APR editor
New Zealand can learn from South Africa, The Gambia and others...
ANALYSIS: By Karen Scott, University of Canterbury
In 2023, the world witnessed a sustained attack on the very foundations of the international legal order.
Russia, a...
Port Moresby police chief suspended in latest fallout from PNG riots
RNZ Pacific
The latest victim of last week's rioting and looting in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby is the city's top police commander.
National Capital...
Former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman faced ‘continuous death threats’
RNZ News
Former Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman -- a leading voice in Aotearoa New Zealand's Parliament for human rights, an independent foreign policy, and...
China has ‘whittled down’ key Taiwan support with Nauru move, says...
RNZ Pacific
A security studies professor says China has been applying pressure to countries to switch diplomatic ties over from Taiwan, but Beijing says its...
PNG political fallout from deadly riots stirs call for vote over...
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
The political fallout from the deadly riots in Papua New Guinea continues, including calls for a vote of...
The Fiji Times: Drug bust a chilling wake-up call for Fiji
EDITORIAL: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief of The Fiji Times
The revelation that police have carried out what is believed to be one of Fiji’s biggest...
PNG’s Gerehu became a ‘ghost town in the blink of an...
PNG Post-Courier
Gerehu, the sprawling suburban township to the north of Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby, is now a "ghost town" for shoppers.
All major...
Marape accuses ‘rogue police’ of being part of Port Moresby’s riots
By Gorethy Kenneth and Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Rogue police officers have been alleged to be part of last Wednesday’s uprising of opportunists leading...
Tributes flow over death of French ‘peacemaker’ minister in New Caledonia
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific French Pacific desk correspondent
One of the key players in the restoration of peace in New Caledonia in the 1980s,...
Peace doesn’t come by trying to bludgeon the Middle East into...
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
The US has carried out another air raid on Yemen, with targets reportedly including the international airport in the capital city...
‘Uphold right to life’ says watchdog in aftermath of deadly PNG...
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Amnesty International is calling on Papua New Guinea authorities to protect human rights in response to the riots.
Port Moresby...
Aftermath of Port Moresby looting, rioting – 14-day state of emergency
By Miriam Zarriga and Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Fires from the 24-hour spate of looting, rioting and mayhem in Papua New Guinea's Port Moresby...
South Africa’s genocide case against Israel over Gaza ‘chilling’ in detail
Asia Pacific Report
South Africa has accused Israel of "genocidal intent" over its war on the besieged enclave Gaza Strip, and pleaded with judges at...
PNG’s Marape under pressure to resign as 6 MPs quit after...
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
A political crisis is starting to brew in Papua New Guinea as calls are made for Prime Minster James...
PM Marape summons troops after Port Moresby goes up in flames
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Soldiers and police were jointly patrolling the streets of the Papua New Guinea capital Port Moresby today as the...
At least 10 dead after looting, fires on Port Moresby’s ‘darkest...
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent; Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist; and Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist
At least...
West Papuan call to boycott Indonesian elections and ‘reclaim sovereignty’
Asia Pacific Report
The pro-independence United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has declared a boycott of the Indonesian elections next month and has called...
Looting breaks out in PNG capital during police and military strike
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
Shops have been set on fire or looted in parts of Papua...
Revered Papuan chief Lukas Enembe ‘tortured to death like a boiling...
The usually festive Christmas season in West Papua was marred by the death of beloved Papua Governor and Chief Lukas Enembe in an Indonesian...
Former New Caledonia-based envoy appointed French President’s chief
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ French Pacific correspondent
A former New Caledonia-based High Commissioner, Patrice Faure, has been appointed Chief-of-Staff of French President Emmanuel Macron.
Faure is...
Why NZ should join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
Two years ago New Zealand joined 22 other countries in supporting the Ukrainian case against Russia at the International Court of...
USP prepares Pacific communities to respond to climate change
By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva
Right across the South Pacific region, communities are no longer living on idyllic islands -- they are facing serious problems...





























































