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‘What could we have done?’ – Pacific community grief for shooter...
RNZ Pacific
The Pacific Island community in Aotearoa New Zealand is grieving for the deaths of two men killed at an Auckland downtown construction site...
‘Let your children live in peace’ plea by PNG’s Marape over...
RNZ Pacific
The Papua New Guinea government is calling for local communities in Porgera, Enga province, to end the violence as it works to reopen...
Yamin Kogoya: ‘Rebuilding our Melanesia for our future’ – culture and...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
"Rebuilding our Melanesia for our future" is the theme chosen by the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) for their 7th Melanesian...
300 PNG companies face penalties over failing to uphold labour laws
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
More than 300 companies operating in Papua New Guinea are facing penalties and will be issued infringement notices for...
‘Grassroots action’ could address climate change in Micronesia
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ journalist
A new report has found practical solutions to address climate change in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), including raising...
Fiji media condemn ‘distasteful, unacceptable’ threats by former PM
By Rakesh Kumar in Suva
The Fijian Media Association (FMA) has labelled comments made by former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama this week to media workers...
Auckland shooting: City security beefed up as probe continues
RNZ News
A scene examination is continuing at a construction site in central Auckland after a fatal shooting there shocked the city yesterday morning.
The gunman,...
Israel’s arms and spyware: Used on Palestinians, sold to the world
Journalist and critic of Israeli apartheid Antony Loewenstein wrapped up his New Zealand tour with another damning address in Auckland last night but was...
Martyn Bradbury: A sorrowful day for my beautiful city – Matu...
By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog
My daughter came into the kitchen early today to tell me her friends were downtown in Auckland...
Three dead in Auckland CBD shooting, including gunman, police confirm
RNZ News
Three people have been killed in a shooting in Auckland central business district today, including the gunman.
Six people were also wounded, including two...
West Papua liberation group praises support for MSG – ‘keep going’...
Asia Pacific Report
Papuan people throughout the territory of West Papua have held huge demonstrations of support for full membership of the United Liberation Movement...
Yes, Oppenheimer isn’t opening in Japan this week – but the...
ANALYSIS: By Peter C. Pugsley, University of Adelaide
While Christopher Nolan’s new film Oppenheimer is opening in much of the world this week, a Japanese...
Trio with Pacific roots aiming for Women’s World Cup glory
RNZ Pacific
The 2023 Women's World Cup kicks off in Auckland tomorrow when co-hosts New Zealand face Norway.
It is the biggest football tournament ever to...
Melanesian Spearhead Group summit postponed – West Papua uncertain
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Leaders Summit proposed to be held from yesterday until July 21 has been postponed...
Papua Governor Lukas Enembe gravely ill – KPK trial delayed
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
Suspended Papua Governor Lukas Enembe, who is detained in Indonesia on corruption charges, was supposed to go on trial yesterday...
NZ govt says it ‘honoured’ Solomons support, rejects Sogavare’s claims
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist, and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor
The New Zealand government has rejected claims by...
Entire village tested as covid reaches third Tokelauan atoll
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
The number of covid-19 community cases in Tokelau has surpassed 50 and has now cropped up on all three...
French President Macron to make historic visit to PNG, Vanuatu
RNZ Pacific
French President Emmanuel Macron will make a first official visit to Papua New Guinea next Friday as part of a short Pacific trip.
AFP...
PNG killings on the rise as Madang police call for more...
By Dorothy Mark in Madang, PNG
In the last 15 days of the month of July, 15 murders have occurred in the northern Papua New...
Pacific churches reaffirm support for West Papua MSG membership bid
RNZ Pacific
The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) continues to pledge its commitment to advocate for the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) to...
Fijians are ‘fed up’ – no more coups in modern politics,...
By Shayal Devi in Suva
"Our people are fed up with coups" -- this is the message from renowned Fijian academic Professor Steven Ratuva as...
PNG court acquits Dr Kwa in Moresby alleged dangerous driving case
By Prudence Auvita Ipape in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's sidelined Secretary for Justice Dr Eric Kwa has been acquitted by the committal court on...