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By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist The President of Palau has slammed New Zealand's new government for its oil and gas exploration plans as the...

BACKGROUNDER: By Stefan Armbruster On 1 December each year, in cities across Australia and New Zealand, a small group of West Papuan immigrants and refugees...

ANALYSIS: By Tristan Dunning, University of Queensland, and Martin Kear, University of Sydney While the world remains fixated on the devastating October 7 Hamas attacks...

ANALYSIS: By Terence Wood In the wake of New Zealand’s recent election, and subsequent coalition negotiations, Winston Peters has emerged as New Zealand’s Foreign Minister...

RNZ News New Zealand's opposition Labour Party has announced its shadow cabinet to face off against the conservative coalition government. The party endorsed Chris Hipkins as...

By Alexander Rheeney in Apia Disgruntled staff at the University of South Pacific (USP) are demanding the USP Council make a decision on the relocation...

By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific journalist A new legal framework to support climate-displaced people and guarantee their human rights is being served up ahead of...

By Vijay Narayan in Suva The University of the South Pacific Council has reappointed Professor Pal Ahluwalia as vice-chancellor and president amid two days of...

By Apenisa Waqairadovu in Suva The Association of the University of the South Pacific Staff (AUSPS) will now make necessary submissions to go on a...

RNZ News Former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson has defended Aotearoa New Zealand's public interest journalism fund that his government started during the covid-19 pandemic, after...

By Iliana Biutu in Suva University of the South Pacific Union (USPU) president Reuben Colata says industrial action will be the next step if USP...

RNZ Pacific University of the South Pacific (USP) staff gathered outside the Japan-Pacific ICT Centre today to protest over better pay and conditions as well...

By Craig Ashworth, Local Democracy Reporter South Taranaki's iwi and council have drawn up a new partnership agreement just as the Aotearoa New Zealand's new...

By Monika Singh in Suva Freedom of the press is a cornerstone of any vibrant democracy and society's collective responsibility to safeguard and protect it,...

By Felix Chaudhary in Suva University of the South Pacific staff who once stood by vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia are now up in arms about...

RNZ Pacific Veteran West Papua independence campaigner Benny Wenda has been elected as president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP). The ULMWP held...

Asia Pacific Report Protesters were out in force at 17 centres around Aotearoa New Zealand -- from Rawene in the north to Invercargill in the...

ANALYSIS: By Mouin Rabbani In the early hours of November 22, Qatar formally announced that an agreement had been reached for an Israeli-Palestinian exchange of...

RNZ News Six people have been arrested in a New Zealand a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the Port of Auckland, police say. Dozens of people blocked the...

ANALYSIS: By Mike Joy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Phoebe Barnard, University of Washington As the world grapples with multiple ecological...

ANALYSIS: By M. Muhannad Ayyash, Mount Royal University American President Joe Biden is among the latest Western politicians to land in Tel Aviv in a...

RNZ News Te Pāti Māori wants the incoming and outgoing governments of Aotearoa New Zealand to use the country's strong international voice to insist on...