Colonial ideas have kept NZ and Australia in a rut of...
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
Crisis is a word often used in politics and the media -- the covid crisis, the housing crisis,...
UN report blames Fiji student dropout on ‘inadequate parental support’
By Anish Chand in Suva
Inadequate parental support and the lack of parental engagement with education stakeholders are resulting in boys’ disengagement from education in...
Papuan governor supports advocacy group’s call for NZ scholarship
By Laurens Ikinia in Auckland
Governor Lukas Enembe of Indonesia's Melanesian province of Papua has expressed support for a call from the Papuan Student Association...
‘Her screams pierced our hearts, I knew I was going to...
By Rebecca Kuku of The National, Papua New Guinea
One of the survivors of a horrifying sorcery accusation-related violence (SARV) attack and torture of nine...
A NZ media conundrum over how to cover the ‘dangerous’ conspiracists
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer
A documentary from Stuff Circuit this week delved into Aotearoa New Zealand's growing extreme far-right and anti-vax movement.
Why did...
Mendi a battlefield as disgruntled PNG election rivals raid police station
PNG Post-Courier
The Southern Highlands capital -- Mendi -- has turned into a battlefield in Papua New Guinea this week as supporters of different candidates...
Jokowi accused of whitewashing rights crimes in latest ‘impunity’ decree
IndoLeft News
Indonesia's Setara Institute for Peace and Democracy says that the presidential decree (Keppres) on the formation of a team for the non-judicial resolution...
A river runs through city – Nelson surveys damage and clean-up...
RNZ Pacific
Residents of Nelson in Aotearoa New Zealand's South Island are cleaning up and counting the cost of flood damage across the region, while...
Elections hopeful Taniguchi gave up citizenship to become Fijian
By Arieta Vakasukawaqa in Suva
It was the friendliness of Fijians that led educator Hiroshi Taniguchi to give up his Japanese citizenship and make Fiji...
Tahiti’s nuclear compo advocate to be honoured in French Polynesia
RNZ Pacific
The office of the Tahitian president says it wants to honour the memory of Bruno Barrillot who was the head of French Polynesia's...
Vanuatu president dissolves parliament – ‘respect it’ plea by Loughman
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific journalist
The president of Vanuatu has dissolved the country's Parliament just over halfway through the current four-year-term.
President Nikenike Vurobaravu signed...
Former Kiribati president warns judicial crisis could undermine democracy
RNZ Pacific
A former president of Kiribati warns the crisis involving the island nation's government and the courts has left the country with a "dysfunctional...
Kramer welcomes PNG Tribunal hearing to clear ‘ridiculous’ claims
By Todagia Kelola in Port Moresby
A Leadership Tribunal has been appointed in Papua New Guinea to enquire into allegations of misconduct against the Member...
Hundreds evacuated in NZ’s South Island floods – state of emergency
RNZ News
Hundreds of people in Nelson in Aotearoa New Zealand's South Island spent the night out of their homes and a state of emergency...
Morrison’s multiple portfolios: why the law has nothing to do with it
ANALYSIS: By Frank Bongiorno, Australian National University and Emily Millane, The University of Melbourne
The go-to defence of pretty much everyone who is entangled in...
‘Omicron’s not done with us’: A year on from NZ’s longest...
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent
One year on from Aotearoa New Zealand's longest covid-19 lockdown, an epidemiologist says further lockdowns cannot be ruled...
‘Just a power grab’ claim over Vanuatu PM’s no-confidence vote boycott
By Koroi Hawkins and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalists, with reporting and photography from RNZ correspondent Hilaire Bule in Port Vila
The Vanuatu Prime Minister...
John Minto: RNZ and the news media – asking the hard...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
The last 10 days has seen the entire media focus (aside from the ubiquitous concern for the All Black prospects in...
Media partnerships ‘vital for growing Pacific awareness’, says Vanuatu finance chief
By Geraldine Panapasa, editor-in-chief of Wansolwara News
Media partnerships are an important part of the region’s journey and narrative as a Pacific family, says Vanuatu’s...
Paul Wolffram: Resisting sorcery violence in PNG from the ‘grasruts’
COMMENTARY: By Paul Wolffram
It was at the end of a long day of walking back and forth over the dusty roads of Goroka town...