Solomon Islands riots: ‘We’ll shoot you with stones’ abuse for journalists
By Mike Tua in Honiara
Facing angry rioters threatening them with physical attacks, Solomon Islands mainstream and freelance journalists and photographers were confronted with an...
West Papuans mark 60 years fighting for self-determination
From RNZ Pacific Waves
Pro-independence advocates say the human rights situation in West Papua continues to worsen because of "deliberate ignorance" by Pacific neighbours and...
Sogavare calls for Wale’s resignation, warns Suidani on ‘domestic terrorists’
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has called on opposition leader Matthew Wale to resign over allegations that he was...
About 1400 NZ school teachers refuse vaccination against covid-19
By John Gerritsen, RNZ News education reporter
New Zealand Education Ministry figures indicate just 2.4 percent of school teachers -- about 1400 people -- have...
Lives ‘more important than livelihoods’ over borders, says Fiji MP
By Luke Nacei in Suva
Opposition whip Lynda Tabuya says Fiji should have taken its cue from Australia and delayed the opening of its borders...
PM ‘must take responsibility’ for Honiara tragedy, says Wale
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
Opposition leader Matthew Wale has rejected the prime minister’s claim that he and other opposition members were behind last week's...
Raising West Papua’s banned Morning Star flag – a global act...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
From Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau in Aotearoa New Zealand to Paris, France, and from Wellington Te Whanganui-a-Tara to Jayapura and far beyond,...
AUT’s new academic head seeks to build relationships around Pacific
By Sri Krishnamurthi for Asia-Pacific Report
Incoming new vice-chancellor for Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Toelesulusulu Dr Damon Ieremia...
New Zealand forces deployed to Solomon Islands in wake of riots
RNZ Pacific
The New Zealand government is deploying dozens of Defence Force and police personnel to Honiara in the coming days "to help restore peace...
Pacific regional response to Solomons post-riots crisis takes shape
RNZ Pacific
Fiji is the latest regional country to announce it is sending security forces to Solomon Islands where major unrest rocked the capital.
Days of...
Pressure mounts on Jakarta for dialogue, not brutal ‘war on Papua’
By David Robie
Pressure is mounting on Indonesia to back off its brutal and unsuccessful military strategy in trying to crush West Papuan resistance to...
Unease builds over final Kanaky New Caledonia independence referendum
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
There is growing unease over the French decision to hold Kanaky New Caledonia's third and final independence referendum on...
Ex-Air NZ chief Christopher Luxon voted new National Party leader
Former business executive Christopher Luxon has been voted the new leader of New Zealand's opposition National Party after main rival Simon Bridges moved to...
50 Fiji troops join Australian, PNG forces boosting Honiara security
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A contingent of 50 Republic of Fiji Military Forces troops flew to Honiara today to help restore security and stability in...
PNG’s police deployment in Honiara ‘vital’ for regional security
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's deployment of 37 police and Correctional Services staff to Solomon Islands on Friday was done on...
NZ’s new covid traffic light settings unveiled – omicron variant in...
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced which regions will move into red and which into orange as the new traffic light...
Solomon Islands: China mouthpiece blames Australia for ‘fomenting riots’
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
An editorial in the Chinese English-language mouthpiece Global Times has accused Australia -- and the United States -- of "conniv with...
Dan McGarry: It’s how, not who in Melanesian politics
THE VILLAGE EXPLAINER: By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
One of the key characteristics of Melanesian politics is its ability to remain formless and chaotic...
UN relationship with Samoa under a cloud over ‘political breaches’
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist
The United Nations has glaring problems in Samoa where the government is calling for the UN's role in the...
Travel bans aren’t the answer to stopping new covid variant omicron
ANALYSIS: By Anthony Zwi, UNSW
There is global concern and widespread alarm at the discovery of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.529, which the World Health Organisation (WHO)...