Duncan Graham: Compromise worked in Aceh – why not West Papua?...
There are parallels between Indonesia’s Aceh where an Australian surfer faced a flogging, and West Papua where a New Zealand pilot may be facing...
2000 Fiji coup leader George Speight applies for presidential pardon
By Vijay Narayan in Suva
Fiji's 2000 coup leader George Speight, who has been serving time in prison for more than 20 years, has applied...
Claims of ‘issues, concerns and breaches’ emerge at USP
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist
A leaked document authored by a recently recruited senior University of the South Pacific...
Kanaky New Caledonia’s FLNKS wants ICJ advice on contested vote
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS (Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front) says the advice of the International Court of Justice...
Slow down Simeon Brown – NZ bilingual traffic signs aren’t an...
ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw, Massey University
When New Zealand's opposition National Party’s transport spokesperson, Simeon Brown, questioned the logic of bilingual traffic signs, he seemed...
Academic ‘tsunami’ at USP shakes regional Pacific institution to core
COMMENT: By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom
An alleged bizarre swinging punch towards an academic from a senior management figure at the top of...
PNG lawyer Paraka found guilty of misappropriating K162m
By Todagia Kelola in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea lawyer and businessman Paul Paraka has been found guilty of misappropriating K162 million (NZ$75 million) belonging...
Tokelau covid: Two new cases announced as lockdown ends
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
Tokelau's largest atoll, Nukunonu, is now out of lockdown after experiencing its first community cases of covid-19.
In a statement,...
Background to SCORI – is this a sell-out of Pacific’s ‘Sea...
By concerned citizens of the Pacific
The signing of the memorandum of understanding between the University of the South Pacific's vice-chancellor and president, Professor Pal...
No sedition charges against Kanak pro-independence leader, says prosecutor
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ Pacific reporter
The president of New Caledonia's largest pro-independence party Daniel Goa will not be prosecuted for alleged calls for violence...
Kramer still working on ‘unfinished’ exposure of PNG corruption
PNG Post-Courier
Dismissed Member of Madang Bryan Kramer says the dismissal notice by Papua New Guinea's Governor-General Sir Bob Dadae does not affect his appeal.
"What...
India launches ‘celebration of future’ climate research centre at USP
By Joeli Bili in Suva
A partnership forged between the Indian government and the University of the South Pacific (USP) will see the establishment of...
OPM call for PNG’s James Marape as negotiator for NZ pilot’s...
Asia Pacific Report
Free Papua Organisation (OPM) leader Jeffrey Bomanak has appealed for Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape to become a "neutral intermediary"...
NZ’s opposition ‘need to go back to school’ over bilingual sign...
By Rayssa Almeida, RNZ News reporter
New Zealand's Māori Party co-leader says the opposition National Party should go back to school if it thinks including...
Author-poet condemns Papuan rebel threat to shoot NZ hostage pilot if...
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian author-poet and advocate for West Papuan independence has condemned a reported threat against the life of a New Zealand hostage...
Highly secretive Five Eyes alliance disrupts China-backed hacker group
ANALYSIS: By Dennis B. Desmond, University of the Sunshine Coast
This week the Five Eyes alliance -- an intelligence alliance between Australia, the United Kingdom,...
‘Living museum’ will help bring Fiji’s Girmit experience by storytelling
By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist
In a significant step toward preserving and commemorating Fiji's rich history, efforts are underway to establish the country's first...
After Mawar, post-typhoon restoration process begins in Guam
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Guam is in a recovery phase after being pummelled by typhoon Mawar.
In a notice early today, Guam Waterworks Authority...
PNG’s Governor-General signs off on dismissal of Bryan Kramer as MP
By Todagia Kelola in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Governor-General, Sir Bob Dadae, has formally dismissed former cabinet minister Brian Kramer as a Member of...
Fiji’s Great Council of Chiefs reinstates native land lease policy
By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific senior journalist, and Kelvin Anthony, lead digital and social media journalist
Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs has endorsed the reinstatement...