Investigators find evidence of military role in shooting of Papuan pastor
By Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie in Jakarta
An Indonesian government-sanctioned joint fact-finding team has reported that it found indications that security forces were involved in...
PNG landowners protest over deep sea tailings waste plan for K18b...
By Jimmy Kalebe in Lae
Landowners are unwavering in their opposition to the deep sea tailings placement (DSTP) method for waste from Papua New Guinea's...
Bryan Bruce: Remember, we can’t have any lifestyle – if we...
COMMENT: By Bryan Bruce
The covid 19 coronavirus is so small it is estimated around 500 million of them could fit onto a pin head....
West Papuans will not ‘bow down’ to Indonesia over independence wish
By RNZ Pacific
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua says it is adopting a provisional constitution for a democratic state.
The organisation is seeking a...
Skegg warns against ‘complacency, slackness’ over Auckland covid fears
By RNZ News
Epidemiologist Sir David Skegg is concerned at the level of complacency the public and government is showing towards covid-19 since the country...
Russian fishing crew not feeling too unwell, says Sealord boss
By RNZ News
Hundreds of Russian fishing crew at a New Zealand covid isolation hotel in Christchurch are said to be in good spirits and...
PNG auditor calls for ‘sanctions’ in private probe over medicines row
By Clifford Faiparik in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Auditor-General has questioned who approved a US-based international auditing firm to audit the awarding of contracts...
A loss of ‘Fijian’ identity – or no identity at all...
By Sri Krishnamurthi
“No matter how we come to be in Fiji, or how long we have been here ...we all part of the...
With a mandate to govern NZ alone, Labour must now decide...
ANALYSIS: By David Hall, Auckland University of Technology
A pandemic can change the foundations of a society. But if this happens in New Zealand over...
Jornal Independente wins annual ‘best media’ award in Timor-Leste
By Jose Sarito Amaral in Balibo
The Jornal Independente newspaper has been awarded Timor-Leste's mediaoutlet of the year prize in the National Press Council’s 2019...
Covid-19 outbreak among Russian fishers at NZ isolation facility
Sealord responds to international fishers covid-19 outbreak at Christchurch MIQ. Video: RNZ
By RNZ News
Some 11 cases of covid-19 have been confirmed at a New...
Injecting real change in NZ – Greens must not shy away...
ANALYSIS: By Selwyn Manning, editor of EveningReport.nz
There is a mood circulating among some New Zealand circles that it would end badly for the Green...
Papua’s Asmat shut off following eight confirmed covid-19 cases
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Asmat regency in Papua has decided to limit access to and from the area for 28 days, starting last Sunday, after...
Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva
By Grubsheet Feejee publisher Graham Davis
Reports are emerging of a serious diplomatic incident in Suva 10 days ago in which two Chinese diplomats from...
Ship bound for Brisbane ‘most likely source’ of new NZ covid...
By RNZ News
The Director-General of Health says a ship now bound for Brisbane is believed to be the most likely source of transmission in...
Convicted murderer of human rights defender Munir dies of covid-19
By Tri Indah Oktavianti in Jakarta
The convicted murderer of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto, died on Saturday after testing positive...
Jacinda Ardern and Labour returned in NZ landslide — 5 experts...
ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw, Massey University; Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury; Jack Vowles, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Jennifer Curtin, and...
Greens sweep 10 seats in huge NZ win for climate crisis,...
By RNZ News
The Green Party say voters have given a strong signal they are valued in the New Zealand government, and they have ambitions...
Māori Party heading back to NZ’s Parliament after electorate win
By RNZ News
The Māori Party looks set to secure a place back in New Zealand's Parliament after three years out in the cold.
Rawiri Waititi...
‘We will … govern for every New Zealander’, says Labour’s Ardern
By RNZ News
New Zealand's Labour leader Jacinda Ardern received a rapturous reception when she walked on stage at the Auckland Town Hall this evening.
With...