RNZ Pacific French Polynesia's President Édouard Fritch has described the election of three candidates of the pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira party to the French National Assembly...

PNG Post-Courier Three major parties have emerged as frontrunners to form the next government in Papua New Guinea with their party leaders eager to be...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Following the United Kingdom’s decision to extradite Julian Assange to face trial in the United States, the International Federation of Journalists’...

ANALYSIS: By Holly Cullen, The University of Western Australia and Amy Maguire, University of Newcastle Last week on June 17 2022, UK Home Secretary Priti...

RNZ Pacific In an unprecedented result, French Polynesia's pro-independence Tavini Huiraatira Party candidates have won a clean sweep of all three seats in the French...

By Loreben Tuquero in Manila On social media, Ferdinand Marcos Jr needed to have all pieces in place to stage a Malacañang comeback: he had...

ANALYSIS: By Geoffrey Miller of The Democracy Project Jacinda Ardern’s decision to attend the upcoming North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Spain -- but...

ANALYSIS: By Patricia A. O'Brien, Georgetown University Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong was no doubt expecting a cooler reception than her three previous visits to...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has discussed the plan to hold a peaceful dialogue to resolve the problems in...

RNZ Pacific The 142 women running in the Papua New Guinea election are hoping to prove that the PNG Parliament is no longer a male-dominated...

RNZ Pacific The Vanuatu Prime Minister has again failed to push through controversial constitutional changes. These include extending the term of Parliament, changing the definition of...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk A media freedom advocacy group has called on New Zealand to end its silence over the Julian Assange case in what...

By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is expected to participate in the upcoming NATO Leaders Summit, becoming the first New...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The UK government’s decision to uphold the application by the US Department of Justice to extradite Australian publisher Julian Assange imperils...

The bullet that killed journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Video: Ala Jazeera investigation Pacific Media Watch newsdesk An investigation by Al Jazeera has obtained an image of...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Australia has gifted Papua New Guinea with 3000 ballistic vests and 3000 helmets which arrived at Jackson’s International Airport...

By Jodesz Gavilan in Manila A birth of a child usually draws out changes from people. Parents, and even grandparents, recreate themselves in a bid...

Kizzy Kalsakau and Anita Roberts in Port Vila Vanuatu's opposition leader Ralph Regenvanu said Members of Parliament from the Opposition bloc would boycott the special...

By Kolopu Waima in Mendi, Papua New Guinea She is brave -- no other word can describe this Papua New Guinean woman. Ruth Undi Siwinu isn't...

RNZ Pacific Australia should be more engaged in the Pacific, something the previous government failed to do sufficiently, says Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong. Wong was...