‘Historic’ Cook Islands parliament vote to decriminalise homosexuality
By Lydia Lewis and Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalists
The Cook Islands has removed a law from its Crimes Act that could jail men for...
How Fukushima wastewater into Pacific will disrupt seafood trade
ANALYSIS: By Ming Wang
Public opinion will dictate how Japanese seafood is received after the wastewater is disposed of into the Pacific Ocean.
The global seafood...
Asia Pacific media network plans wider community brief
Pacific Media Watch
A media network publishing an international research journal has vowed to expand its activities into community media and training initiatives.
The non-profit Asia...
Medal awards ‘shows the impact Pasifika are having on NZ society’
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
Several Pasifika were among dozens of New Zealanders to receive the Order of Merit this week.
Recipients comprised leading figures...
Wenda accuses Indonesia of imposing ‘martial law’ abuses on West Papua
Asia Pacific Report
A West Papuan leader has accused Indonesia of imposing a "martial law" on the Melanesian region in response to the kidnapping of...
Rosso pays tribute to former PM Sir Rabbie’s ‘great legacy of...
By Diane Wilson in Kokopo
Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso has described the late Sir Rabbie Namaliu as a "shining example" of what politicians and...
France holds future pact talks with New Caledonia’s rival groups
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has held separate meetings with New Caledonia's rival factions about the territory's future as...
Jackson’s Plan B for public media may prioritise Māori and Pacific...
Axing the proposed merger of TVNZ and RNZ saved the New Zealand government a significant amount of money but left it with the problems...
PNG’s Mt Hagen to launch tough new rules to ‘clean up’...
By Pearson Kolo in Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea
Authorities at Papua New Guinea's Western Highlands provincial capital Mt Hagen City will soon launch tough...
‘Bringing war much closer to home’ – Pacific elders denounce AUKUS...
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor; Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital journalist; and Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist
A group of former leaders of...
John Minto: Israeli attacks on Al Aqsa mosque – and the...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
The last fortnight has seen a series of brutal, deliberately provocative Israeli attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al Aqsa Mosque in...
ABC launches new TV show, The Pacific – and its storytellers
Introducing ABC's The Pacific - first episode. Video: ABC News
SPECIAL REPORT: By ABC Backstory editor Natasha Johnson
When Tahlea Aualiitia talks about hosting the ABC's...
New Caledonia, France need a new plan to break sovereignty stalemate
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
The leader of New Caledonia's Pacific Awakening party has presented his vision on the territory's development to the French...
Pacific Islands Forum chair ‘reassured’ over AUKUS nuclear submarine deal
RNZ Pacific
The Pacific Islands Forum chairman has been assured by the United States that the AUKUS agreement will honour the Treaty of Rarotonga after...
$889k-plus in Fiji taxpayer funds paid out to Vatis Communications
By Timoci Vula in Suva
Fiji’s Department of Information spent $889,234.84 in taxpayer funds to the Fiji-owned company Vatis Communications until its contract was terminated...
French Polynesia election campaigning now in final week for Sunday’s vote
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
Campaigning for French Polynesia's territorial elections has entered its final week.
Dressed in their parties' respective colours, supporters of several...
Search for NZ pilot taken hostage by Papua rebels extended, says...
RNZ Pacific
The authorities in Indonesia's Papua region say the search for a New Zealand pilot taken hostage by West Papua Liberation Movement freedom fighters...
Climate crisis: The Fiji villages in paradise being swallowed by the...
Video report by Craig Reucassel
With tourism back and booming, Fiji is again a number one destination for travellers seeking an island paradise experience.
And while...
Rise in NZ disinformation, conspiracy theories prompts calls for election protections
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital political journalist
Unprecedented levels of disinformation will only get worse this election in Aotearoa New Zealand, but systems set...
$9.6m scandal – Post Fiji to pay huge bill to Australia-based...
By Anish Chand in Suva
Post Fiji Ltd has engaged a law firm to recover $9.6 million from an Australia-based mail logistics company that used...