Tuvalu’s Kofe quits UN Oceans summit in protest after China blocks...
RNZ Pacific
Tuvalu's foreign minister and Nobel peace prize nominee Simon Kofe has withdrawn from a UN Ocean Conference in Portugal in protest against China's...
PNG police stop seven trucks and seize ‘sensitive’ election materials
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinean security forces have intercepted and stopped seven trucks carrying seven containers containing sensitive election material in...
Samoa becomes first Pacific country to host next CHOGM meeting in...
RNZ Pacific
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting has ended in Rwanda with Samoa confirmed as the next host of the meeting.
Samoa's hosting of the...
Steven Ratuva: Pacific agency: A devalued political capital?
ANALYSIS: By Professor Steven Ratuva
The West and China continue to exert influence over the Pacific region. But discussions of Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are...
Sitiveni Rabuka takes Fiji campaign trail to Aotearoa New Zealand
RNZ Pacific
Sitiveni Rabuka is infamous for making Fiji a republic after carrying out a military coup 35 years ago by overthrowing an Indo-Fijian dominated...
Personal beliefs ‘shouldn’t rob women of choice’, says Ardern on Roe...
RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade "incredibly upsetting" as New Zealand politicians reacted to...
Roe v Wade shows why abortion is at the heart of...
ANALYSIS: By Tim Watkin, RNZ Series and podcasts executive producer
It was sometime in the late 1990s that I first interviewed Alan Webster about New...
Police investigate fans outrage incident at Kiwi-Mate Ma’a Tonga game
Kaniva Tonga
Some fans have sparked outrage after throwing what appeared to be glass bottles and chairs during the Mate Ma’a Tonga–Kiwi clash at Mt...
Gavin Ellis: An open letter to the incoming media minister
OPEN LETTER: By Gavin Ellis to the new Minister of Broadcasting and Media Willie Jackson
Dear Minister,
Congratulations on assuming the Broadcasting and Media role.
The announcement...
John Minto: NZ joining IHRA a weak, cowardly decision over Israel
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
The Aotearoa New Zealand government decision to take on observer status at the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance is a step backwards...
US Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade – but for abortion...
ANALYSIS: By Prudence Flowers, Flinders University
The United States Supreme Court has handed down a ruling overturning Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that...
PNG security forces on alert in Hela over ‘illegal army’ tip-off
PNG Post-Courier
An illegal army in full military gear and arms is being raised in Hela -- one of Papua New Guinea’s most troublesome provinces...
PNG statesman Sir Peter Barter a strong supporter of the free...
OBITUARY: A personal reflection by Scott Waide in Lae
Australian-born former PNG cabinet minister and Madang businessman Sir Sir Peter Leslie Charles Barter, 82 --...
‘This is when we came of age’, says Māori leader on...
RNZ News
Today's Matariki celebrations signal the maturing of Aotearoa New Zealand, says Māori leader Sir Pou Temara.
A ceremony attended by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern...
Matariki falls during a quiet retail season – but NZ businesses...
ANALYSIS: By Mike Lee, University of Auckland
Aotearoa New Zealand will enjoy a new official public holiday on June 24, with the country marking Matariki...
Social justice research network awards trophy to Papuan student advocate
Pacific Media Centre newsdesk
A new Asia Pacific social justice research and publication nonprofit has awarded a diversity communications trophy to a West Papuan postgraduate...
RNZ-TVNZ mega-entity named ‘Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media’ in draft law
RNZ News
Draft legislation which would see state broadcasters RNZ and TVNZ subsumed into a new entity has been published ahead of its introduction to...
Outgoing PNG minister challenges impartiality of officials in demand for fair...
By Claudia Tally in Port Moresby
The impartiality of officials who have been appointed to manage polling in the National Capital District during the Papua...
Indonesia’s new plans for Papua can’t hide its decades of failures
ANALYSIS: By Aprila Wayar and Johnny Blades for The Diplomat
A plan to create three new provinces in the Papua region highlights how Jakarta’s development...
Bellis apology doesn’t mean MIQ was unjustified, says Hipkins
RNZ News
Former Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says his apology to journalist Charlotte Bellis does not extend to the Aotearoa New Zealand government's MIQ...