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NZ Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins reveals new shadow cabinet
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...
‘Up in arms’ USP staff challenge vice-chancellor’s stay in Samoa
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...
Human rights group wants climate mobility justice on COP28 agenda
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...
Ahluwalia reappointed as USP’s VC in spite of protests, strike threat
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...
USP strike on the cards after council blocks staff papers in...
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...
Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence
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...
USP union warns of industrial action if fair pay is not...
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...
‘All talk and no action’ say USP protesters calling for fair...
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...
Iwi and council join forces as new NZ government signals cuts...
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...
PNG’s Masiu warns USP journalism students to defend free press
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,...
USP staff unhappy with VC, but he thanks them for ‘engagement’
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...
Veteran West Papua independence leader elected ULMWP president
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...
NZ pro-Palestine protesters slam ‘tea break’ and call for full Gaza...
Asia Pacific Report
Protesters were out in force at 17 centres around Aotearoa New Zealand -- from Rawene in the north to Invercargill in the...
War on Gaza: Israeli failures, US charades and a negotiated truce
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...
Pro-Palestinian protesters blockade Port of Auckland, call for boycott of Israel...
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...
Slow solutions to fast-moving ecological crises won’t work – changing basic...
ANALYSIS: By Mike Joy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Phoebe Barnard, University of Washington
As the world grapples with multiple ecological...
The West’s double standards are once again on display in Israel...
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...
Te Pāti Māori calls for NZ to insist on Israel-Gaza ceasefire,...
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...
Rabuka calls for Pacific peace zone – ‘We don’t want to...
By Dionisia Tabureguci in Suva
The political superpowers of the world have been gently reminded this week of Fiji’s intention to turn the Pacific islands...
War on Gaza: Bombed hospital a turning point? Hegemonic security v...
ANALYSIS: By Marwan Bishara
The Israeli bombing of the Baptist hospital in Gaza killing hundreds of innocent Palestinians may have been a turning point in...
Massey University science staff, students fight for jobs and studies
By Jimmy Ellingham, RNZ Checkpoint reporter
Science staff and students at Massey University in Aotearoa New Zealand are fighting to save their jobs, and their...
PNG’s trade minister pledges China, Indon free trade deals are ‘in...
By Matthew Vari, editor of the PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's Minister for International Trade and Investment Richard Maru has assured investors in Asia that...































































