NZ’s latest covid measures branded as both too strong and too...
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor
The New Zealand government is feeling the pressure from all sides on covid-19 with critics calling the...
Impeaching Trump a second time is a complex and politically risky...
ANALYSIS: By Markus Wagner, University of Wollongong
President Donald Trump is extremely unlikely to capitulate to pressure to resign in the final days of his...
The Intan Jaya conflict 3: New autonomous region, new conflict
SPECIAL REPORT: By Victor Mambor in Jayapura – final article of a three-part investigation into the Pastor Yeremia Zanambani assassination
Intan Jaya district in Papua,...
Tahiti’s covid-19 death tally rises to 122 – 17,000 plus cases
By RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia has recorded another covid-19 death, raising the pandemic's tally to 122.
There are 46 people with covid-19 in hospital, 21 of...
‘This is a banana republic?’ – the Caribbean reacts to the...
ANALYSIS: By Janine Mendes-Franco and Emma Lewis
As armed supporters of outgoing US President Donald Trump forced their way into the United States Capitol last...
The Intan Jaya conflict 2: Violence at the cost of many...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Victor Mambor in Jayapura – second of a three-part investigation into the Pastor Yeremia Zanambani assassination.
The atmosphere on Saturday morning, 19...
Reserve Bank investigates cyber attack – latest in NZ digital breaches
By RNZ News
A cyber security expert says attacks like the latest on the Reserve Bank could be due to the type of data systems...
Unis want research shared widely. So why don’t they properly back...
ANALYSIS: By Margaret Kristin Merga, Edith Cowan University and Shannon Mason, Nagasaki University
Academics are increasingly expected to share their research widely beyond academia. However,...
Covid-19: UK variant raises risk of NZ community transmission, says expert
By RNZ News
New Zealand faces an increased risk of community transmission from the UK strain of covid-19 that is now arriving in the country,...
Body parts found at Sriwijaya Air crash site in Indonesia –...
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Body parts and debris were hauled from waters near Indonesia's capital Jakarta today from a Boeing passenger plane that crashed shortly...
A sad Papuan human rights tale – the torture and death...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
West Papuans are facing the start of 2021 with sorrowful news about the death of Mispo Gwijangge, a victim of accusations...
Pacific US territory leaders denounce the storming of Capitol Hill
By RNZ Pacific
The governors of Pacific US territories the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas and Guam have denounced the violent protests in US Congress.
In...
Bryan Bruce: The hope that arises in spite of the chaotic...
COMMENTARY: By Bryan Bruce
On Wednesday, from behind a wall of bulletproof glass, outgoing US President Donald Trump told a crowd of his supporters to...
Social media giants have finally confronted Trump’s lies. But why wait...
ANALYSIS: By Timothy Graham, Queensland University of Technology
Amid the chaos in the US Capitol, stoked largely by rhetoric from President Donald Trump, Twitter has...
‘They’re trying to tear down the country’, says US expat in...
By Ella Stewart, RNZ News reporter
American expats are feeling grateful to be living in Aotearoa after watching the chaos and violence unfold at the...
‘Delighting in causing complete chaos’ – behind Trump supporters’ brazen storming...
ANALYSIS: By David Smith, University of Sydney
After weeks of President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about voter fraud and other improprieties costing him the presidential...
The Intan Jaya conflict: A risk of more widespread violence in...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Victor Mambor in Jayapura - first of a three-part investigation into the Pastor Yeremia Zanambani assassination.
The Papua Province Humanitarian Team for...
PNG Prime Minister Marape visits Saki landslide disaster site
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has visited Goilala’s remote Saki village near Tolukuma gold mine in the Goilala district...
USP Journalism dedicates awards to media ‘champion’ David Robie
By Wanshika Kumar in Suva
The 20th University of the South Pacific Journalism Student Awards in Suva last month were dedicated to retiring Pacific...
Assange wins. The cost. The crushing of press freedom
ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook in CounterPunch
The unexpected decision by Judge Vanessa Baraitser to deny a US demand to extradite Julian Assange, foiling efforts to send...