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Troubled road in New Caledonia fully reopens after eight-month closure
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
The main provincial road linking New Caledonia's capital, Nouméa, to the south of the main island...
Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer
The chair of a World Health Organisation (WHO) advisory group is urging world leaders to denounce misinformation around...
Palestine prisoners’ release ‘symbolic win’ showing unity in face of occupation,...
Asia Pacific Report
Sultan Barakat, a professor at Qatar’s Hamad Bin Khalifa University, says the release of Palestinian prisoners is a “symbolic win” rather than...
Indonesia’s amnesty plan for West Papua independence fighters greeted with scepticism
By Victor Mambor and Tria Dianti
The Indonesian government’s proposal to grant amnesty to pro-independence rebels in West Papua has stirred scepticism as the administration...
Moral bankruptcy, Israel’s genocide and the betrayal of the Palestinians
Why has any discussion about Israel, its violations of international law, and the international legal expectations for third party states to hold IDF soldiers...
UN rapporteur welcomes ‘best news’ — Hague Group coalition pushing for...
Asia Pacific Report
UN Special Rapporteur to the Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese has hailed the formation of The Hague Group, describing it as the...
Former PNG army commander Jerry Singirok pays tribute to Sir Julius...
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
The former Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) commander who defied a government decision to send mercenaries to...
As Donald Trump plays God in Gaza, Israel acts like spoiled...
The Gaza ceasefire deal proves that Israeli politics can only survive if it is engaged in perpetual war.
COMMENTARY: By Abdelhalim Abdelrahman
US President Donald Trump...
His Majesty’s pleasure: King reigns over Tongan government despite democratic reform
COMMENTARY: By Kalafi Moala
Long live the king and long may he reign, so goes the traditional proclamation. In Tonga, King Tupou VI has shown...
NZ-Kiribati fallout: A ‘Pacific way’ perspective on the Peters spat
A NZ-born Kiribati member of Parliament, Ruth Cross Kwansing, has tried to bring in some Pacific common sense into the diplomatic tiff between her...
Sir Julius Chan, one of Papua New Guinea’s founding fathers, dies...
OBITUARY: By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Papua New Guinea and Neville Choi
Papua New Guineans have launched an outpouring of grief and appreciation...
Marape calls US climate backtracking ‘irresponsible’ in rethink plea to Trump
PNG Post-Courier
In a fervent appeal to the global community, Prime Minister James Marape of Papua New Guinea has called on US President Donald Trump...
Israel jeopardising ‘any prospect of peace’, says UNRWA chief
The New Arab
Implementation of Israel's ban on the UN Palestinian relief agency UNRWA will be disastrous, the aid agency's chief has told the Security...
PSNA’s Minto hits back at Gaza ‘genocide hotline’ critics, insists NZ...
Asia Pacific Report
A national Palestine advocacy group has hit back at critics of its "genocide hotline" campaign against soldiers involved in Israel's war against...
Deep freeze: Pacific ‘alarm’ as Trump leaves US diplomats with little...
COMMENTARY: By Tess Newton Cain
It didn’t come as a surprise to see President Donald Trump sign executive orders to again pull out of the...
Trump 2.0 chaos and destruction — what it means Down Under
What will happen to Australia -- and New Zealand -- once the superpower that has been followed into endless battles, the United States, finally...
‘Turn it into a retirement village’: Inside the war of words...
After lengthy, torrid and emotional debate a critical decision for the future of Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau is being made in March. One party will...
NZ-Kiribati fallout: Maamau govt minister says ‘impacts to be felt by...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific Bulletin editor/presenter
Kiribati President Taneti Maamau was unable to meet New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters because he had "a...
Trump’s ‘ethnic cleansing’ Gaza idea dismissed by analysts – rejected by...
Asia Pacific Report
UN President Donald Trump's idea of mass expulsion of Palestinians in Gaza to Jordan and Egypt has been dismissed by analysts as...
NZ aid for Kiribati under review after meeting cancelled with Peters
RNZ Pacific
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has confirmed New Zealand's aid for Kiribati is being reviewed after its President and Foreign Minister cancelled a meeting...
Support for changing date of Australia Day softens, but remains strong...
ANALYSIS: By David Lowe, Deakin University; Andrew Singleton, Deakin University, and Joanna Cruickshank, Deakin University
After many years of heated debate over whether January 26...
NZ Palestinian network advocate Janfrie Wakim praises ‘heroic Gaza’, calls for...
Asia Pacific Report
One of the key early leaders of a national Palestinian solidarity network in Aotearoa New Zealand today praised the "heroic" resilience and...