Fiji’s political ‘power game’ – Ratuva says how rival MoU pact...
By Luke Nacei in Suva
Forming post-election alliances through formal agreement is an effective way of drawing in a broader and more culturally diverse group...
Eleven more covid deaths reported as Air NZ flooded with travel...
RNZ News
Eleven 11 more people have died from covid-19, and 6242 more community cases have been detected, New Zealand health authorities say.
The Ministry of...
Gordon Campbell: On gendered perceptions in Aotearoa politics
COMMENTARY: By Gordon Campbell
In recent weeks, barely a day has gone by without Christopher Luxon demonstrating the chasm of ability that exists between the...
Fiji Customs issue breaches notice to skipper of Russian vessel Amadea
By Anish Chand in Lautoka
The Fiji Revenue and Customs Service has issued two infringement notices to the captain of the seized Russian super yacht...
Auckland’s new covid-19 case numbers not highest in NZ for first...
RNZ News
For the first time since the start of the covid-19 pandemic, Auckland does not have the most new daily community cases reported.
The Ministry...
Fate of Russian super yacht Amadea still unknown – docked at...
By Anish Chand in Lautoka
The seizure of a super yacht -- reportedly owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch -- by the US government in...
Fiji’s Biman Prasad calls out ‘dire straits’ Bainimarama government
By Venkat Raman in Auckland
Fiji's National Federation Party leader and Member of Parliament Dr Biman Prasad is confident that the incumbent Voreqe Bainimarama government...
Palau’s Our Ocean conference commitments top US$16 billion
By RNZ Pacific's Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor in Palau
At the closing of the Our Ocean conference in Palau the co-hosts announced that 410 commitments had been...
Fiji ‘making mockery of UN’, says Rabuka on Russian ship Amadea
By Anish Chand in Lautoka
Fiji is making a mockery of its stand in the United Nations in condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine by allowing...
Prasad confident ‘fed up’ Fijians will make a change in this...
By David Robie in Auckland
Opposition National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad is confident there will be a change of government in Fiji this...
Departing Labour MP Louisa Wall: ‘This was not entirely my choice’
RNZ News
The long-serving New Zealand MP Louisa Wall has fired a broadside at her own Labour Party as she leaves Parliament to take up...
Abandoned West Papuan students in NZ welcome immigration news
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
West Papuan students stranded in Aotearoa New Zealand by an abrupt cancellation of their Indonesian government scholarships earlier this year while...
‘We don’t do Russians,’ says Fiji health minister over super yacht...
By Anish Chand in Lautoka
“We don’t do Russians.” This was the response from Fiji's Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete when asked about the...
NZ moves to orange: Experts respond to change in traffic light...
RNZ News
Covid-19 restrictions for all of New Zealand will ease from midnight tonight but a leading epidemiologist says the country is divided over its...
Damning Black Ferns rugby report not a surprise to anyone, say...
By Eleisha Foon and Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalists
Māori and Pasifika female rugby players and advocates are asking to not be an afterthought.
Māori/Pasifika community...
Young women ‘traded for votes’ in PNG, elections consultation told
By Marjorie Finkeo in Port Moresby
Allegations of young women being traded for votes in several parts of the Highlands region during Papua New Guinea's...
Open letter to Minister Faafoi – an appeal to help 34...
OPEN LETTER: By David Robie
Kia ora Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi
It is unconscionable. A bewildering and grossly unfair crisis for 34 young Papuan students –...
Fiji ministers ‘held on tight leash’ – afraid to speak up,...
By Pekai Kotoisuva in Suva
Some Fiji government ministers are “held on a tight leash” and afraid to make open ended statements in public, claims...
‘Don’t vote for money, relatives or cargo,’ warns PNG’s Marape
PNG Post-Courier
Prime Minister James Marape has called on Papua New Guineans not to vote for “money, relatives or cargo” in the country's 2022 general...
NZ Defence Force confident ‘ageing’ Hercules aircraft can cope with Europe...
RNZ News
Commander of Joint Forces Jim Gilmour says he is confident New Zealand's Hercules fleet will be up to the task as 50 Defence...