RNZ appoints panel to investigate inappropriate editing of online stories
RNZ News
RNZ has appointed a group of experts to carry out an investigation over how pro-Russian edits were inserted into international stories online.
An RNZ...
‘Mental torture’: Protesters seek freedom for detained Iran refugee
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor
As Australian protesters gathered outside the Brisbane detention centre calling for the...
Pacific councillors offer passionate defence of Auckland city’s assets in budget...
Local Democracy reporter Kim Meredith reflects on her observations from Auckland Council's two-day annual budget meeting last week. Following drawn out debate and Mayor...
PNG chief secretary’s complaint prompted arrest of former PM O’Neill
By Gorethy Kenneth and Majorie Finkeo in Port Moresby
The arrest of Papua New Guinea former prime minister Peter O’Neill yesterday was prompted by a...
RNZ board to begin setting up independent review of pro-Russia edits...
RNZ News
The RNZ board is meeting tonight to begin setting up an independent review on how pro-Russian sentiment was inserted into a number of...
O’Neill claims perjury charges over PNG’s UBS loan inquiry ‘political’
PNG Post-Courier
Former Papua New Guinea prime minister Peter O’Neill has been charged with three counts of giving false evidence in a national US$1.2 billion...
Papuan churches call on Jokowi to halt military ops for NZ...
By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist
The West Papuan Council of Churches says New Zealand hostage pilot Phillip Mehrtens' life is in danger if negotiations...
RNZ chief executive apologises after pro-Russian sentiment added to stories
RNZ News
RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson says the New Zealand public has been let down after pro-Russian sentiment was added to a number of...
PNG gunmen ‘kidnapped, raped’ 17 schoolgirls before freeing them
By Majeleen Yanei in Port Moresby
Seventeen Papua New Guinean schoolgirls who were kidnapped, raped and held hostage by armed men in Bosavi, Hela, last...
Armed gunmen kidnap 17 girls from remote PNG village – freed...
RNZ Pacific
Reports from Papua New Guinea say that 17 girls from a remote village have been held captive by a large group of armed...
‘We are in the war’: Ukrainian man says RNZ altered news...
RNZ News
A Ukrainian man who complained about an RNZ story last year having Russian propaganda says his concerns are only now being noticed.
It comes...
John Mitchell: Planet Ocean – tides are changing, but halt plastic...
By John Mitchell in Suva
Fiji got to celebrate World Oceans Day this week -- a day when our conscience gets the occasional prick on...
RNZ investigating series of ‘Kremlin-friendly’ story edits in audit
RNZ MEDIAWATCH: By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer
RNZ is investigating how online stories about the war in Ukraine, supplied by an international news agency, were...
New NZ theatre production highlights Fiji Girmityas’ struggles
By Blessen Tom, RNZ journalist
A new production called Coolie: The Story of the Girmityas is shedding light on the lesser-known history of the Indian...
Papuan students accused of ‘treason’ over raising Morning Star flags
Jubi News
The trial of three Papuan "free speech" students accused of treason has resumed at the Jayapura District Court this week.
The defendants -- Yoseph...
Auckland city budget finally approved: Councillor likens debate to ‘eating rats’
By Finn Blackwell, RNZ News reporter and Jordan Dunn, RNZ intern
Auckland councillors crossed swords, singling out one another and raising impassioned concerns on debt...
PNG police ‘lack accountability, governance’, warns commissioner
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby
The Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary "has a gap" in its accountability and governance in the organisation, warns Police...
Pacific unity crucial in ‘crowded geopolitical landscape’, says Fiame
RNZ Pacific
Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa has urged her fellow Pacific leaders to stop paying lip service to regionalism and walk the talk...
Auckland Council fails to decide over controversial budget – reconvening...
By RNZ News reporters Felix Walton and Finn Blackwell
Auckland Council ended its meeting yesterday without a decision on the annual budget.
The long-debated budget will...
20 MPs walk out as PNG’s Tkatchenko apologises for ‘media trolls’...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
The last time Papua New Guinea heard “there is a stranger in the House” was when two men walked...









































