PNG’s Education Department faces lockout over K39m unpaid rent
By Phoebe Gwangilo in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Education Department headquarters in Waigani, National Capital District (NCD), will be locked by 5pm on Monday...
PNG investigation identifies 8 police suspects in Mt Hagen election violence
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby
Eight policemen attached to Mt Hagen police division have been identified as suspects in an election-related shooting that resulted...
Melanesian advocate criticises Pacific languages strategy ‘blunder’
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist
A ni-Vanuatu and Melanesian advocate in New Zealand says the country's Pacific ministry has overlooked Melanesian communities in its...
Academic warns of more hostage crises as ‘revolution’ unfolds in Iran
RNZ News
An academic says hostage diplomacy is a well-known tactic of the Iranian regime and New Zealanders should not go to the country.
Topher Richwhite...
Fiji academic warns over media ‘climate injustice’ in open access webinar
By David Robie
A Fiji-based academic challenged the Pacific region’s media and policymakers today over climate crisis coverage, asking whether the discriminatory style of reporting...
Morning Star flag protester in West Papua dies of mystery illness
RNZ Pacific
One of eight West Papuan activists who raised the banned Morning Star flag of independence in a protest last December has died.
Zode Hilapok's...
‘Frightening to see such violence’ in tribal war on PNG’s Kiriwina...
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
At least 32 people have been killed in an all-out war between Kulumata and Kuboma tribes in Milne Bay’s...
PNG official confirms more than 30 dead in tribal clash in...
By Finau Fonua and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalists
More than 30 people have been confirmed dead by Papua New Guinea government official Nelson Tauyuwada...
30 killed, many injured in PNG ‘island of love’ tribal massacre
PNG Post-Courier
Thirty people are reported to have been killed and many seriously injured in the worst tribal warfare on Kiriwina Island in Papua New...
Paris talks on Kanaky New Caledonia’s future to go ahead without...
RNZ Pacific
None of the parties making up New Caledonia's pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) will attend this week's talks in France...
Bougainville’s Toroama blasts Australia: ‘No foreigner will dictate outcome’
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama says Bougainville’s future as an independent sovereign nation is inevitable and nothing can change the...
Independents, minor parties needed to form Vanuatu government
RNZ Pacific
The results of Vanuatu's snap election have been released, but it is not clear who has come out on top.
The official results have...
Fiji’s weather bureau predicts up to seven cyclones this season
RNZ Pacific
Fiji's weather office predicts that up to seven tropical cyclones may affect several Pacific countries in the coming cyclone season -- and up...
BBC at 100: the future for global news and challenges facing...
ANALYSIS: By Simon Potter, University of Bristol
The BBC celebrated its 100th birthday last Tuesday. It came as the institution faces increasing competition for audiences...
‘Forgotten’ Melanesians host their first cultural festival in Aotearoa
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist
About 23,000 Melanesians live in Aotearoa and yesterday they had their first very own festival showcasing their diverse cultures.
Fijians...
Kanak trade union USTKE pioneer and militant leader ‘Loulou’ Uregei dies
Asia Pacific Report
Louis Kotra Uregei, an emblematic and radical figure in the independence struggle in New Caledonia, has died aged 71, announced the Union...
Dame Valerie Adams sets record straight in a new documentary
REVIEW: By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist
One of New Zealand's most celebrated athletes is opening up her on life journey on the big screen.
Double...
Gavin Ellis: News media face distrust by association with social media
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis
A new study suggests that the news media’s tanking levels of public trust may be made worse merely by association with...
Indonesian police arrest Buchtar Tabuni and two Papuan ‘ministers’
Asia Pacific Report
Indonesian police have arrested Buchtar Tabuni, one of West Papua’s most important liberation leaders, along with three other United Liberation Movement for...
Sayed-Khaiyum blasts Fiji Times, CFL media – editor replies ‘doing our...
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
FijiFirst party general secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum claims they are fighting The Fiji Times and Communications Fiji Ltd -- not political...