APR editor
PNG eyes China for more ‘cheaper’ loans as ties gain momentum
By Lawrence Fong in Port Moresby
Cheaper loans will be a key agenda for Papua New Guinea officials when Prime Minister James Marape leads a...
Genocidal language being used to justify a massive death toll on...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
The tragic events in Israel/Palestine these past few days have highlighted the absolute failure of Western governments like New Zealand to...
Fiji marks 53rd anniversary with a message of ‘unity in diversity’
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
Fiji independence day celebrations -- "Fiji Day" -- this week was a jovial occasion with thousands of flag waving...
NZ election 2023: Two polls show boost for left bloc –...
RNZ News
Two polls out tonight both have Winston Peters firmly in the drivers' seat for forming a government with Aotearoa New Zealand's general election...
Operation Al Aqsa Storm: How, why, and where to now in...
ANALYSIS: By Mouin Rabbani
Almost 50 years to the day after the joint Egyptian-Syrian offensive that launched the 1973 October War, Israel has once again...
PNG suspended defence chief claims ‘political interference’ in court
By Jacob Pok in Port Moresby
Concerns over alleged political interference in the command and control of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force are among...
RWC2023: England will be tougher opponent for Flying Fijians in quarters,...
By Rodney Duthie of The Fiji Times
Flying Fijians head coach Simon Raiwalui says facing England in the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals will be different...
John Minto: A prime minister with Gaza ‘blood on his hands’
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
Aotearoa New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is correct to condemn Hamas killing Israeli civilians in its attacks on Israel this...
NZ election 2023: National’s support ‘overstated’ in close race, says ...
RNZ News
Labour leader Chris Hipkins says support for National in the polls for the Aotearoa New Zealand election next Saturday is "well and truly...
Gaza blockade: Hamas’s tragic attack a response to longterm and escalating,...
COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson, Fred Albert, Sue Berman and Justine Sachs of the Alternative Jewish Voices (NZ)
Hamas has responded to Israel’s escalating violence with...
Palestine solidarity group calls on NZ to end ‘blind eye’ policy...
Asia Pacific Report
The New Zealand government bears heavy responsibility for loss of life of Palestinians and Israelis in the latest fighting in Israel/Palestine and...
Charlot Salwai elected 4th prime minister of Vanuatu in three years
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor, and Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Vanuatu's Prime Minister Sato Kilman has been voted out through a motion-of-no-confidence...
Crackdown on activists, free expression in Papua as Indonesia eyes UN...
Asia Pacific Report
The state of civic space in Indonesia has been rated as "obstructed" in the latest CIVICUS Monitor report.
The civic space watchdog said...
Marape seeks help from Australia, Singapore to fight PNG corruption
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's government has appealed to the Australian Federal Police and the Singapore Police to assist PNG police...
Ahmed Zaoui detained in Algeria for democracy statements, lawyer says
RNZ News
The Algerian democracy advocate Ahmed Zaoui, a New Zealand citizen, has been arrested by Algerian security forces after commenting on human rights violations...
France ends 10-year UN ’empty chair’ decolonisation snub over Polynesia
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific French desk correspondent
After 10 years of non-attendance, France turned up to this week's French Polynesia sitting of the...
After more than 30 years fighting Dawn Raids practices, Soane Foliaki...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
A Tongan RSE worker, whose case sparked an independent review of Immigration New Zealand's "out-of-hours compliance visit" practices, is...
West Papuan, Indonesian youth protest over ‘illegal’ 1962 Rome Agreement
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
The Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) and the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) have denounced the Rome Agreement of...
Chinese ‘miracle water’ grifters infiltrated UN, bribed politicians to build Pacific...
By Aubrey Belford, Kevin G. Hall and Martin Young
A pair of Chinese scam artists wanted to turn a radiation-soaked Pacific atoll into a future...
PNG police chief warns protesters on water, power ‘domestic terrorism’
PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning has warned protesters against "domestic terrorism" -- when their actions place the safety...
John Minto: NZ’s Labour refuses to recognise Palestine – even after...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) supporters are livid Labour is refusing to recognise the state of Palestine a full 104 years...
Vanuatu PM Kilman loses majority and faces defeat in Friday vote
By Hilaire Bule in Port Vila
Power has transitioned from Vanuatu's government to the opposition in Parliament during the Fifth Extraordinary Session convened to debate...

































































