‘Help us help ourselves’ PNG plea over free and open Indo-Pacific
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Defence Minister Dr Billy Joseph attended the second Japan Pacific Islands Defence Dialogue (JPIDD) in Tokyo,...
Te Kuaka calls for urgent law change on spy agency, warns...
Asia Pacific Report
Te Kuaka, an independent foreign policy advocacy group with a strong focus on the Pacific, has called for urgent changes to the...
Under pressure, Australia reinstates some visas to Gazans fleeing genocide
By A Firenze in Gadigal/Sydney
Palestinians fleeing war-ravaged Gaza for safety in Australia were left stranded when the Labor government abruptly cancelled their visas.
The “subclass...
NZ government urged to help evacuate Palestinians from war on Gaza
By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter
The New Zealand government is being urged to create a special humanitarian visa for Palestinians in Gaza with...
New Caledonia’s provincial elections delay passes final voting hurdle
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
An "organic law" to postpone New Caledonia's provincial elections has passed the final hurdle and...
Pivotal role of PNG’s village courts in curbing sorcery violence
RNZ PACIFIC Q&A: By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
In Papua New Guinea, sorcery accusation-related violence (SARV) remains a significant form of violence across...
Hundreds stage Sydney ‘die-in’ to protest massacres in Gaza
By Wendy Bacon in Sydney
Twenty-four weeks of city marches and a five-week vigil outside the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s electoral office in Marrickville have...
Nuclear submarines may never appear, but AUKUS is already in place
By Paul Gregoire in Sydney
One year since Prime Minister Anthony Albanese went to San Diego to unveil the AUKUS deal the news came that...
Sexual harassment of Fiji’s women journalists ‘concerningly widespread’
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist
Sexual harassment of women journalists continues to be a major problem in Fiji journalism...
PNG judge says ‘no double standards’ – expat prisoners must do...
By Melyne Baroi in Port Moresby
A senior National Court judge in Papua New Guinea has dismissed an expatriate prisoner’s request to have his sentence...
NZ media minister Melissa Lee says interviews would have been ‘boring’
RNZ News
New Zealand's media and communications minister is defending pulling out of pre-booked interviews about her portfolio, saying they would have been "boring" for...
Israeli troops seize, blindfold naked journalists in bid to ‘silence’ Gaza
Pacific Media Watch
Ismail al-Ghoul, an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent who was held for 12 hours at Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital, says Israeli forces rounded up...
‘Only one meal per day’ – 20 die in PNG Highlands...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
Food rationing is underway in remote areas in Papua New Guinea's Highlands following torrential rain and flash flooding.
More than...
Earthwise talks to David Robie on Pacific issues and news media
Pacific Media Watch
Earthwise presenters Lois and Martin Griffiths on Plains FM 96.9 community radio talk to Dr David Robie, a New Zealand author, independent...
Fiji facing an exodus of Fijians – and a brain drain...
By Wata Shaw in Suva
Fiji is facing an exodus of Fijians as many are leaving for overseas seeking employment and education and others are...
50 anti-corruption advocates call for probe into Indonesian ‘election fraud’
Asia Pacific Report
Up to 50 anti-corruption activists and former employees of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have sent letters to several Indonesian political party...
Christchurch attacks 5 years on: terrorist’s online history gives clues to...
ANALYSIS: By Chris Wilson, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Ethan Renner, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau; Jack Smylie, University of Auckland, Waipapa...
PNG Supreme Court stays Madang byelection pending Kramer appeal
RNZ Pacific
The Papua New Guinea Supreme Court has stopped a byelection for the Madang Open seat being held until an appeal filed by former...
A tribute to a Pacific visionary – remembering Epeli Hau’ofa
By Aisha Azeemah in Suva
With the lights on one of his sneakers blinking as he ran through the gallery, a little boy looked up...
Heavy rain causes school closures, over 200 in evacuation centres in...
RNZ Pacific
The Fiji Meteorological Service has a heavy rain warning still in place for the whole of the country after a weekend of flooding,...