SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya Last Monday, suspended Papua Governor Lukas Enembe was indicted on gratification, bribery and corruption charges in Indonesia's central Corruption Criminal...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea police will be able to use lethal force to deal with crimes that come under "domestic...

By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist France's grip on its overseas territories in the Pacific may be waning, with pro-independence delegates now claiming to have...

RNZ Pacific The deposed Papua Governor Lukas Enembe has been indicted this week on charges of bribery, allegedly over about US$3 million. The amount of bribes...

RNZ Pacific A cabinet minister in Bougainville is furious that the Papua New Guinea government has decided to make a vote on independence an absolute...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Independent nuclear experts have offered to drink water and eat fish from the Pacific Ocean after Japan dumps its...

By Phoebe Gwangilo in Port Moresby Legal proceedings are expected to take place if the temporary ban on the songs of Jason Suisui -- popularly...

Asia Pacific Report The pro-independence United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has welcomed Vanuatu Deputy Prime Minister Jotham Napat’s comments on West Papua during...

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A Papua New Guinean academic says the new security deals with the United States will militarise his country...

ANALYSIS: By Nicola Gaston, University of Auckland The crisis in Aotearoa New Zealand’s university and wider research sector did not happen overnight. While funding shortfalls...

COMMENTARY: By Donna Miles-Mojab Recently, there was a serious revelation that some wire service reports were edited, without attribution, by an individual employee of our...

By Phoebe Gwangilo in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's National Censorship Office has cracked down on gender-based violence by temporarily banning all songs by popular...

By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva In a keynote speech at the annual Pacific Update conference the region's major university, Fiji deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman...

By Elena Vucukula in Suva Children are abandoned and forgotten when a large number of Fijians leave the country for work and start new relationships...

RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea's Trade Minister Richard Maru has complained that his country's trade deal with Australia has been skewed in Canberra's favour for...

By Viliame Tawanakoro in Suva The University of the South Pacific’s regional journalism programme has penned three milestone Memorandums of Understanding that will usher in...

By Nelson Joe in Goroka At least a self-contained shelter is enough to attract international eco-tourists to Papua New Guinea, say tourism operators. David Van, an...

PNG Post-Courier The Waigani National Court has finally handed down a ruling finding Boship Kaiwi guilty of causing the death of his wife Jenelyn Kennedy...

By Finau Fonua, RNZ Pacific journalist New Caledonian Joe Xulue has made history by becoming the first person of Kanak heritage to graduate from Harvard...

By Alualumoana Luaitalo, Te Rito journalism cadet ​A new business initiative in Aotearoa New Zealand aims to open up conversations about the benefits of kava...