New Zealand and European Union secure historic free trade deal
By Jane Patterson, RNZ News political editor, and Katie Scotcher, political reporter, in Brussels
New Zealand and the European Union have struck an historic free...
Graham Davis: Scandalous or ridiculous? The timing of a Fiji political...
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis of Grubsheet Feejee
In a sign of utter desperation as Fiji's general election election approaches, the Attorney-General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, has targeted...
Nobel laureate Maria Ressa calls for journalists to fight ‘Devil’s megaphone’
East-West Center
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and press freedom champion Maria Ressa wasn’t intending to make breaking news when she planned her keynote address at...
NZ designates American Proud Boys and The Base terrorist groups
RNZ News
New Zealand has designated US groups the Proud Boys and The Base as terrorist entities.
Set down in the government's official journal of record...
Timor-Leste journalist Raimundos Oki charged with breach of ‘legal secrets’...
The Oekusi Post
Journalist and editor-in-chief Raimundos Oki of Timor-Leste's online media Oekusipost.com was today accused of "violating legal secrets" related to his reporting about...
Civil group appeals to Jokowi to cancel Papuan expansion plan to...
Tabloid Jubi
The Civil Organisations Solidarity for Papua Land has condemned Indonesia's Papua expansion plan of forming three new provinces risks causing new social conflicts.
And...
Some see NZ’s invite to the NATO summit as a reward...
ANALYSIS: By Robert G. Patman, University of Otago
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s acceptance of an invitation to speak at this week’s NATO leaders’ summit in...
Fiji, Palau and Samoa call for deep-sea mining moratorium at UN...
RNZ Pacific
Palau, Fiji, and Samoa have announced their opposition to deep-sea mining, calling for a moratorium on the emerging industry amid growing fears it...
Stand with Rappler, defend press freedom in Philippines
EDITORIAL: By the Rappler team
We will continue bringing you the news, holding the powerful to account for their actions and decisions, calling attention to...
Rappler ordered to shut down by Philippines government, says Ressa
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and journalist Maria Ressa says that the Philippine government has ordered her news organisation Rappler to shut...
Gavin Ellis: Heavy work ahead on Aotearoa NZ’s Public Media Bill
ANALYSIS: By Gavin Ellis
The Aotearoa New Zealand Public Media Bill -- introduced to Parliament this week -- will have a long journey before it...
Election of women to PNG Parliament crucial for future, says economist
RNZ Pacific
A Papua New Guinean economist says the election of women in Parliament will be crucial to advancing gender equality in the country.
Papua New...
Twice PM, but state failure prompts Sir Julius in last shot...
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Former prime minister and New Ireland Governor Sir Julius Chan is defending his seat one last time in Papua...
NZ health sector may see influx of US doctors after abortion...
By Leah Tebbutt, RNZ News reporter
An Aotearoa New Zealand health workforce recruiting agency is fielding calls from senior US doctors who say they can...
Fiji’s new investment law leads to ‘confusion and risk’, say lawyers
By Luke Nacei in Suva
Foreign investors could be sent to jail in Fiji for breaking a new investment law, says the prominent Suva law...
Former National justice minister says NZ abortion law must stay –...
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor
Former National MP and Justice Minister Amy Adams says opposition leader Christopher Luxon is right to rule...
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...