Covid disinformation and extremism are on the rise in New Zealand....
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
The covid protest outside Parliament earlier this month served as a warning that Aotearoa New Zealand is not...
Prayer events to mark 60 years since West Papuan ‘birth’ in...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
West Papuans will peacefully mark the 60th anniversary of the birth of West Papua next week -- on Wednesday, December 1.
It...
NZ reports 149 community covid cases as virus still spreads
RNZ News
New Zealand has reported 149 community cases of covid-19 in the country today, including nine outside Auckland.
In a statement, the Ministry of Health...
Critics condemn INEOS and Altrad as ‘not a good fit’ for...
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
Both the INEOS and Altrad logos will be emblazoned on the All Blacks jerseys and shorts for the next...
13 years of Indonesian harassment, but KNPB’s ‘spirit remains unbroken’
Suara Papua in Jayapura
"Since it was first established on November 19, 2008, the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) has always been confronted by many...
No women elected in Tonga: time to change the story
ANALYSIS: By ‘Ofa-Ki-Levuka Guttenbeil-Likiliki
As in 2008, 2010 and 2014, none of the female candidates standing in Tonga’s 2021 general election this week have been...
Vanuatu backs Kanak call to delay vote on independence in New...
RNZ Pacific
Vanuatu's leader is formally supporting the demand of Kanaks in New Caledonia for a delay in next month's third and final referendum on...
Graham Davis: Fiji’s draconian media law and a gag on truth
COMMENT: By Graham Davis
If anyone is wondering why the Fijian media hasn’t reported the details of my reporting on Grubsheet Feejee of the Prime...
Chinese, Palestinian journalists and Pegasus Project win free press awards
RSF president Pierre Haski announces the 29th RSF Press Freedom Awards in Paris. Video: RSF
Reporters Without Borders
The 2021 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom...
Warning bells from NZ health experts, National over coping with covid...
By Jane Patterson, RNZ political editor, and Rowan Quinn, health correspondent
As New Zealand readies for more covid-19 cases, warnings about the ability of public...
‘Protect Papuan women and children – not kill them’, security forces...
By Yance Wenda in Jayapura
Deputy chair Debora Mote of the Papuan People’s Assembly (MRP) says the Indonesian state's security forces should be protecting indigenous...
Tonga’s Democrats ‘dig their own grave’ in key election losses
Kaniva Tonga
Tonga's PTOA Party (Democrats) lost both their rival leaders and majority votes in some strongholds with defeats to seven independent candidates among People's...
‘Sextortion’ problem for Pacific states – but lower for Fiji, says...
By Anish Chand in Suva
Of 1000 Fijians surveyed by Transparency International, 11 percent claimed they were asked for sexual favours in exchange for government...
Three new noble MPs elected in Tonga as preliminary results trickle...
RNZ Pacific
Tonga has new noble MPs and at least one returning MP among the people's representatives, according to preliminary election results.
The polls have closed...
NZ medical specialist describes ‘a health system overwhelmed’
RNZ Checkpoint
A New Zealand emergency medical specialist has written about their experience working at an Auckland hospital, issuing a warning ahead of yesterday's Auckland...
PNG police throw out Kokopo business students after drunken parties
By Poreni Umau and Phoebe Gwangilo in Kokopo
Kokopo Business College in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain province has evicted male students by force...
‘Transform lives’ with education, new vice-chancellor for AUT tells Pasifika
RNZ Pacific
The new vice-chancellor of the Auckland University of Technology is calling on young Pasifika peoples pursuing their education to stay the course.
Toeolesulusulu Dr...
Power theft, meter tampering, outages cost PNG provider K25m a month
PNG Post-Courier
PNG Power Limited -- faced with a business on the brink of total collapse due to ageing infrastructure -- is losing K25 million...
Pacific civil society disappointed over ‘big let down’ COP26 climate summit
RNZ Pacific
Pacific civil society organisations say COP26 was the most exclusionary and inequitable of the annual United Nations climate negotiations so far and the...
Corruption in Pacific big problem – and it’s getting worse, says...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Pacific Islanders believe corruption is a big problem in both their governments and the business sector, says a new report.
About one...