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Jubi News in Jayapura Indonesia's Papua police chief Inspector-General Mathius D Fakhiri has called for action to ensure that "security disturbances" in the Puncak Jaya...

By Barbara Dreaver in Port Vila Vanuatu is in celebration mode after winning a significant battle on the world stage over climate change. In a United...

By Jan Kohout, RNZ Pacific journalist New Caledonia's Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) say they will tell the French Prime Minister of the...

Asia Pacific Report Twenty West Papuans who were fundraising for the victims of tropical cyclones in Vanuatu were today arrested by Indonesian police in Jayapura,...

RNZ Pacific The UN General Assembly has adopted a Vanuatu-led resolution calling for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on climate...

By Giff Johnson in Majuro Big picture conversations about the future of the Pacific islands should be happening, but they are not, says one of...

By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Indonesian security forces in Papua last week launched an offensive against the West...

By Gorothy Kenneth in Port Moresby Private security companies are currently holding Papua New Guinea together with the largest workforce of 29,445 and supporting the...

RNZ Pacific Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has joined a growing list of Pacific leaders to object to the US$250 billion nuclear submarine deal...

RNZ Pacific A joint force of Indonesian military and police are claiming to have shot dead a member of the West Papua National Liberation Army...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby The production and trafficking of methamphetamine (meth), cocaine and now heroin is on the rise with Pacific countries now...

By Johnny Blades, RNZ The House journalist An increased appetite to learn te reo Māori among members and staff from different parts of the Parliamentary...

RNZ News British gender activist Posie Parker has left New Zealand, calling it the "worst place for women she has ever visited". Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, also known...

By Wafa Aludaini in Gaza During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims from all corners of the globe come together to celebrate. Each country has...

By Krishneel Nair in Suva "The most important thing from my perspective is a strategic partnership -- a partnership where the media should not be...

By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila The Philippines and the United States will hold their largest Balikatan exercise this year, with 17,600 troops expected to participate...

By Meri Radinibaravi in Suva Former attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has told The Fiji Times to ask the Republic of Fiji Military Forces about claims that...

By Todagia Kelola in Port Moresby A number of small contractors in Papua New Guinea are still waiting for positive feedback for money owed to...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Vanuatu's Minister of Climate Change warns "there's going to be a lot of hardship" for people waiting for their...

Monday’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report has given a "final warning" to avert global catastrophe. Pacific cabinet ministers call on all world...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor, and Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist A Pacific elder and former secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum says Pacific...

ANALYSIS: By Bevin Veale, Massey University The impending arrival of Kelly-Jean Keen-Minshull -- aka Posie Parker -- has put the spotlight on the tension between...