By Luka Forman, RNZ journalist A community leader from a tiny island says preserving her native tongue is more important than ever, as schools on...

By Giff Johnson, Marshall Islands Journal editor/RNZ Pacific correspondent One of the biggest electricity increases in the history of the Marshalls Energy Company was implemented...

COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Why is US President Donald Trump carrying on with his State visit to Beijing this week on May 14? I wouldn't...

The Bondi Royal Commission started its public hearings in Australia last week -- and the mainstream media is lapping up the "antisemitism" narrative while...

Asia Pacific Report A New Zealander who took part in the global flotilla trying to break the illegal Gaza siege and who was abducted by...

By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Indonesian authorities say investigations are underway into an incident in West Papua when a number of people were...

COMMENTARY: By Kalafi Moala The importance of media freedom is recognised each year globally on May 3. This year the Pacific Island country of Tonga...

By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Vanuatu's government has urged the French ambassador in Port Vila to use established diplomatic channels rather than social...

COMMENTARY: By Oriini Kaipara The treatment of Maiki Sherman has been deeply upsetting to witness. To see the first wahine Māori ever rise to the role...

RNZ News TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman has resigned, posting on social media that today, Friday, was her last day at TVNZ. The broadcaster confirmed Maiki...

By Joy Ofasia in Honiara One of the Pacific's champions of a free press, Robert Iroga, says the biggest threat to media freedom in the...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia's crucial provincial elections will be held next month on Sunday, June 28, French Prime...

RNZ Pacific Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has been ousted following a no-confidence vote in Honiara. Manele was voted out by 26 votes to 22...

COMMENTARY: By Moana Maniapoto I was reluctant to enter into journalism because I valued the research and skills attached to the profession, particularly given it’s...

SPECIAL REPORT:  By Eugene Doyle New Zealander Jay O’Connor had finished a long but satisfying day as a crew member aboard Eros 1, one of...

COMMENTARY: By Prince Taofeek Ajibade The signals are now coming from both sides of the negotiating table. American sources confirm it. Pakistani mediators confirm it. The...

ANALYSIS: By Peter Thompson The announcement by New Zealand's Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith that the government was abolishing the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA)...

By Jamil Chade The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has condemned Israel, saying it has no right to detain Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila and...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia's government says it has suspended all trade cooperation with Vanuatu after the Vanuatu government...

COMMENTARY: By Chris Hedges Nothing illustrates the inversion of the international and moral order more than the genocide in Gaza and the shipment of tens...