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Pacific media freedom: The day the Fiji police arrested me at...
By Serafina Silaitoga in Labasa, Fiji
It was a typical Sunday morning on August 10, 2008, as I enjoyed breakfast with the family, lots of...
Fiji prosecutor drops charges against PM Rabuka, ex-PM Bainimarama
By Talebula Kate in Suva
Fiji's Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions will not lay charges against Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and former prime...
‘We stand with you’ – Pacific overstayers called to speak out
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
The use of "dawn raid" tactics have trampled on Immigration NZ's "very special relationship" with the Pacific communities, says...
PNG warns foreigners to respect laws as businessman Pang blacklisted, deported
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea has deported controversial Australian businessman Jamie Pang.
Surrounded by Immigration and Citizenship Authority officials and police, Pang...
PNG politician orders police to ‘shoot to kill’ drug runners along...
PNG Post-Courier
North Fly MP James Donald has ordered Papua New Guinean police to shoot to kill drug and gun runners along the Indonesian border.
Donald...
Pacific journalists around region mark progress but warn of new risks
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
World Press Freedom Day has been marked by journalists around the world, including the Pacific.
Launched by the United Nations...
Tahiti disaster expected to be called after Teahupo’o village flooded
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Cars have been swept out to sea and homes damaged after extensive flooding this week in the south Tahiti...
Brotherson’s new cabinet for Tahiti expected to be mainly women
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
French Polynesia's presidential candidate Moetai Brotherson has named four ministers in his proposed government, and confirmed he will vacate...
Samoa Observer: 2023 World Press Freedom Day – reflection, celebration
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board
There will be celebrations as well as self-contemplation in newsrooms around the world today to mark World Press...
‘Calm before the storm’ – PNG’s Bryan Kramer vows to fight...
PNG Post-Courier
Dissident Papua New Guinean politician and former cabinet minister Bryan Kramer has vowed to fight on in his campaign against corruption, saying the...
Historic pro-independence party poll victory in French Polynesia – video
By Stefan Armbruster
A pro-independence party has decisively won elections in French Polynesia, marking a historic shift in one of France’s Pacific territories.
Veteran politician Oscar...
Tahiti’s pro-independence ‘blue wave’ back at helm with decisive win
SPECIAL REPORT: By Ena Manuireva
Mā'ohi Nui's blue wave of the pro-independence Tavini Huir'atira has won its bet -- to be back in the helm...
‘Dawn raid’ tactics still happening despite NZ government apology
RNZ Pacific
The New Zealand government is investigating the case of a Pasifika overstayer who was detained after a dawn raid in South Auckland last...
French Polynesia set for president who favours independence after election
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huira'atira party has won the election for a new 57-member Territorial Assembly, paving the way...
Australians should be wary of scare stories about New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal
ANALYSIS: By Michael Belgrave, Massey University
Australian Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s recent claim that New Zealand’s Waitangi Tribunal has veto powers over Parliament was met...
Open letter: Canberra must call on UN to ‘rectify breaches’ over...
Café Pacific
An author and human rights advocate for West Papuan self-determination today sent an open letter to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the...
Tahitian voters go to polls for crucial run-off territorial election
RNZ Pacific
Voting has started in French Polynesia in the second round to elect a new Territorial Assembly for a five-year term.
About 200,000 voters can...
‘Drunkards urinating, fights – Nadi is like Beirut’, says McDonalds Fiji...
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
Drunkards urinating in public, people fighting and nightclub goers passed out on the streets are usually the first things tourists...
Mass migration of Fiji nurses may be curbed soon, says health...
By Siteri Sauvakacolo in Suva
The mass migration of Fiji nurses could soon be curbed after the Health Ministry’s submissions to the government over the...
Smaller covid waves in NZ, but still ‘major uncertainties’ – professor
RNZ News
New Zealand is in the grip of a fourth wave of covid but it is predicted to be smaller than previous mass outbreaks.
The...
Porgera mine ‘killing fields’ – 21 Papua New Guineans die since...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
The successful restart of Papua New Guinea's New Porgera Limited gold mine is currently at high risk due to...
Anzac ceremony to recall those who died on torpedoed Japanese freighter
RNZ Pacific
An Anzac memorial service was held above the site in the South China Sea where a Japanese freighter -- which had been carrying...






























































