‘Shameful wage stealing’ endemic at Australian universities, says report
By Kalinga Seneviratne in Sydney
A National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) report claims that “wage theft has shamefully become an endemic part of universities’ business...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Insurer says 20,000 NZ homes at risk of severe...
By Amy Williams, RNZ News journalist
Aotearoa New Zealand's largest insurer says 20,000 homes across the country are at severe risk of flooding and it...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Vanuatu RSE workers ‘safe and cared for’, say officials
Vanuatu Daily Post
A number of ni-Vanuatu Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) workers have also been impacted on by New Zealand's Cyclone Gabrielle devastation, particularly those...
Rotorua council’s scrapped Māori ward representation bill ‘done and dusted’
By Laura Smith in Rotorua
A controversial bill aimed at increasing Māori representation at one of Aotearoa New Zealand's most popular tourist destinations has been...
Health NZ chair fired over ‘political’ post, but says govt ‘overreacted’
Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand's board chairperson Rob Campbell has been sacked over a political attack he made about the opposition National Party's...
Barbara Dreaver: Pacific leaders’ poor choice for top Forum job an...
COMMENTARY: By Barbara Dreaver, Pacific correspondent of 1News
The appointment of Baron Waqa, former President of Nauru, to head the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) next...
The National welcomes government claim of no plan to control media
The National
Papua New Guinea's The National newspaper has welcomed a statement by the Information and Communication Technology Department (DICT) that the government has no...
UPNG monument plan for ‘inspired leader’ Sir Michael Somare
By Nathan Woti in Port Moresby
Prime Minister James Marape has approved the building of a monument of the late Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare...
‘Chilling effect on journalism’ – Fiji academic warns PNG against media...
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital and social media journalist, and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific journalist and Pacific Waves presenter
A Pacific journalism academic has...
Marape clarifies kidnappers were paid K100,000 for freeing PNG hostages
NBC News
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has revealed that about K100,000 (about NZ$46,000) was paid to the kidnappers for the release of...
Nightmare over for final 3 PNG freed hostages – police hunt...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
The look on the faces of their families said it all, as they cried awaiting anxiously for their loved...
Canterbury appoints Ratuva as first Te Amorangi in Pacific leadership team
Asia Pacific Report
Distinguished Professor Steven Ratuva has added yet another first to his long list of accomplishments, becoming the University of Canterbury’s first Te...
PNG’s proposed policy could lead to government control of the press
ANALYSIS: By Mong Palatino
Various stakeholders have warned that the draft National Media Development Policy released by Papua New Guinea’s Department of Information and Communications...
‘Leave media alone – let them do their job,’ Ipatas tells...
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
Enga Governor Sir Peter Ipatas has told the Papua New Guinean government and national leaders to allow the media...
Halftime chat fires up Fiji Drua to thrilling win over Moana...
By Sri Krishnamurthi
Fiji Drua beat Moana Pasifika in both teams' first match of Super Rugby Pacific 2023 in a pulsating game that went to...
Two countries, two kidnappings – Port Moresby shows Jakarta how it’s...
ANALYSIS: By David Robie
Two countries. A common border. Two hostage crises. But the responses of both Asia-Pacific nations have been like chalk and cheese.
On...
‘Thank God’ says PM Marape in social media post about 3...
RNZ Pacific
A New Zealand professor and his two Papua New Guinean colleagues have been released from captivity, more than a week after being kidnapped...
Cyclone Gabrielle: Police report number of uncontactable people down to single...
RNZ Pacific
New Zealand police report that the number of people cited as uncontactable following Cyclone Gabrielle has dropped to eight -- down from 13...
Pacific leaders commit to Forum reforms and ‘family unity’
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital and social media journalist
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is now "a family...
Te Whānau-a-Apanui take Te Matatini kapa haka title 2023
RNZ News Te Ao Māori
Te Kapa Haka o Te Whānau-a-Apanui from Mātaatua have been crowned Te Matatini champions for the third time in Aotearoa...