COMMENTARY: By Marylou Mahé, a Kanak supporter of independence for New Caledonia When tomorrow’s referendum on independence for New Caledonia goes ahead, it won’t have...

By Grace Auka-Salmang in Port Moresby Not a single tear was shed as 54 unclaimed bodies and 11 body parts were laid on top of...

Pacific Media Watch Despite its champions being honoured with a Nobel Peace Prize, press freedom has a "sword of Damocles" hanging over it, warn this...

ANALYSIS: By David Robie After three decades of frustratingly slow progress but with a measure of quiet optimism over the decolonisation process unfolding under the...

RNZ Pacific New Caledonia's pro-independence parties say the French overseas minister's visit in the next few days is unwelcome, describing it as "another provocation". Overseas Minister...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Alexander Rheeney It was probably one of those rare times when I “became the news” as a journalist. I had accompanied Greenpeace activists...

By Robert Iroga in Honiara The Malaita for Democracy (M4D) group has been declared an illegal organisation because of the alleged role of individuals in...

By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific ReportThe troubled nation of Solomon Islands, whose Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare won a no-confidence vote 32 votes...

By Rohit Deo in Lautoka, Fiji Made up of present and retired police officers, former school teachers, village headmen, community leaders and representatives from the...

ANALYSIS: By Matthew Hobbs, University of Canterbury and Lukas Marek, University of Canterbury As New Zealand gets ready for the festive season under the new...

OBITUARY: By Tony Fala James “Jimmy” O’Dea (18 October 1935-27 November 2021) was a mighty activist, community organiser, family man, and working-class defender. He died...

RNZ Pacific A late legal bid to postpone Sunday's independence referendum in New Caledonia has reportedly failed. A leading anti-independence leader and president of New Caledonia's...

RNZ Pacific Malaita province in Solomon Islands is planning to poll people on self-determination. It comes two weeks after a Malaitan-led protest against the national government...

RNZ Pacific A pro-independence delegation from New Caledonia has left for New York to raise its opposition to the independence referendum due this Sunday with...

By Bea Cupin in Manila Journalist and publisher Maria Ressa has called on tech and social media giants to practise “enlightened self-interest” amid a global...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Michael Field, co-editor of The Pacific Newsroom Extensive damage to food crops across South Pacific atolls has followed three days of high...

By Robert Iroga in Honiara After a day of political showdown that at times involved shouting battles and personal clashes, the much anticipated motion of...

RNZ Pacific Health authorities in Fiji have confirmed two people who had arrived in the country from southern Africa last month have now tested positive...

RNZ Pacific The Solomon Islands prime minister came in for searing criticism when he faced a confidence vote in Parliament today. A motion of no confidence...

Shocking footage has been circulating on social media showing National Armed Forces (TNI) Indonesian military helicopters firing indiscriminately at civilian villages in Suru-Suru District,...