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Bougainville leaders call on mining giant Rio Tinto to assist communities
RNZ Pacific
Community leaders around Panguna mine in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville want mining giant Rio Tinto to help out following...
Climate crisis greatest threat to Pacific regional security, says Vanuatu PM
By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific Vanuatu correspondent in Port Vila
Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau says Pacific security is about the security of the Pacific...
Guam’s indigenous people ‘feel less safe’ over US military build-up
By Don Wiseman, NZ Pacific journalist
Guam has long faced tensions due to the heavy United States military presence on the island.
But as Washington moves to...
West Papuan ‘provisional’ government backs full membership of MSG
Asia Pacific Report
The self-styled provisional government of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua
"with the people" of the Melanesian region have declared political support...
Indonesia’s Widodo set to visit Port Moresby next month
RNZ Pacific
Indonesian President Joko Widodo is set to make a state visit to Papua New Guinea next month.
The one-day visit is scheduled for July...
French minister says FLNKS ‘willing to discuss’ election roll changes
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
New Caledonia's pro-independence parties are prepared to negotiate changes to the provincial electoral rolls, according to French Overseas Minister...
Fifteen Pasifika people on NZ King’s Birthday Honours List
RNZ Pacific
Paediatrician Dr Teuila Percival heads the list of Pacific recipients in the New Zealand King's Birthday Honours List for 2023.
Dr Percival is one...
King’s Birthday Honours: Former NZ leader Jacinda Ardern receives high accolade
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter
Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has received one of the top accolades in today's King's Birthday...
Wenda calls on Papuan rebels to free NZ pilot ‘unconditionally’
Asia Pacific Report
The president of a West Papuan advocacy group has appealed to the militants holding New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens hostage to free...
Hipkins faces grilling from students over University of Otago staff cuts
By Tess Brunton, RNZ News reporter
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins faced a grilling by University of Otago students during his trip to Ōtepoti...
Transparency PNG calls for further charges over ‘worrying’ Paraka case
RNZ Pacific
Transparency International Papua New Guinea has welcomed the conviction of lawyer Paul Paraka as the police confirm they are widening the investigation into...
Fiji communities eager to meet ‘our PM’ Rabuka on NZ visit
RNZ Pacific
Members of Fijian communities in Auckland and Wellington are eager to meet Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka next week when he arrives on his...
Obituary: Tui Rererangi Walsh O’Sullivan, the ‘flying bird in the sky’
OBITUARY: By Dominic O'Sullivan
Tui Rererangi Walsh O'Sullivan, 4 July 1940 -- 20 May 2023
Kia ora koutau katoa. Kia ora mo o koutou haerenga i...
Additional budget funds earmarked for USP arrears, says Prasad
By Repeka Nasiko in Lautoka
The University of the South Pacific will be receiving additional funding from the Fiji government in the 2023-2024 national budget,...
PNG’s National Court orders state to justify Singapore gold deal
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
The National Court has ordered the Papua New Guinea government to disclose the full details of the gold refinery...
Latest Island Studies journal features social justice activism and advocacy
Asia Pacific Report
A new edition of the Okinawan Journal of Island Studies features social justice island activism, including a case study of Aotearoa New...
Sextortion now major issue in parts of Pacific, says research
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
Preliminary findings of a yet-to-be released Transparency International survey has found sextortion -- demanding sexual favours in return for...
Duncan Graham: Compromise worked in Aceh – why not West Papua?...
There are parallels between Indonesia’s Aceh where an Australian surfer faced a flogging, and West Papua where a New Zealand pilot may be facing...
2000 Fiji coup leader George Speight applies for presidential pardon
By Vijay Narayan in Suva
Fiji's 2000 coup leader George Speight, who has been serving time in prison for more than 20 years, has applied...
Claims of ‘issues, concerns and breaches’ emerge at USP
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist
A leaked document authored by a recently recruited senior University of the South Pacific...
Kanaky New Caledonia’s FLNKS wants ICJ advice on contested vote
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front) says the advice of the International Court of Justice...
Slow down Simeon Brown – NZ bilingual traffic signs aren’t an...
ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw, Massey University
When New Zealand's opposition National Party’s transport spokesperson, Simeon Brown, questioned the logic of bilingual traffic signs, he seemed...






























































