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4 killed, fears death toll may rise in massive PNG weekend...
PNG Post-Courier
A massive earthquake has sent shockwave across PNG with at least four dead, properties and key infrastructure destroyed and fears of a mounting...
NZ covid-19 traffic light system scrapped from midnight, says PM Jacinda...
RNZ News
All mask wearing requirements in Aotearoa New Zealand -- except in healthcare and aged care -- will be scrapped, and household contacts will...
Workers who helped NZ migrant fraud inquiry gutted to be told...
By Lucy Xia, RNZ News reporter
A group of migrants who have been helping a New Zealand investigation into immigration fraud may soon be forced...
Deaths, buried villages reported as 7.6 magnitude earthquake hits PNG
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby
A 7.6 magnitude earthquake has been felt across Papua New Guinea with widespread damage to villages and an unconfirmed...
Flags at half mast across the Pacific as leaders pay tribute...
RNZ Pacific
Flags are flying at half mast across the Pacific and leaders are paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, who died at Thursday at...
From evolving colony to bicultural nation, Queen Elizabeth II walked a...
ANALYSIS: By Katie Pickles, University of Canterbury
The death of Queen Elizabeth II brings to an end a long, complex and remarkable chapter in the...
‘Fijian hearts are heavy’ says PM as Pacific mourns Queen Elizabeth...
RNZ Pacific
Queen Elizabeth II -- 1926-2022
Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama tweeted today "Fijian hearts are heavy this morning as we bid farewell" as global...
John Minto: Where are the journalists to tackle NZ’s prime ministerial...
COMMENT: By John Minto
Deception and political spin crossed new boundaries this week with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, under pressure to explain the housing catastrophe...
Late Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 Pacific royal tour teaches us much about...
REVIEW: By Philip Cass, editor of Pacific Journalism Review
One of the joys of travelling the world and collecting books is the historical oddities that...
Papuan families’ lawyer criticises murder reconstruction, calls for independent probe
Tabloid Jubi in Jayapura
The lawyer of the families of the victims of the Mimika murder case has criticised the military reconstruction of the killings...
Tongan Language Week helping empower NZ’s Tongan youth
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
Uike Kātoanga'i 'o e lea faka-Tonga, or Tongan Language Week, is under way with schools and community groups organising...
French rugby star from Fiji Vakatawa hangs up his boots over...
By Rodney Duthie in Suva
Kiwi-born and Fiji-raised France rugby centre Virimi Vakatawa has revealed that he has a heart condition that has forced him...
French Polynesia moves towards ban on ‘craziness’ of seabed mining
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia has voted a draft opinion for a temporary ban on seabed mining projects.
Of the territory's Council for the Economy, Social, Environment...
Seven-year-old boy shot dead by younger brother, say Tonga police
RNZ Pacific
Tongan police have confirmed the death of a seven-year-old boy after he was shot.
Police report the shooting occurred at the boy's residence at...
Suspicious ‘Papuan’ tweets promoted Indonesian government’s agenda
ANALYSIS: By David Engel, Albert Zhang and Jake Wallis
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has analysed thousands of suspicious tweets posted in 2021 relating...
NZ union ‘shocked and horrified’ at AUT’s proposed 230 job cuts
RNZ News
A union representing New Zealand tertiary sector staff says a proposal which could lead to massive job cuts at the Auckland University of...
Fiji’s dilemma – how its military has become so deeply mired...
ANALYSIS: By Sadhana Sen and Stephen Howes
The last time the Australian Labor Party came to power (in 2007), Australia was imposing sanctions against Fiji...
West Papua atrocity – a warning to Jakarta for impartial investigation
COMMENT: By Robbie Newton of Human Rights Watch
Authorities arrested six Indonesian soldiers last week suspected in the killing and mutilation of four Indigenous Papuans...
‘Be responsible, honest and lead by example’ message for Fiji fathers
By Luke Nacei in Suva
Be responsible, righteous, honest, and lead by example.
That’s the advice from psychotherapist Selina Kuruleca to all fathers, as Fijians celebrate...
Brij Lal’s tribute to Jai Ram Reddy – ‘a true son...
OBITUARY: By Dr Brij Lal
Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear Full many a floww’r is...
Seven West Papuans jailed for raising banned Morning Star flag
RNZ Pacific
Seven people have been found guilty of "treason" after raising the banned Morning Star flag in West Papua, a Melanesian region of Indonesia.
In...
Rotuman social justice advocate puts key bid for Roskill Community Voice
By Laurens Ikinia
"Noa'ia 'e" is a greeting people hear when you meet anyone from the island of Rotuma in Fiji or when they visit...