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ANALYSIS: By Biman Chand Prasad in Suva The Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ meeting has ended and what is intriguing is the deafening silence on declining...

By Ashleigh McCaull, RNZ News Te Ao Māori reporter Māori councillors have detailed the torrents of abuse and racism they say they face in their...

RNZ Pacific Samoa's Ombudsman Luamanuvao Katalaina Sapolu says the human rights effects from the covid-19 pandemic have been catastrophic. She has just submitted Samoa's eighth State...

On Pacific Beat with Evan Wasuka The University of South Pacific’s vice-chancellor says Fiji’s failure to pay its grant contribution for the third year in...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist A family has been under house arrest in Tokelau for almost a year after they refused to get vaccinated...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia's pro-independence Palika party has joined the Caledonian Union in rejecting talks in Paris announced by the French Interior Ministry. The ministry called...

By Paul Bungtabu and Poreni Umau in Rabaul It took 20 years and just three votes to unshackle anti-corruption champion Dr Allan Marat’s grip on...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Fresh fighting among candidates’ supporters has left another two dead in Hela’s Margarima in Papua New Guinea's general election. This...

ANALYSIS: By Romitesh Kant A shortage of resources and investment from major digital platforms has left the Pacific region battling a campaign of misinformation and...

By Peter Korugl in Port Moresby The ruling Pangu Pati has drawn first blood in the Papua New Guinea national general elections with its leader...

By Miriam Zarriga of the PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning has fired the first warning shot in the hunt for candidates...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) has condemned the absence of West Papua in last week's Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) official...

By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva Climate change remains the single greatest existential threat facing the Blue Pacific, as leaders concluded the biggest diplomatic regional meeting...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea police have warned opposing candidates to return 50 missing ballot boxes for the Lagaip electorate in...

By Reiner Brabar in Jayapura Papua People's Petition (PRP) protesters have braved brutal police blockades, forced dispersals and assaults while staging simultaneous mass actions across...

RNZ Pacific A state of emergency has been declared in American Samoa because of severe weather conditions resulting in damage to roads, infrastructure, property, and...

COMMENTARY: By Megan Darby, editor of Climate Home News When it comes to the world’s two biggest emitters, we are caught between a secretive autocracy...

By Rusiate Baleilevuka in Suva A Fiji women's advocacy group has condemned their government for remaining silent over the human rights violations in West Papua...

By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor A prominent New Zealand epidemiologist is calling for much wider mask mandates, saying the roll-out of free...

RNZ Pacific A senior French military commander says France should re-arm in the Pacific and consider restoring its forces to a level of 30 years...

RNZ Pacific The Pacific Islands Forum has launched a new longterm strategy to address present and future challenges faced by Pacific peoples. The "2050 Strategy for...

By Meri Radinibaravi in Suva "Bring it on!" That’s the challenge from National Federation Party (NFP) general-secretary Seni Nabou to FijiFirst party general-secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum...