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By Blessen Tom, RNZ News journalist A third New Zealand university is close to signing with Mumbai's Bombay Stock Exchange Institute, opening up opportunities for...

By Singgih Wiryono in Jakarta Indonesia's former National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) chairperson Ahmad Taufan Damanik says it is difficult to expect Komnas HAM...

Jubi News The Jayapura High Court has found West Papuan human rights and social justice activist Victor Yeimo guilty of treason and sentenced him to...

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist Pacific island countries' "relentless" efforts at the UN's specialist agency on shipping, International Maritime...

Pacific Media Watch Australian-German investigative journalist Antony Loewenstein argues Israel has used the Occupied Palestinian territories as a testing ground to develop weaponry and surveillance...

Asia Pacific Report An Australian human rights author and poet has accused successive federal governments of “deliberately aiding and abetting” the 1969 annexation of West...

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Papua New Guinea's amended Criminal Code Act will give police the power to deal with what they are...

COMMENTARY: A special correspondent in Port Moresby As an officer of the Department of Foreign Affairs in the Papua New Guinea government, I have to...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya An Indonesian court hearing was held at Tipikor Court, Jakarta, last week when suspended Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe was arraigned...

ANALYSIS: By François Dubet, Université de Bordeaux Although they never fail to take us aback, French riots have followed the same distinct pattern ever since...

COMMENTARY: By John Minto No government likes to be called out for human rights abuses and it’s uncomfortable to do so, particularly when the abuser...

RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea's Minister of Bougainville Affairs, Manasseh Makiba, believes an absolute majority is needed for the vote on the Bougainville referendum because...

COMMENTARY: By Chlöe Swarbrick In 1988, our National Housing Commission declared, “New Zealand does not have the huge, insoluble problems of homelessness and substandard housing...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa’s tribute to Papua New Guinea's  businessman Sir Kostas Constantinou was very touching as...

By Blessen Tom, RNZ News journalist Fifteen artists have been selected as the inaugural beneficiaries of NZ On Air's New Music Pan-Asian funding. The initiative, the...

ANALYSIS: By Susan St John, University of Auckland The Green Party made waves recently when it proposed to tax net wealth more than NZ$2 million...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya The name Vanuatu has taken on a sacred significance in Papuan liberation consciousness. The Free Papua Movement (OPM) elders ignited...

By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist The Fiji government has announced its "rebuilding our future together" Budget with a spend of FJ$4.3 billion (NZ$3.2 billion)...

RNZ News Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says New Zealand's largest ever trade delegation to China has been "knocking on open doors". Hipkins held a media briefing...

PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guineans have been challenged to "actively contribute" towards development projects like the Boroko Transformation Project if citizens want to see change...

By Giff Johnson, Editor, Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent Following widespread media coverage of the collapse of what was a more than US$70...

By Peter Boyle in Sydney As Pacific communities protest the Japanese government’s plan to dump more than a million tonnes of radioactive waste water from...