A new book argues Julian Assange is being tortured. Will Australia’s...
REVIEW: By Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University
It is easy to forget why Julian Assange has been on trial in England for, well, seemingly forever.
Didn’t he...
Pacific leaders talk Micronesia, China and regional stability, security
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
Regional stability and security, and the China Economic and Security Deal were on the agenda today when...
Filipino migrants call on NZ to halt military aid to Philippines...
By David Robie
Migrants and overseas Filipinos in Aotearoa New Zealand today called on the governments of both Australia and New Zealand to halt all...
French court rejects Kanak Senate bid to annul New Caledonia referendum...
RNZ Pacific
An indigenous legal challenge in a bid to annul the result of last December's referendum on New Caledonia's independence from France has failed.
The...
NZ public broadcaster faces ‘political headache’ over Breakfast anchor saga
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The "sorry saga" of former Breakfast celebrated host Kamahl Santamaria's abrupt departure from Television New Zealand last month has created a...
‘Calm’ health advocate among 18 Pasifika recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Eleisha Foon, journalist
Pacific health advocate and champion Dr Collin Fonotau Tukuitonga heads the list of Pacific recipients...
Yamin Kogoya: Fatal disconnect between Jakarta and West Papua worsens settler-colonial...
COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya
A flurry of peaceful rallies and protests erupted in West Papua and Indonesia on Friday, June 3.
Papuan People's Petition (PRP), the...
Ramos-Horta challenges Pacific’s biggest threat to media freedom – China’s gatekeepers
COMMENTARY: By David Robie
Timor-Leste, the youngest independent nation and the most fledgling press in the Asia-Pacific, has finally shown how it’s done -- with...
To meet the Chinese challenge in the Pacific, NZ needs to...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
This week’s White House meeting between NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and US President Joe Biden reflected a...
Police beat Papuan protesters with rattan sticks – 20 injured, flag...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Indonesian police have been accused of beating two Papuan students with rattan sticks - severely injuring them -- while 20 other...
China’s whirlwind Pacific tour a slight success with several signed deals
ANALYSIS: By the RNZ Pacific editorial team
China has been successful in signing multiple bilateral agreements with almost a dozen Pacific Island nations during its...
RSF condemns Chinese curb on reporters during Pacific island tour
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned a media blackout imposed on events during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s 10-day tour of...
Kontras criticises military officers being made regional heads as ‘return to...
By Gita Irawan in Jakarta
Indonesia's Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has criticised the appointment of Central Sulawesi State Intelligence Agency...
Te Amokura – Tairāwhiti artists behind Warriors indigenous jersey
By Kaupapa Māori reporter Matai O'Connor of The Gisborne Herald
Tairāwhiti tā moko artists Maia Gibbs and Henare Brooking designed the jersey the Warriors wore...
Petition to officially name country Aotearoa delivered to Parliament
By Giles Dexter, RNZ News political reporter
New Zealand's Te Pāti Māori has handed over its petition -- with 70,000 signatures -- calling for the...
Amnesty says police forced Papuans to cut hair and beards in...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Amnesty International Indonesia has revealed that police officers forced a number of residents of Intan Jaya regency in Papua to cut...
Australia has more women in cabinet than ever before: what difference...
ANALYSIS: By Louise Chappell, UNSW Sydney and Claire Annesley, UNSW Sydney
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s first cabinet is Australia’s most diverse ever. Not only do...
O’Neill warns Marape over ‘improper’ eleventh hour China meeting
PNG Post-Courier
Opposition People’s National Congress leader Peter O’Neill is urging Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape and the government to refrain from signing...
As Wong makes her mark in the Pacific, the Albanese government...
ANALYSIS: By Tony Walker, La Trobe University
Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s decision to embark on a diplomatic offensive to outflank China in the Pacific within...
Church bells, police sirens mark 60 years of Samoa’s independence
RNZ Pacific
Church bells and police sirens rang out across Samoa at midnight to herald the start of 12 months of nationwide celebrations for the...










































