Former Fiji journalist in Tonga tells of family’s flight from crashing...
By Luke Nacei in Suva
Waves associated with the continuous volcanic eruption at Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha’apai in Tonga crashed into Tonga’s largest island Tongatapu and forced residents...
No reports of deaths in Tongan volcano tsunami, says NZ prime...
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there are no official reports of injuries or deaths in Tonga in the wake of the...
Tonga volcano eruption and tsunami – 120 evacuated in NZ’s Far...
An Al Jazeera report on the undersea volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai eruption and tsunami yesterday afternoon. Video: Al Jazeera English
RNZ News
Large waves in the Far North...
Why the volcanic eruption in Tonga was so violent, and what...
ANALYSIS: By Shane Cronin, University of Auckland
The kingdom of Tonga doesn’t often attract global attention, but a violent eruption of an underwater volcano on...
New tsunami warning in NZ, Samoa as volcano waves hit Tonga’s...
Kaniva Tonga News
A new tsunami warning is now in force for all of Tonga following this evening’s violent eruption of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai undersea volcano...
Tonga tsunami warning lifted but volcano still monitored
RNZ Pacific
The tsunami marine warning issued for all of Tonga waters following the violent eruptions of underwater volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai has been lifted.
Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai erupted on...
What does ‘academic freedom’ mean in practice? Why the Siouxsie Wiles...
ANALYSIS: By Jack Heinemann, University of Canterbury
Two high-profile University of Auckland academics raised important questions about academic freedom with their complaint to the Employment...
Still no justice for PNG sorcery burning victim Kepari Leniata after...
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
Nine years ago widespread publicity given to the public execution of Kepari Leniata, who was falsely accused of sorcery...
Cook Islands reopens border with vaccinated New Zealanders
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor
The Cook Islands has reopened its borders to fully vaccinated New Zealanders, but with less fanfare and...
Isaac ‘Iron’ Nicholas, the fearless PNG reporter who led from the...
OBITUARY: By the PNG Post-Courier
"Iron" we called him. And so he was, our iron man at Papua New Guinea's Post-Courier in Lawes Road, Port...
Tahiti’s Flosse banned from public office after latest court defeat
RNZ Pacific
France's highest court has upheld a corruption conviction of French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse, effectively ending his political career.
It confirmed a 2020...
Northern Marianas governor Torres impeached over corruption allegations
RNZ Pacific
The House of Representatives in the Northern Marianas has voted to impeach Governor Ralph Torres, approving six articles of impeachment against him.
With 15...
PNG Post-Courier: ‘Laughing stock’ sorcery issue way out of control
EDITORIAL: The PNG Post-Courier
Whether the leaders of Papua New Guinea realise it or not, sorcery is a big social issue.
It is wreaking havoc while...
Omicron part of everyday life, say New Zealanders living overseas
By Ella Stewart, RNZ News reporter
New Zealanders living overseas say covid-19 is now part of everyday life as cases of the highly-infectious omicron variant...
NZ police tighten rules on photos of youth, but concerns still...
By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News senior journalist
New Zealand police are being commended for tightening the rules for officers photographing young people, but there are concerns...
‘Don’t enter Solomon Islands’ pleads Sogavare with Bougainvilleans
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has appealed to his fellow Solomon Islanders at the western border not to...
Guam breaks single-day record with 422 new covid cases – omicron...
Governor Lou Leon Guerrero presents her covid update message ... “Our focus remains on preventing severe illness, preventing increased hospitalisation and saving lives.” Video:...
‘Enough is enough’, say PNG women over gender crimes by ‘callous...
By Mark Talia in Port Moresby
"Enough is enough," is the impassioned plea of the women, mothers and daughters of Papua New Guinea, says Mea...
West Papuans to open branch office in Port Moresby, Wenda confirms
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) plans to open a government branch office in the neighbouring Papua New Guinean...
Gomes calls for ‘consensus’ in charting Kanaky New Caledonia’s future
RNZ Pacific
A New Caledonian member of the French National Assembly says a consensus needs to be found on Kanaky New Caledonia's future statute after...









































