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‘A colossal mistake’ – Media Minister rules out coming to RNZ’s aid after budget blowout

November 10, 2026

Climate activist Bianca Ranson

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Ngāpuhi activist Mike Smith’s case spotlighted at UN’s COP31 climate summit

This billboard came down in strong winds in Grey Lynn, Auckland,

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NZ election day weather turns sour with lightning, heavy rain and thunderstorms

Right to Democracy

RNZ Pacific

Advocacy group warns proposed US Census changes could deepen inequalities in Pacific territories

Tending to vegetable crops with use of water from a nearby urban creek in Waigani, Port Moresby

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Pacific faces water security challenges during a searing El Niño

Fuel price caps in the South Pacific have risen sharply

RNZ Pacific

Pacific fuel crisis cost region nearly $1 billion in six months,...

November 13, 2026

Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins

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Hipkins accuses National Party of ‘manipulating’ NZ’s electoral system

November 10, 2026

British Council representative Natasha Beckman (left) and photographer Faaiuga Vaialia

RNZ Pacific

Pacific artists use photography and storytelling to challenge global leaders at...

November 11, 2026

Türkye is hosting the COP31 climate talks from 9-20 November in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya

RNZ Pacific

COP31 opens in Türkiye as global temperature flirts with 1.5°C line

November 10, 2026

COP31 in Türkiye . . . US missing

RNZ Pacific

COP31: Climate action must continue even if ‘US not here’, say...

November 12, 2026

The Naoero Parliament in Yaren

RNZ Pacific

No opposition left in Naoero after all MPs join ‘united’ government

November 12, 2026

Cook Islanders Koro Tuarae (left) and Rua Rio who are both from Glen Innes

RNZ Pacific

Voters in areas with large Pacific populations clear on who should...

November 13, 2026

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

RNZ Pacific

Rabuka’s message to free Kanaky movement: ‘Don’t slap the hand that...

October 25, 2024

RNZ Checkpoint's Lisa Owen interviewing outgoing CEO Paul Thompson this week

RNZ Pacific

RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson announces early departure from organisation

November 14, 2026

Film director Dandhy Laksono

RNZ Pacific

‘Threat to democracy’ – Indonesian filmmaker slams military crackdown on Papua...

Pacific Media Watch -

May 26, 2026

New Zealand Green MP and Cook Islander Teanau Tuiono in Rarotonga

RNZ Pacific

Pacific MPs across political spectrum pledge to work hard for ‘our...

November 14, 2026

Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins

RNZ Pacific

Right bloc takes lead in NZ election, but senior National MPs...

November 8, 2026

Founding Kiribati president Sir Ieremia Tabai

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Kiribati exit from Pacific forum ‘out of order’, says founding president

July 11, 2022

Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt

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Samoa government urged at UN to address declining media freedom

November 5, 2026

Ocean Partnership Roundtable at Ngarachamayong Cultural Center in Koror, Palau,

RNZ Pacific

Pacific Elders’ Voice calls for reversal of Forum partnership with Israel

October 28, 2026

UNGA adopts the political declaration on pandemic prevention

RNZ Pacific

‘Humiliating’ – former PM Helen Clark slams NZ abstention on United...

October 13, 2026

Round 1 to the PNG Chiefs in NZ High Court

RNZ Pacific

High Court declines NZ Rugby’s bid for interim injunction on PNG...

October 16, 2026

Pacific Islands Forum flags

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More Pacific Islands Forum summit leaders pull out as crisis grows

July 12, 2022

"Alii - welcome to Palau"

RNZ Pacific

Missing leaders won’t derail Pacific Islands Forum outcomes, says secretariat

August 31, 2026

Delphina Soti. the general manager of Vinnies Tāmaki Makaurau

RNZ Pacific

‘Poor becoming poorer’ – South Auckland foodbanks warn poverty is deepening...

October 15, 2026

Masked Kumul 23 elite police tactical force members

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Eight dead in September violence at Papua New Guinea’s troubled Porgera

October 13, 2026

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

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Pacific leaders urge Jakarta to allow UN rights visit to West...

September 29, 2026

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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

RNZ Pacific

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

RNZ Pacific

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

RNZ Pacific

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

RNZ Pacific

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

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Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate

RNZ Pacific

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

RNZ Pacific

NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants

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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

BEARING WITNESS

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”

Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

Analysis

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

Analysis

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"

Analysis

Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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New Zealand's three-headed coalition government leadership

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NZ elections: What a weakened Luxon does with an empowered ACT...

Fuel price caps in the South Pacific have risen sharply

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Pacific fuel crisis cost region nearly $1 billion in six months,...

RNZ Checkpoint's Lisa Owen interviewing outgoing CEO Paul Thompson this week

RNZ Pacific

RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson announces early departure from organisation

The Naoero Parliament in Yaren

RNZ Pacific

No opposition left in Naoero after all MPs join ‘united’ government

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New Zealand Green MP and Cook Islander Teanau Tuiono in Rarotonga

RNZ Pacific

Pacific MPs across political spectrum pledge to work hard for ‘our...

RNZ Checkpoint's Lisa Owen interviewing outgoing CEO Paul Thompson this week

RNZ Pacific

RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson announces early departure from organisation

Fiji's Professor Biman Prasad outside the Suva courtroom after the no case to answer ruling

Democracy

Professor Prasad to be sworn back into Fiji Cabinet after no...

This NZ general election had it all

Democracy

NZ elections: The people have spoken, we just aren’t sure what...

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Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

Analysis

Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

Asia Report

Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

New Zealand Green MP and Cook Islander Teanau Tuiono in Rarotonga

RNZ Pacific

Pacific MPs across political spectrum pledge to work hard for ‘our...

RNZ Checkpoint's Lisa Owen interviewing outgoing CEO Paul Thompson this week

RNZ Pacific

RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson announces early departure from organisation

Potential new prime minister Gadi Eisenkot

Asia Report

Gaza and West Bank status quo – a new Israeli PM...

COP31 in Türkiye . . . US missing

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COP31: Climate action must continue even if ‘US not here’, say...