New Caledonia elects first pro-independence Kanak president
RNZ Pacific
New Caledonia has elected its first pro-independence Kanak president.
Louis Mapou was elected today in Noumea after months of negotiations between the two main...
Veteran Filipino journalist and media rights advocate Nonoy Espina, 59,...
By Lian Buan in Manila
Veteran journalist and former chairman of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) Jose Jaime "Nonoy" Espina has...
Covid-19 cases on board Viking Bay: Agent says NZ officials ‘jumped...
RNZ News
The agent for a ship carrying two covid-19-infected fishermen says New Zealand officials jumped the gun in announcing all its crew would be...
Fiji’s field hospital begins covid crisis transition with 791 new cases,...
By Talebula Kate in Suva
Fiji's FEMAT field hospital at Laucala Bay in the capital Suva has begun its transition into a covid-19 dedicated hospital...
FAST to ask Samoa judges to recognise impromptu swearing in
RNZ Pacific
The FAST Party in Samoa has filed an application with the Supreme Court to have it recognise an impromptu swearing-in ceremony of elected...
Fiji government ‘useless’, warns Prasad – Ardern touts lockdown benefits
RNZ Pacific
The Fiji government's response to the covid-19 pandemic outbreak is an utter failure, but it is not too late to follow New Zealand's...
Almost 6000 people battle covid-19 in Fiji – fears of new...
By Josefa Babitu in Suva
Fiji’s fight against the covid-19 pandemic seems to have no light at the end of the tunnel after the Pacific...
Separatist or radically inclusive? What NZ’s He Puapua report really says...
ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University
For many New Zealanders, He Puapua came shrouded in controversy from the moment it became public knowledge earlier...
RSF’s 2021 ‘Press freedom predators’ gallery includes old tyrants, 2 women
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published a gallery of grim portraits -- those of 37 heads of state or government who...
Why is Delta such a worry? It’s more infectious, probably causes...
ANALYSIS: By Michael Toole, Burnet Institute
While Australians may be focused on the havoc the Delta variant is wreaking on our shores, Delta is in...
SODELPA leader blasts PM, Attorney-General over Fiji covid ‘recklessness’
By Litia Cava in Suva
Fiji's opposition SODELPA leader Viliame Gavoka has condemned Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum for their “unimaginable recklessness”...
Activists call for peaceful remembering of 1998 Biak massacre in West...
"We Have Come To Testify" ... survivors give evidence about the 1998 Biak massacre at a "citizens' tribunal" hearing hosted by the Centre for...
Fiji mortuary full, public frustration, confusion rife over covid-19
RNZ Pacific
Public frustration over mixed messages from the government is growing in Fiji as covid-19 continues to spread rapidly.
The latest daily update saw another...
NZ Labour MP breaks ranks to accuse China of organ harvesting,...
By Guyon Espiner, investigative reporter, RNZ In Depth
New Zealand Labour MP Louisa Wall has accused China of harvesting organs from political prisoners among the...
Tahiti protest rally marks France’s ‘crime against humanity’ first atomic test...
RNZ Pacific
More than 2000 demonstrators in French Polynesia have joined a march in the capital Pape'ete to mark the 55th anniversary of the first...
Fiji GPs chief criticises ‘misconstrued’ video supporting conspiracy theories
By Repeka Nasiko in Lautoka
A video by a Fiji doctor on adverse side effects of the AstraZeneca vaccine has been misconstrued to support conspiracy...
Samoa Observer: The nation’s chief justice – a gift from above
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board
How quickly things change.
If, as the old cliche goes, a week is a long time in politics then...
Fiji reports record 522 new cases of covid-19 – three more...
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
Fiji has reported 522 new cases of covid-19 in the last 24 hours - a record number...
Sayed-Khaiyum leading Fiji into chaos, says women’s crisis centre leader
By Litia Cava in Suva
The Fiji Civil Society Organisation Alliance for COVID-19 Humanitarian Response has repeated a call for the resignation of the country's...
Hawai’ian sovereignty activist and UH educator Haunani-Kay Trask dies at 71
By Mark Ladao in Honolulu
Dr Haunani-Kay Trask, a Hawai'ian leader and sovereignty activist with a distinguished career as an academic at the University of...