By RNZ Pacific The court case in New Caledonia brought by French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru against the French prosecutor over the Faa'a community...

ANALYSIS: By Jennifer S. Hunt, Australian National University It has been billed as the most significant US election in generations, and with nearly 100 million...

ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw of Massey University Jacinda Ardern’s new “covid cabinet” is pretty much the same as — and completely unlike — every previous...

A clip from This Is Not A Movie, a 2020 documentary by about Robert Fisk. Video: Doc Edge Festival Veteran journalist Robert Fisk, who for...

ANALYSIS: By Ena Manuireva The unfolding in French Polynesia of the latest judiciary entanglements of pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru versus the French administration is being...

By Jane Patterson, RNZ Political Editor The bolt out of the blue in New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's new cabinet is Nanaia Mahuta as...

Pacfic Media Watch Newsdesk West Papuan activists and an Indonesian human rights lawyer criticised the recent military crackdown on the two Melanesian provinces of Papua...

By Giff Johnson, Editor, Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent Despite increasing calls this week from community and political leaders to keep the Marshall...

COMMENTARY: By My Land, My Country The Post-Courier newspaper says a company, Niugini BioMed Ltd, set up just a month ago, will be be commissioned...

OPINION: By Nik Dirga I conducted a highly scientific study among a handful of my Facebook friends back home in America this week, asking them...

By Priestley Habru in Honiara A Pacific-wide maritime surveillance operation this week discovered a few suspicious foreign vessels in Solomon waters. The Pacific Islands Forum Agency...

By RNZ News Green Party delegates have voted to accept a deal with Labour which will give it two ministerial portfolios outside of cabinet in...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Papua Province Humanitarian Team for Cases of Violence Against Religious Figures in Intan Jaya Regency, Haris Azhar, has announced the...

By RNZ News The euthanasia referendum has passed New Zealand's public vote, with 65.2 percent voting in favour, but the cannabis question has 53.1 percent...

By RNZ News French Overseas Minister Sebastien Lecornu has held talks with 10 New Caledonian politicians at a retreat near Noumea to promote dialogue between...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Indonesian special forces are turning West Papua into "more of a hunting ground", warns an exiled Papuan leader in response to...

By Miriam Zarriga and Clifford Faiparik About 400 squatters in Papua New Guinea watched helplessly as excavators demolished their homes and properties to make way...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The United Liberation Movement if West Papua (ULMWP) has accused the Indonesian government of imposing martial law on the Melanesian region...

By RNZ News Former Green Party MP Keith Locke says his contemporaries should stay out of the New Zealand cabinet in order to remain critical...

COMMENTARY: By Bryan Bruce Today is Labour Day in New Zealand - the public holiday set aside to celebrate the rights of workers and in...