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Lives ‘more important than livelihoods’ over borders, says Fiji MP
By Luke Nacei in Suva
Opposition whip Lynda Tabuya says Fiji should have taken its cue from Australia and delayed the opening of its borders...
PM ‘must take responsibility’ for Honiara tragedy, says Wale
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
Opposition leader Matthew Wale has rejected the prime minister’s claim that he and other opposition members were behind last week's...
Raising West Papua’s banned Morning Star flag – a global act...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
From Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau in Aotearoa New Zealand to Paris, France, and from Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara to Jayapura and far beyond,...
New Zealand forces deployed to Solomon Islands in wake of riots
RNZ Pacific
The New Zealand government is deploying dozens of Defence Force and police personnel to Honiara in the coming days "to help restore peace...
Pacific regional response to Solomons post-riots crisis takes shape
RNZ Pacific
Fiji is the latest regional country to announce it is sending security forces to Solomon Islands where major unrest rocked the capital.
Days of...
Unease builds over final Kanaky New Caledonia independence referendum
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
There is growing unease over the French decision to hold Kanaky New Caledonia's third and final independence referendum on...
Ex-Air NZ chief Christopher Luxon voted new National Party leader
Former business executive Christopher Luxon has been voted the new leader of New Zealand's opposition National Party after main rival Simon Bridges moved to...
50 Fiji troops join Australian, PNG forces boosting Honiara security
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A contingent of 50 Republic of Fiji Military Forces troops flew to Honiara today to help restore security and stability in...
PNG’s police deployment in Honiara ‘vital’ for regional security
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's deployment of 37 police and Correctional Services staff to Solomon Islands on Friday was done on...
NZ’s new covid traffic light settings unveiled – omicron variant in...
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced which regions will move into red and which into orange as the new traffic light...
Solomon Islands: China mouthpiece blames Australia for ‘fomenting riots’
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
An editorial in the Chinese English-language mouthpiece Global Times has accused Australia -- and the United States -- of "conniv with...
Dan McGarry: It’s how, not who in Melanesian politics
THE VILLAGE EXPLAINER: By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
One of the key characteristics of Melanesian politics is its ability to remain formless and chaotic...
UN relationship with Samoa under a cloud over ‘political breaches’
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist
The United Nations has glaring problems in Samoa where the government is calling for the UN's role in the...
Travel bans aren’t the answer to stopping new covid variant omicron
ANALYSIS: By Anthony Zwi, UNSW
There is global concern and widespread alarm at the discovery of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.529, which the World Health Organisation (WHO)...
Solomon Islands riots: International community monitoring ‘nervous’ calm
By Christine Rovoi, RNZ Pacific journalist
With no plans to evacuate their citizens from Honiara, the international community is closely monitoring the situation in the...
Pasifika communities in NZ reach ‘key vaccination milestones’
RNZ Pacific
Ninety percent of Pacific people in Aotearoa New Zealand have had their first covid-19 vaccine, while 11 district health boards (DHBs) have reached...
Solomon Islands: The painful reality – my day on the road...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Robert Iroga in Honiara
Honiara residents walked for long distances to find shops and ATMs today with fewer or nor public transport...
Solomon Islands riots: 100 arrested as police chief warns ‘nobody above...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Solomon Islands police have arrested more than 100 suspects as Honiara townspeople clean up after three days of rioting and looting...
Solomon Islands riots: Wale calls for no confidence vote in ‘hiding’...
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
Solomon Islands opposition leader Matthew Wale has announced that he is filing a notice of a vote of no confidence...
Solomon Islands: Bodies discovered in burnt out Chinatown building
RNZ Pacific
Police in Honiara have confirmed that three bodies have been found in one of the burnt out buildings in Chinatown after the rioting...
Solomon Islands riots: Night-time curfew imposed in capital
RNZ Pacific
The Governor General of Solomon Islands has declared a nightly curfew in the troubled capital Honiara, after a third day of looting and...
Solomons police overrun, Australia deploys support personnel
RNZ Pacific
Police in Solomon Islands were overrun as rioters and looters tore through the capital Honiara.
RNZ Pacific correspondent in Honiara, Elizabeth Osifelo, said exhausted...