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MPs meet tomorrow to try to resolve Vanuatu’s political crisis
RNZ Pacific
Vanuatu's Parliament is scheduled to meet tomorrow to debate a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau's government.
A political stalemate persists,...
NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...
RNZ News
A GPs advocacy group says that practices learned from the covid-19 pandemic, like staying home when sick or wearing masks in health facilities,...
Rainbow Warrior sails Pacific seeking evidence for World Court climate case
By Sera Sefeti in Suva
International environmental campaign group Greenpeace’s flagship Rainbow Warrior is currently sailing across the Pacific, calling at ports and collecting evidence...
Two jailed for plot to kill former Samoan prime minister Tuilaepa
RNZ Pacific
Two men charged with conspiring to murder former Samoan prime minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi have been jailed.
Malele Paulo, also known as King Faipopo,...
West Papuan solidarity group condemns arrest of 21 activists protesting 1962...
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian West Papuan solidarity group has condemned the reported arrest of 21 activists protesting in Jayapura over a "tragic day in...
Greenpeace backs Greens’ ‘solar homes’ policy, but warns over NZ post-election...
Asia Pacific Report
Greenpeace has welcomed the Greens for being the first party to announce a household solar policy for Aotearoa New Zealand's election in...
Out of the shadows: why making NZ’s security threat assessment public...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
The release of the threat assessment by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) this week is the...
‘Everyone was in panic mode’: Lāhainā resident tells of wildfire escape
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
The death toll from the devastating wildfire that engulfed the historic beachside town of Lāhainā on the island of...
Lāhainā ‘completely wiped out’ – US declares Maui wildfires disaster as...
By Felix Walton, RNZ News reporter
A New Zealander on holiday in Maui says the wildfires devastating the Hawai'ian island are unlike anything he has...
10 smart ways NZ can be strategic about addressing climate change...
ANALYSIS: By Kevin Trenberth, University of Auckland
The announcement of a partnership between the New Zealand government and the world’s biggest investment manager BlackRock in...
Melodownz, Sam V, Olivia Foa’i among big winners at Pacific Music...
By Finau Fonua and Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalists
It was an evening of celebration in Manukau, the heart of South Auckland, as Pasifika musicians...
Growing controversy over ‘blocked’ PNG next-of-kin pension pay outs
By Dale Luma and Pearson Kolo in Port Moresby
Sixty-year-old Funki Uin continues his struggle in vain in Papua New Guinea as he tries to...
PNG firefighters battle to stop Port Moresby blaze
PNG Post-Courier
As drivers and pedestrians continued on their daily business yesterday afternoon in Papua New Guinea's capital city Port Moresby, a cry went out...
Hipkins urges release of NZ hostage six months after Papua kidnapping
RNZ Pacific
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has called again for the immediate release of New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens, who has now been held hostage...
OPM leader calls for ‘world indigenous UN’ – end to Papuan...
Asia Pacific Report
The leader of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) has called for the establishment of a "United Indigenous Nations" for global justice and...
PNG seize big firearms stockpile, arrest 10 in Highlands blackmarket raid
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea police have arrested three men and seized a stockpile of unlicensed firearms, ammunition, explosives and other illegal items in a...
PNG’s literacy rate ‘lowest in Pacific’, but government plans boost to...
By Joy Olali and Max Oraka
Papua New Guinea’s literacy rate stands at 63.4 percent -- the lowest in the Pacific -- with the government...
Japan to release treated Fukushima nuclear wastewater in weeks
RNZ Pacific
Japan plans to start releasing treated nuclear wastewater from the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean as soon as later this...
Life-saving vow by Chinese doctor in PNG saves baby Taylor with...
By Grace Auka Salmang in Port Moresby
It isn't every day that a doctor will follow up with a patient and check how he or...
Fiji Deputy PM condemns decline in ‘Bula Boys’ football ranking
By Rodney Duthie in Suva
Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad has called on the Fiji Football Association to address the problem of the decline...
New documentary, human rights report allege Indonesian atrocities in West Papua
The Paradise Bombed documentary about West Papua by Kristo Langker.
Asia Pacific Report
A new documentary and human rights report have documented savage attacks in 2021...
Anti-nuclear group condemns Fiji PM Rabuka’s Fukushima wastewater stance
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist
Pacific anti-nuclear advocacy groups and campaigners have condemned the Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's...