Slaughter goes on in Porgera mining town as PNG police plan...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
While Papua New Guinean policing continues to be an issue in Porgera, Enga Province, the killings continue in the...
Not over: Young generations wage fight to protect Martial Law memories
Jairo Bolledo in Manila
Karl Patrick Suyat, 19, has no personal experience of the tyrannical rule of late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos. But memories of...
Fiji Times: Valuing democracy amid shrinking global civic spaces
EDITORIAL: By Fiji Times editor-in-chief Fred Wesley
Democracy! We may differ in how we understand and value democracy. But what is the essence of democracy?
On...
Benny Giay: The reality behind West Papua’s ‘land of peace’ facade
OPEN LETTER: By Reverend Dr Benny Giay
The notion that Papua is the "Land of Peace" has no substance.
Many feel that this phrase "Papua Tanah...
NZ consul hails long-standing ties with New Caledonia
RNZ Pacific
The Consul-General of New Zealand for the French Pacific territories, Felicity Roxburgh, says New Zealand's presence in New Caledonia is historical.
She said she...
Tense Goroka town under lockdown after brutal slaying of PNG Ports...
PNG Post-Courier
Goroka town is under lockdown and remains tense as Papua New Guinea police mount a heavy presence following the brutal slaying of the...
PNG Ports chief executive killed in Highlands fight
RNZ Pacific
State-owned PNG Ports chief executive officer Fego Kiniafa has been killed at Nagamiufa in Goroka of Eastern Highlands Province, says Papua New Guinea's...
PNG’s Sir Julius: ‘I shed tears of joy and sadness –...
PNG Post-Courier
The tears came freely as the birth of the new nation of Papua New Guinea was heralded by a new flag -- the...
Global tech titans under growing NZ pressure to pay for news
RNZ News
By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
There is mounting pressure on tech titans Google and Facebook to pay local news media to carry their...
Pacific radio stations unite to boost use of Indigenous languages
RNZ Pacific
Two radio stations linked to the French Pacific's decolonisation movements want to co-operate to lift the use of indigenous languages.
The heads of Radio...
Martial law brutality in ‘educational’ musical drama Katips touches raw...
REVIEW: By David Robie
Seven weeks ago the Philippines truth-telling martial law film Katips was basking in the limelight in the country’s national FAMAS academy...
Jakarta bans Papuan governor Enembe from vital medical treatment trip
SPECIAL REPORT: By Laurens Ikinia
Governor Lukas Enembe of Indonesia's Melanesian province of Papua has been banned from travelling abroad by the state Directorate General...
‘Not my king’: do we have the right to protest the...
ANALYSIS: By Maria O'Sullivan, Monash University
During the present period of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II, public sensitivities in the United Kingdom and Australia are...
Fiji leader’s son faces domestic violence charges in Sydney
RNZ Pacific
The son of Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama is facing criminal charges in Australia over domestic violence-related allegations.
Meli Bainimarama, 36, was charged in...
Papuan protesters warn Jakarta – ‘don’t criminalise’ Governor Enembe
COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya
Papuan protesters from seven customary regions this week stormed the Mako Brimob police headquarters in Kota Raja, Jayapura, accusing the KPK...
Love of social work propels Rotuma’s Rachael Mario into local elections
By Sri Krishnamurthi
Rachael Mario isn’t just any woman, she is special in that she hails from the idyllic South Pacific island of Rotuma.
And it...
New Asia Pacific nonprofit takes up role of PJR publishing for...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A new Asia Pacific nonprofit group has taken up the role of publishing the independent Pacific Journalism Review and other research...
Police arrest woman in South Korea over NZ child bodies in...
RNZ News
A woman has been arrested for the alleged murder of two young children whose remains were discovered in suitcases in Manurewa, South Auckland,...
‘With or without you, we’ll sail in both worlds’ – 50...
By Māni Dunlop, Māori news director, and Ashleigh McCaull of RNZ News
It has been a day of celebration and reflection for those who delivered...
‘Find a solution’ to the Kanaky political impasse, Macron told new...
RNZ Pacific
France's new Minister for Overseas Territories Jean-François Carenco was told to "find a solution" to the political impasse in New Caledonia.
Carenco started his...