Greenpeace accuses Labour govt of ‘robbing’ climate mitigation funds to fix...
Asia Pacific Report
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins' decision to "reprioritise" future transport budgets -- away from walking, cycling and public transport -- in...
Back-to-back cyclones in Vanuatu – stories of survival in ‘tough go’
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
People in Vanuatu remain optimistic about their future after two destructive cyclones in two days left parts of the...
Rob Campbell: Public service bosses of ‘Pyongponeke’ forget who they’re supposed...
COMMENTARY: By Rob Campbell
In Pyongyang there is a public service which would appeal to our own Public Service Commissioner in Aotearoa New Zealand. It...
Tropical Cyclone Kevin lashes Port Vila with destructive winds and heavy...
Asia Pacific Report
Vanuatu has been under a state of emergency, after two earthquakes and two cyclones hit in as many days, reports ABC News.
Hundreds...
Top PNG journalist challenges state media ‘regulation’ plans at stakeholder consultation
The National in Port Moresby
Senior Papua New Guinean television journalist and columnist Scott Waide has challenged the government on what it actually wants to...
Females do 73 percent of unpaid housework in Fiji, says new...
By Wata Shaw in Suva
Females do 73 percent of the unpaid household work in Fiji, compared with 27 percent by males, says a new...
Mediawatch: Signal to noise – is NZ’s AM radio really under...
RNZ Mediawatch
Old-fashioned AM radio was an information lifeline for many in Aotearoa New Zealand during last month's Cyclone Gabrielle when other sources wilted without...
Vanuatu residents ‘exhausted’ after two wild cyclones in three days
RNZ Pacific
Ni-Vanuatu residents have emerged battered but still standing after Cyclone Kevin swiped the country with a strong backhand.
"It was quite exhausting. Dealing with...
NZ’s Sky TV plans to outsource 200 jobs to India, Philippines
Asia Pacific Report
New Zealand pay-TV company Sky TV plans to cut some jobs in the country as it outsources roles to India and the...
Wenda slams Jakarta’s ‘hypocrisy’ over support for Palestine, but denying West...
Asia Pacific Report
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has condemned an Indonesian government protest over Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's declared support for...
Climate strikes: Thousands march in NZ to demand action from government
RNZ News
Thousands of people turned up for climate strikes across Aotearoa New Zealand today -- and briefly staged a sit-in at Christchurch City Council.
School...
Free media ‘underpins justice’ message to PNG government by united media
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
The Papua New Guinean government has been bluntly and frankly reminded to leave mainstream media alone as a long...
Indonesia protests over Fiji’s Rabuka backing Papuan independence leader
Asia Pacific Report
Indonesia has protested to the Fiji government after Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka met with a Papuan independence leader in a morale boost...
PM Kalsakau in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu declares emergency as new storm bears...
RNZ Pacific
A state of emergency has been declared in Vanuatu following the damage to infrastructure and homes left by severe tropical cyclone Judy.
It comes...
An important book exposing problems immigrants – especially Muslims – face...
REVIEW: By Adam Brown
How to be a Bad Muslim is a collection of 19 short essays by Mohamed Hassan, an award-winning poet and an...
Papuan rebels deny asking for money, weapons to free NZ pilot...
Jubi News in Jayapura
The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) has denied Indonesian media claims that Egianus Kogoya, the commander of a TPNPB faction,...
One month after Auckland floods Pasifika people still in temp housing
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist
Long-time residents in a street in Māngere, Auckland, say they never imagined that one day they would have to...
PNG Post-Courier: Let’s talk first on media policy and transparency
EDITORIAL: PNG Post-Courier
The discussions on Papua New Guinea's new draft media development policy will come to the fore today when the media industry presents...
RNZ documentary Boiling Point – spotlight on final day of an...
RNZ News
It has been a year since the violent end of the illegal occupation at Parliament in Aotearoa New Zealand. If you thought you...
K100,000 ransom paid for release of PNG hostages clarified as ‘third...
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
The three local female researchers who were kidnapped with Australia-based New Zealand professor Bryce Barker are being kept in...