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By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist New Caledonian Joe Xulue has made history by becoming the first person of Kanak heritage to graduate from Harvard...

By Alualumoana Luaitalo, Te Rito journalism cadet ​A new business initiative in Aotearoa New Zealand aims to open up conversations about the benefits of kava...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya Next month, on July 10, six months will have passed since Papua's Governor Lukas Enembe was "kidnapped" and flown to...

By Singgih Wiryono in Jakarta Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) chair Muhammad Isnur has condemned the drafting of the Healthcare Bill (RUU Kesehatan) as "fake",...

ANALYSIS: By Richard Naidu in Suva It has been six months now, but I have to make a strange admission. I miss the laughs I...

Asia Pacific Report Seven executives representing all the customary regions of West Papua have declared their support for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua...

By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific senior sports journalist Fiji Rugby Union (FRU) has confirmed it underpaid its women rugby players and still owes them their...

By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby Former Papua New Guinean prime minister Peter O’Neill says the controversial US-PNG Defence Cooperation Agreement threatens the country's sovereignty. He...

By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist An influenza B outbreak has occurred at shelters housing residents who were hardest hit by Typhoon Mawar. It has been...

ANALYSIS: By Damien Kingsbury, Deakin University New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens has now been held hostage in West Papua for four months. Stalled attempts to...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Miriam Zarriga at Wapenamanda, Papua New Guinea Standing in the middle of the countryside, the sound of heavy gunfire is loud and...

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has played down criticism he is leading an administration...

Asia Pacific Report A defendant in an Indonesian case of alleged defamation, Fatia Maulidiyanti, has hit back at a statement by Coordinating Minister for Maritime...

COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis Own goals by two of our top news organisations last week raised a fundamental question: What has happened to their checking...

RNZ News RNZ has appointed a group of experts to carry out an investigation over how pro-Russian edits were inserted into international stories online. An RNZ...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor As Australian protesters gathered outside the Brisbane detention centre calling for the...

Local Democracy reporter Kim Meredith reflects on her observations from Auckland Council's two-day annual budget meeting last week. Following drawn out debate and Mayor...

By Gorethy Kenneth and Majorie Finkeo in Port Moresby The arrest of Papua New Guinea former prime minister Peter O’Neill yesterday was prompted by a...

PNG Post-Courier Former Papua New Guinea prime minister Peter O’Neill has been charged with three counts of giving false evidence in a national US$1.2 billion...

By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist The West Papuan Council of Churches says New Zealand hostage pilot Phillip Mehrtens' life is in danger if negotiations...

By Majeleen Yanei in Port Moresby Seventeen Papua New Guinean schoolgirls who were kidnapped, raped and held hostage by armed men in Bosavi, Hela, last...

RNZ Pacific Reports from Papua New Guinea say that 17 girls from a remote village have been held captive by a large group of armed...