Fiji student son tells of his pregnant nurse mum’s losing struggle...
By Josefa Babitu in Suva
The dream of putting a smile on his mother’s face on his graduation day from university has become one that...
Tokyo 2020 Day Five: Pacific athletes – who to watch and...
Day Five of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics is all about rugby sevens and whether Fiji can defend their gold medal from 2016.
Rugby Sevens...
Macron launches cyclone shelter project in French Polynesia
RNZ Pacific
France and French Polynesia have agreed to jointly spend US$60 million to build 17 cyclone shelters across the Tuamotu archipelago.
This was announced on...
1981 Springbok tour protests revisited – and now Palestine is the...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
After his release from prison in South Africa and he became inaugural president of the majority rule government with the abolition...
Laying charges against Suhayra Aden would be unfair, says security expert
RNZ News
A counter-terrorism expert says there is no reason to lay charges against a New Zealand-born woman linked to the Islamic State.
Suhayra Aden and...
Fiji opposition MPs pledge not to be silenced, despite arrests over...
RNZ Pacific
Fiji's opposition MPs who were arrested after their criticism of a government land bill say they will not be intimidated or silenced.
Police have...
Michael Field: On Sāmoa’s change of government
COMMENT: By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom
It has been more than three months since elections in Sāmoa produced an election result that would...
Auckland councillor shaken by bomb threat after criticising TV show
LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTING: By Justin Latif, Local Democracy reporter
Auckland councillor Fa'anānā Efeso Collins received death threats after criticising a reality police TV show, and...
Delta variant taking hold of Papuan region amid Indonesian covid crisis
By Agustinus Beo Da Costa
Hospitals in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua are nearing full capacity amid a surge in covid-19 cases, with health officials...
Samoa’s FAST party gets quickly down to work after court ruling
RNZ Pacific
Samoa's new FAST Party government has got down to work this morning, meeting with the heads of government departments, more than 100 days...
John Minto: Ben & Jerry does right thing – will Mahuta...
COMMENT: By John Minto
US ice cream manufacturer Ben and Jerry has announced it will no longer sell icecream in the occupied Palestinian Territories.
This is...
NZ’s Trans-Tasman bubble suspension hits tourism, hospitality hard again
By Harry Lock, RNZ News reporter
The tourism and hospitality sectors are disappointed but understanding of the New Zealand decision to suspend the travel bubble.
Prime...
Samoa’s highest court declares FAST government legal – impasse ends
By Lanuola Tusani Tupufia-Ah Tong in Apia
Samoa's Court of Appeal ruled today that the Faatuatua ile Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party was the...
‘Tumindig’ – artists dare to dissent in Filipino online campaign
By Gaby Baizas in Manila
What started out as a simple image has inspired Filipino artists across the nation to "stand up" for what they...
RSF, Moroccan-French journalists file complaint over Pegasus spy saga
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
In the wake of this week's revelations about the Pegasus spyware, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and two journalists with French and...
102-year-old woman among 15 latest Fiji covid deaths – 918 new...
RNZ Pacific
Fifteen more deaths, including that of a 102-year-old woman, and 918 positive cases have been confirmed by Fijian health officials in the 24...
Reporting Greenpeace to police shows KPK has become authoritarian, says watchdog
By Irfan Kamil in Jakarta
Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has condemned the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) under the leadership of Firli Bahuri as an "authoritarian...
Nine takeaways from the Mā’ohi Nui Lives Matter solidarity rally in...
By Ena Manuireva and Tony Fala
About 35 people joined an Auckland rally last Sunday in solidarity with a Mā'ohi Nui Lives Matter demonstration by...
Fiji medics save newborn babies – mothers among 21 new covid...
By Timoci Vula in Suva
Two Fijian pregnant women are among the 21 covid-19 deaths reported within a seven-day period from July 14.
Their babies, however,...
‘Pacific Islander’ an insulting umbrella term, researcher tells Royal Commission
By Andrew McRae, RNZ News reporter
The umbrella term Pacific Islander or Polynesian has been criticised as degrading and insensitive.
Researcher Dr Seini Taufa, who is...