Seven-year-old boy shot dead by younger brother, say Tonga police
RNZ Pacific
Tongan police have confirmed the death of a seven-year-old boy after he was shot.
Police report the shooting occurred at the boy's residence at...
Suspicious ‘Papuan’ tweets promoted Indonesian government’s agenda
ANALYSIS: By David Engel, Albert Zhang and Jake Wallis
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has analysed thousands of suspicious tweets posted in 2021 relating...
Maria Ressa and Muratov’s 10-point plan over global information crisis
ANALYSIS: By Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov in Oslo
We call for a world in which technology is built in service of humanity and where...
NZ union ‘shocked and horrified’ at AUT’s proposed 230 job cuts
RNZ News
A union representing New Zealand tertiary sector staff says a proposal which could lead to massive job cuts at the Auckland University of...
Fiji’s dilemma – how its military has become so deeply mired...
ANALYSIS: By Sadhana Sen and Stephen Howes
The last time the Australian Labor Party came to power (in 2007), Australia was imposing sanctions against Fiji...
West Papua atrocity – a warning to Jakarta for impartial investigation
COMMENT: By Robbie Newton of Human Rights Watch
Authorities arrested six Indonesian soldiers last week suspected in the killing and mutilation of four Indigenous Papuans...
The ABC’s role in Australia’s Pacific reset – valued and highly...
ANALYSIS: By Claire M. Gorman
The Australian government is moving fast to reset relations with Australia’s Pacific partners, including a larger Pacific role for the...
‘Be responsible, honest and lead by example’ message for Fiji fathers
By Luke Nacei in Suva
Be responsible, righteous, honest, and lead by example.
That’s the advice from psychotherapist Selina Kuruleca to all fathers, as Fijians celebrate...
The merger of TVNZ and RNZ needs to build trust in...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato and Claire Breen, University of Waikato
With only six days left for submissions to the select committee examining...
Brij Lal’s tribute to Jai Ram Reddy – ‘a true son...
OBITUARY: By Dr Brij Lal
Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear Full many a floww’r is...
NZ anti-vaxxer appears in court again on nation’s first sabotage charges
By Ethan Griffiths, Open Justice reporter of The New Zealand Herald
An anti-vaccination campaigner who this year became the first person ever accused of breaching...
Seven West Papuans jailed for raising banned Morning Star flag
RNZ Pacific
Seven people have been found guilty of "treason" after raising the banned Morning Star flag in West Papua, a Melanesian region of Indonesia.
In...
Papuan journalist Victor Mambor wins Udin Award for ‘dedicated journalism’
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The co-founder of Tabloid Jubi, Victor Mambor has been presented with the 2022 Udin Award from Indonesia's Alliance of Independent Journalists...
Rotuman social justice advocate puts key bid for Roskill Community Voice
By Laurens Ikinia
"Noa'ia 'e" is a greeting people hear when you meet anyone from the island of Rotuma in Fiji or when they visit...
PNG orders investigation into Conflict islands ‘sale’ – no deal, says...
By Gorethy Kenneth of the PNG Post-Courier
The Conflict group of islands in Papua New Guinea's Milne Bay province cannot be sold to foreign interests,...
RNZ Pacific resumes shortwave analogue service to Pacific region
RNZ Pacific
RNZ Pacific has resumed its shortwave analogue service to the Pacific region between the hours of 5 and 9am New Zealand time from...
Election 2022 a ‘wake-up call’ for PNG’s leaders, says watchdog
RNZ Pacific
Transparency International Papua New Guinea (TIPNG) says the country's just-completed national election was a severely flawed process.
TIPNG deployed 340 observers during the polling...
PNG negotiating security treaty with Australia (and NZ?), says minister
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's new Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko has revealed to Australian media his country is moving to negotiate a security treaty with...
Killing of four West Papuans ‘brutal reminder of reality’ under Jakarta...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The United Liberation Movement of West Papua has condemned the brutal killing and mutilation of four indigenous West Papuans last week,...
Super city Auckland’s council financial results signal tough times ahead
By Stephen Forbes of Local Democracy Reporting
Despite total borrowings reaching $11.1 billion, the Auckland Council Group’s latest results show it has managed to weather...