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Uneasy Pacific makes wartime memories more important than ever
COMMENTARY: By Barbara Dreaver, 1News Pacific correspondent
Even from the grainy black and white footage of American soldiers wading towards shore while under fire, you...
Cook Islands: Navigating the rise of third party politics and a...
Cook Islands Press
By Jason Brown
Tens of thousands of Cook Islanders celebrated 57th Constitution Day events these last weeks.
Not just in the homeland, but overseas...
Marape continues his leadership in PNG with unanimous majority
By Gorethy Kenneth of the PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby
In a historic first, the Papua New Guinea Parliament has installed Pangu Pati leader and...
As the FBI raids Mar-A-Lago, Donald Trump reaches for unconvincing historical...
ANALYSIS: By Rodney Tiffen, University of Sydney
“These are dark times for our nation”, former US President Donald Trump declared when he announced his mansion...
Marape has the numbers and keeps PNG’s top post as prime...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Papua New Guinea's incumbent leader, James Marape, has been returned to the top job as the country's ninth prime minister, reports...
Māori and Pacific students ‘battle racism and tokenism’ at university
RNZ News
New research details the extent of racism, othering and tokenism faced by Māori and Pacific postgraduate students in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The paper, published...
Pacific takes impressive Games haul of 13 medals in Birmingham
RNZ Pacific
Pacific athletes have won a total of 13 medals at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, split among six nations.
Samoa won the region's only...
Marshall Islands loses ‘covid-free’ status with 6 cases confirmed
By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal in Majuro
The Marshall Islands lost its covid-free status yesterday when tests confirmed six positive cases...
Hope for women in PNG elections – Peter becomes lone female...
By Gorethy Kenneth of the PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby
If there is a glimmer of hope in Papua New Guinea’s violence marred national general...
Noumea protesters demand action on domestic violence after woman is killed
RNZ Pacific
About 100 people have marched in the New Caledonian capital of Noumea to protest against what they see as government inaction to curb...
Japanese sailor stabbed during Guadalcanal remembrance event
RNZ Pacific
A Japanese sailor has been stabbed at Bloody Ridge in Solomon Islands during a World War II remembrance ceremony in Honiara.
Witnesses say the...
Professor Pal Ahluwalia on the future of USP: ‘I’m here to...
From mitigating the impacts of a global pandemic to battling financial constraints, the University of the South Pacific's vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia speaks to...
Solomon Islands marking 80 years of WWII Battle of Guadalcanal
RNZ Pacific
Senior government and military leaders from the United States, New Zealand, Australia and Japan are in Honiara to mark the 80th anniversary of...
Kabul one year on – cat-and-mouse with the Taliban intelligence agents
RNZ News
A year on from the fall of Kabul, Australian reporter Lynne O’Donnell returned to Afghanistan -- and now says she’ll never go back.
O’Donnell...
Public health ‘patriot’ protesters march onto central Auckland streets
RNZ News
Protesters blocked roads in central Auckland this afternoon for the second time in two weeks, marching past the main entrance to the city's...
New Caledonia referendum challenged in Euro human rights court
RNZ Pacific
The holding of New Caledonia's third and final referendum on independence from France during the covid-19 pandemic last year is being challenged in...
Former PNG military chief calls for gun ban to curb election...
PNG Pacific
A former Papua New Guinea military commander who drew up a plan 17 years ago to try to end gun violence says the...
Women leaders condemn PNG men’s ‘violence, bribery, vote rigging’ to keep...
By Peter Korugl of the PNG Post-Courier
“Shame on yous!” ... these are the three powerful words Julie Soso, former governor and candidate for the...
Back on stage – Pacific Music Awards gig banishes covid blues
By Susana Suisuiki and Finau Fonua of RNZ Pacific
The Vodafone Events Centre in Manukau, Auckland came alive with music, glitz and glam for the...
NZ’s new climate crisis plan: ‘Blueprint for more resilient communities’
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News climate reporter
For the first time Aotearoa New Zealand has a long-term strategy to deal with the effects of climate...
O’Neill ‘bombshell’ throws top position in PNG elections wide open
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
People’s National Congress party leader Peter O’Neill has blown the race for the Papua New Guinea prime minister’s job...
Break this cycle of sorcery-related violence in Papua New Guinea
COMMENTARY: By Anton Lutz
The sun rises over a strange landscape. Come with me and meet these people over here.
Even though they have stayed awake...