NZ covid deaths top 1000 with 9570 new community cases reported
RNZ News
Aotearoa New Zealand has reported 9570 new community cases of covid-19 and a further 32 deaths today, bringing total publicly recorded deaths with...
Marape pledges ‘no stone unturned’ in investigation into fatal Basil crash
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea police have been tasked to furnish a full investigation report on the death of Deputy Prime...
Gavin Ellis: As if the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh wasn’t...
The global response to the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Video: Al Jazeera
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis of Knightly Views
Nothing justifies the...
Kanak delegate warns France against ‘recolonising’ New Caledonia with a lie
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ French Pacific reporter
The Kanak people will not accept France's attempt to "recolonise" New Caledonia, a pro-independence delegate has told the...
NZ’s fast-track residency plans overlook Pacific, say Greens
RNZ Pacific
New Zealand's plans to fast-track residency for migrants is being criticised for leaving out lower paid migrants, many of whom are Pacific Islanders.
The...
NZ’s focus on private vehicles an ‘off-track’ climate change plan, say...
RNZ News
Critics of New Zealand's new $4.5 billion global warming plan to help New Zealanders into electric vehicles and hybrids say a significant cheque...
West Papuan student discovers new passion and career path in Manawatū
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A West Papuan international student in Aotearoa New Zealand has devoted hundreds of hours to a non-profit organisation and opened a door to a...
‘We’re not paid fairly for the work we do’, say striking...
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent
Striking New Zealand health workers have picketed around the country, saying they are fed up with being underpaid...
Australia’s ‘independent day’ looms as voters reel from a ‘gutful’ of...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Kalinga Seneviratne
When Australians go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new government, the vast continent which was stolen from...
Flosse’s Amuitahiraa party names candidates for French elections
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's Amuitahiraa Party has registered its three candidates for the French National Assembly elections next month -- just hours before the nomination...
After election defeat, Robredo to lead ‘biggest volunteer movement in Philippine...
By Mara Cepeda in Manila
Philippine Vice-President Leni Robredo will not allow the massive, volunteer-led movement she inspired in the 2022 presidential elections to just...
Open letter to Nanaia Mahuta: Do the right thing over Palestine...
The world reacts over the assassination of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and the desecration of her funeral by Israeli security forces. Video: Al...
Gallery: Nakba Day in Auckland – protesting against Israel’s ‘ethnic cleansing’
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Today is Nakba Day -- "the great catastrophe". This is the day marking the ethnic cleansing of more than 750,000 Palestinians...
RSF calls for independent probe into Al Jazeera reporter’s West Bank...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Israel's fatal shooting of leading Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh as she covered clashes in the West Bank city of...
PM Jacinda Ardern tests positive for covid-19 – NZ cases rising
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has confirmed that she has tested positive for covid-19.
Her daughter Neve tested positive on Wednesday, she added in...
Tūkākī reveals ‘horrific abuse’ he receives over NZ’s hotspot of racism
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Aotearoa New Zealand's chair of the Māori Council, Matthew Tūkākī, has revealed the degree of "horrific abuse" he has been facing...
Thrilling cultural dances to celebrate NZ’s Rotuman Language Week
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Celebrating Rotuman Language Week in Auckland's Kingsland today took the form of colourful and thrilling cultural dances.
The dances were performed at...
Activists demand full probe into terror attack on Papuan legal aid...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Activists have condemned alleged terror and intimidation against Papuan human rights activists and called the police to thoroughly investigate an alleged...
Driver in deputy PM’s fatal accident in hospital, PNG police call...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
On the eve of Papua New Guinea heading into its 2022 national general elections, the bearer of one of...
Vanuatu president warns against ‘dictatorship’ if Justice Ministry is abolished
RNZ Pacific
Vanuatu's outgoing president, Obed Moses Tallis, has urged the government not to abolish the Ministry of Justice, warning against a "dictatorial system".
His opening...









































