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With the death of a Kiwi fighter in Ukraine, should the...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
Dominic Bryce Abelen has been described as a “warrior until the end”. He is also New Zealand’s first...
New Caledonia’s Roch Wamytan set to be re-elected Congress president
RNZ Pacific
The President of New Caledonia's Congress Roch Wamytan is set to be re-elected for another one-year term after the party holding the balance...
IFJ condemns Solomons threat to ban ‘disrespectful’ foreign journalists on China
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The Solomon Islands government has threatened to ban or deport foreign journalists "disrespectful" of the country’s relationship with China, according to...
Refusing to rule out working with Brian Tamaki, Luxon gives NZ’s...
ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw, Massey University
The final act in this week’s protest on the lawns of Parliament was the announcement by Destiny Church leader...
As covid cases drop, Marshall Islands praised for ‘unprecedented’ response
By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro
United States-based medical doctors have praised the Marshall Islands for...
Few NZ personnel fighting in Ukraine, says former defence minister
RNZ News
Former Defence Minister Ron Mark of Aotearoa New Zealand says there is only a small number of citizens fighting in Ukraine.
The NZ Defence...
New Zealand lacking principles on Israeli occupation of Palestine
COMMENTARY: By John Hobbs and Richard Jackson in Dunedin
The New Zealand government’s silence on the thousands of Palestinian deaths in the ongoing Gaza conflict...
PNG bank agency probes 5000 money-laundering cases – but no prosecutions
By Lorraine Wohi in Port Moresby
The Bank of Papua New Guinea's Financial Analysis and Supervision Unit has reported more than 5000 cases as a...
AUT apologises to Australian MP over sexual harassment complaint inquiry
RNZ News
Auckland University of Technology has unreservedly apologised to a former academic turned Australian MP for its botched handling of her complaint regarding sexual...
Two die in heavy floods in West Papuan city Sorong
RNZ News
Floods have struck the West Papuan city of Sorong following heavy rains early this week.
There are reports of 1.5 metre-high flooding and landslides...
Vanuatu’s chief justice orders change over dissolution of parliament plea
RNZ Pacific
The Chief Justice of Vanuatu has ordered the amendment of a constitutional application against the dissolution of Parliament to exclude the president of...
ABC blasts Honiara for ‘factual errors’ in attack over Pacific Capture...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The ABC has soundly condemned the Solomon Islands Office of the Prime Minister for a series of "factual errors" in a...
Marape delivers shock cabinet choice with three cash crop ministries
By Miriam Zarriga of the PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby
Prime Minister James Marape delivered a shock yesterday when he announced his full cabinet, with...
Residents torch own homes rather than let Vanuatu police destroy them
By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Port Vila
Scores of homes near the Vanuatu capital Port Vila which were deemed illegal dwellings have been...
Women – just two – back in PNG’s Parliament but more...
ANALYSIS: By Orovu Sepoe, Lesley Clark and Teddy Winn
The results of the 2022...
No arrests as ‘freedom’ protest winds up peacefully outside NZ’s Parliament
RNZ News
New Zealand police praised how an anti-government protest at Parliament unfolded today, saying there were no arrests and no trespass orders issued.
Police estimated...
Huawei wins US$66m contract for expanding Solomons telecom network
RNZ Pacific
The Solomon Islands government has secured a US$66 million (NZ$106 million) loan from China for tech giant Huawei to expand the country's telecommunications...
Kramer ‘ambushes’ PNG’s chief ombudsman, challenges integrity
By Jeffrey Elapa of the PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby
Madang MP Bryan Kramer, who held the police, justice and later immigration portfolios in the...
PNG police probe into Mendi mayhem names four rival political suspects
By Miriam Zarriga of the PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby
Four prominent Papua New Guinean political leaders are on the police radar for their alleged...
Ardern, Robertson talk Kiwibank, Sharma and NZ flooding
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Minister of Finance Grant Robertson used today's post-cabinet briefing to discuss the shifting ownership of the...
Colonial ideas have kept NZ and Australia in a rut of...
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
Crisis is a word often used in politics and the media -- the covid crisis, the housing crisis,...
UN report blames Fiji student dropout on ‘inadequate parental support’
By Anish Chand in Suva
Inadequate parental support and the lack of parental engagement with education stakeholders are resulting in boys’ disengagement from education in...