Rallies against Indonesian labour law turn violent as police, protesters clash
By Arya Dipa and Agustinus Hari in Bandung/Manado
Protests over the past few days against Indonesia's recently passed Job Creation Law have turned violent with...
Opponents scramble to avoid New Caledonia’s third referendum
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
A third referendum on independence from France looms in New Caledonia unless talks over the next six months satisfy...
TVNZ Breakfast host talks up ‘diversity’ role of interpreters
By AUT News
Television New Zealand Breakfast host John Campbell has highlighted the essential work that translators and interpreters do.
Associate Professor Ineke Crezee and Auckland...
Fijian Language Week – critical for NZ Pacific grandparents to be...
By AUT Pacific
It is Fijian Language Week in Aotearoa New Zealand, and to celebrate, Auckland University of Technology (AUT) has launched the Fiji episode...
16 armed robbers kill three, wound one in remote PNG highway...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Three Papua New Guineans have been killed and another man is recovering in hospital after 16 armed bandits ambushed...
Melanesian Spearhead Group still backs Kanak decolonisation agenda
By RNZ Pacific
The Melanesian Spearhead Group says it will continue to support the Kanak people in their quest for independence from France despite the...
Jacinda Ardern on health, Ihumātao, Matariki, housing and Māori issues
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Three years ago, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern campaigned on kindness and transformation.
As New Zealand heads to the voting booths...
Bryan Bruce: On trolls, haters, conspiracy theorists and health stupidity
COMMENT: By Bryan Bruce
The other day I wrote a post on my blog which invited people to: "Take care of others by taking care...
In search of our Hawaiki origins – behind the myths and...
REVIEW: By Sri Krishnamurthi of Pacific Media Watch
When I first learned about the mythical place called Hawaiki. I understood it to be Cape Reinga...
Victory in defeat for Kanak independence movement in latest referendum
ANALYSIS: By David Robie
While pro-independence Kanak supporters rued another defeat in the second referendum on independence for New Caledonia at the weekend, it was...
Aucklanders warned not to fall into a ‘slumber’ again over covid
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent
Aucklanders are being warned not to be caught napping again when it comes to the covid-19 pandemic.
New Zealand's...
New Caledonia rejects independence again, but Kanak vote gains ground
New Caledonia's people have narrowly voted to stay part of France in the second referendum on the issue in two years. Video: Al Jazeera
Pacific...
Police forcibly disperse student protest against Special Autonomy in Jayapura
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Indonesian police forcibly dispersed a student protest near the Cendrawasih University (Uncen) in Jayapura, Papua, yesterday and the police "denied any...
Pacific television training initiative boosts region’s broadcasters
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Television New Zealand and Pacific Cooperation Broadcasting Limited (PCBL) have launched a new training programme to help broadcasters across the region...
Politicians try to woo young voters in fiery NZ election debate
By RNZ News
Housing and climate change caused the most heated exchanges at TVNZ's young voters debate in New Zealand last night, an event far...
Armed Indonesian police break up Papuan protest at university
Heavily armed Indonesian security forces move in to break up student protest at Cenderawasih University, Jayapura. Video: TV WestPapua
By RNZ Pacific
Indonesian police have forcibly...
PNG opposition’s Namah calls for end to ‘martial law-like’ restrictions
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Papua New Guinea's opposition has called on the government to explain the paralysing martial law type restrictions that has crippled the...
Tahiti’s Nuutania prison detects covid-19 outbreak with 20 cases
By RNZ Pacific
The covid-19 outbreak in French Polynesia has reached Tahiti's prison and infected 20 people.
The French High Commission said that after two cases...
Rotuman cultural, language group revives post-covid classes
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Auckland Rotuman Fellowship Group has celebrated relaxed covid lockdown restrictions by reviving their language and culture classes at the weekend.
Transport...
Labour support slips in new NZ poll, but could still govern...
By RNZ News
With just under three weeks until the election, Newshub's new political poll shows the gap is closing between Labour and National, but...