearoa New...
