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Rotorua council’s scrapped Māori ward representation bill ‘done and dusted’
By Laura Smith in Rotorua
A controversial bill aimed at increasing Māori representation at one of Aotearoa New Zealand's most popular tourist destinations has been...
Health NZ chair fired over ‘political’ post, but says govt ‘overreacted’
Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand's board chairperson Rob Campbell has been sacked over a political attack he made about the opposition National Party's...
Barbara Dreaver: Pacific leaders’ poor choice for top Forum job an...
COMMENTARY: By Barbara Dreaver, Pacific correspondent of 1News
The appointment of Baron Waqa, former President of Nauru, to head the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) next...
The National welcomes government claim of no plan to control media
The National
Papua New Guinea's The National newspaper has welcomed a statement by the Information and Communication Technology Department (DICT) that the government has no...
UPNG monument plan for ‘inspired leader’ Sir Michael Somare
By Nathan Woti in Port Moresby
Prime Minister James Marape has approved the building of a monument of the late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare...
Marape clarifies kidnappers were paid K100,000 for freeing PNG hostages
NBC News
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has revealed that about K100,000 (about NZ$46,000) was paid to the kidnappers for the release of...
Nightmare over for final 3 PNG freed hostages – police hunt...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
The look on the faces of their families said it all, as they cried awaiting anxiously for their loved...
Canterbury appoints Ratuva as first Te Amorangi in Pacific leadership team
Asia Pacific Report
Distinguished Professor Steven Ratuva has added yet another first to his long list of accomplishments, becoming the University of Canterbury’s first Te...
Halftime chat fires up Fiji Drua to thrilling win over Moana...
By Sri Krishnamurthi
Fiji Drua beat Moana Pasifika in both teams' first match of Super Rugby Pacific 2023 in a pulsating game that went to...
‘Thank God’ says PM Marape in social media post about 3...
RNZ Pacific
A New Zealand professor and his two Papua New Guinean colleagues have been released from captivity, more than a week after being kidnapped...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Police report number of uncontactable people down to single...
RNZ Pacific
New Zealand police report that the number of people cited as uncontactable following Cyclone Gabrielle has dropped to eight -- down from 13...
Pacific leaders commit to Forum reforms and ‘family unity’
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital and social media journalist
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is now "a family...
Te Whānau-a-Apanui take Te Matatini kapa haka title 2023
RNZ News Te Ao Māori
Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau-a-Apanui from Mātaatua have been crowned Te Matatini champions for the third time in Aotearoa...
West Papua: ‘We’re proud Fijians today’ over Rabuka support
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
"We are proud Fijians and Melanesians today" -- Fiji Council of Social Services executive director Vani Catanasiga said this in...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Tornado hits Waihi Beach amid more wild weather in...
RNZ News
A tornado has torn through New Zealand's Bay of Plenty settlement of Waihi Beach ripping roofs off houses and cutting power to nearly...
FLNKS congress held ahead of ‘high stakes’ future talks with France
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement is holding its congress this weekend to prepare its position for the bilateral talks scheduled with French Interior...
Ukraine a year on – how the invasion changed NZ foreign...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
One year to the day since Russian tanks ran over the Ukraine border -- and over the UN...
PNG’s Marape on the Mt Bosavi hostages: ‘Free them all’
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
Prime Minister James Marape has urged armed captors to free the remaining four hostages which includes an Australian-based New...
Cyclone Gabrielle: More heavy rain for NZ’s disaster-hit northern regions
RNZ News
New Zealand civil defence staff have sent out text alerts to residents in North and West Auckland today to avoid unecessary travel as...
Rabuka backs call for West Papuan independence group to fully join...
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital and social media journalist, and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is the first Fijian...
NZ government ‘intervened’ to stop operation to save pilot, says Jakarta
RNZ Pacific
Indonesian security forces were about to launch a rescue operation for a pilot held hostage in Papua before New Zealand intervened, reports ABC...
PNG’s warlords ‘dangerous’ and ‘outgun police’, warns Tomuriesa
The National in Port Moresby
Warlords and armed bandits pose a threat to Papua New Guinea's national security and must be destroyed, says Deputy Opposition...