Vanuatu steps up UN bid for West Papua rights, new referendum
West Papua has been sidestepped by both the the Melanesian Spearhead Group and the Pacific Islands Forum. But, reports James Halpin of Asia Pacific...
Compulsory Te Reo Māori debate fails to address key problems, say...
Māori language week was celebrated last week and the key issue in the media was a debate on whether Te Reo Māori should be...
Tongan scholars lodge protests over broadcaster’s Pacific ‘leeches’ jibe
By Kalino Latu, editor of Kaniva News
Tongan community leaders and top scholars in New Zealand will complain to the Human Rights Commission against broadcaster...
Plea to Jokowi: Free all Maluku and West Papuan political prisoners
OPINION: By Glenn Fredly in Jakarta
The remarks of renowned American philosopher John Dewey, "If you want to establish some conception of a society, go...
Why New Zealand was the first country where women won the...
ANALYSIS: By Professor Katie Pickles
125 years ago today Aotearoa New Zealand became the first country in the world to grant all women the right...
Refugee children on Nauru ‘living without hope’, says advocacy group
By RNZ Pacific
A legal advocacy group has told the UN Human Rights Council that more than 100 asylum seeker and refugee children are living...
Tahiti’s Salmon fined for defaming president with ‘vote buying’ claim
By RNZ Pacific
A senior French Polynesian politician has been fined for defaming the president Edouard Fritch during the election campaign in April.
The criminal court...
Amnesty demands Jokowi honour pledge on Papuan human rights
By Budiarti Utami Putri in Jakarta
Human rights organisation Amnesty International Indonesia has demanded President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo fulfil his promises to resolve the alleged...
How PNG brought back polio and the key lessons learned
By Jamie Tahana, RNZ Pacific journalist
When Max Manape received the confirmation in Papua New Guinea his heart sank. A 22-month-old girl had been diagnosed...
Typhoon Mangkhut devastates north of Philippines with at least 64 dead
Typhoon Mangkhut as seen from the foyer of the of the Mira de Polaris hotel about 15 km from the heart of San Nicolas....
Only ‘death or isolation can stop me’, vows Duterte critic Trillanes
Philippine military leaders refuse to follow President Rodrigo Duterte's order to arrest outspoken critic Senator Antonio Trillanes. Jamela Alindogan reports from Manila. Video: Al...
SODELPA’s Rabuka confident of winning power in Fiji election
By Sri Krishnamurthi of the Pacific Media Centre
Fiji's Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) leader Sitiveni Rabuka is confident of winning government benches in the...
Only independence will appease Bougainvilleans, says Moses
By Patrick Makis
The people of Bougainville will only accept independence from Papua New Guinea and nothing else, says concerned Bougainvillean and independence hardliner Gabriel...
Learning te reo Māori a pathway to Aotearoa’s culture and history
Eden created an online series for Te Karere voicing the political views of youth. Video: AUT
By Michael Neilson, Māori affairs reporter of the New...
Indonesian Navy loses second ship in less than year off Papua
By Robertus Wardi in Jakarta
One of the Indonesian Navy's fast missile boats has caught fire and sank while on patrol near Sorong in West...
Fiji youth open up about what they expect from this year’s...
By Sri Krishnamurthi in Suva
It’s wrong to think that the youth in Fiji are unaware of the forthcoming election. They are engaging through social...
Kupu: New app translates objects into te reo Māori
Te Rina Kowhai reports for Te Karere. Video: TVNZ
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A new app developed by Spark and Google in conjunction with the Research...
Oil victory thanks to NZ ‘people power’, says Greenpeace chief
By Rahul Bhattarai
Greenpeace executive director Russel Norman praised the “people power” that gained an important victory in the “oil war” when the Rainbow Warrior...
‘Flight of the myna’ – behind the smiles in post-coup Fiji...
OPINION: By Sri Krishnamurthi in Suva
When I left Fiji 30 years ago, a week after the first coup in 1987, I planned to write...
Barbara Dreaver: Mana counts … NZ needs the Pacific as much...
OPINION: By Barbara Dreaver, 1 News Pacific Correspondent
Now that the phosphate dust has settled and the shameless self-promoting headlines about the Pacific being "leeches"...