Mediawatch: Kiri Allan’s resignation sparks another ‘on principle’ at RNZ
By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
A board member at RNZ appointed less than a month ago quit this week after making public comments on...
Oppenheimer’s warning lives on: global laws, treaties fail to stop new...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
J. Robert Oppenheimer -- the great nuclear physicist, “father of the atomic bomb”, and now subject of a...
Potential AUKUS deal could divide NZ and Pacific, says academic
By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific
An international relations professor says that if New Zealand joins AUKUS it could impact on its relations with Pacific countries.
AUKUS...
Macron keen on Varirata forest lookout for bilateral talks with PNG
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
One of the world’s top leaders and G7 member French President Emmanuel Macron had his one-on–one bilateral talks with...
France, Vanuatu agree to sort out ‘southern land’ border dispute
By Doddy Morris in Port Vila
French President Emmanuel Macron and Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau have reached an agreement to settle the "land problem"...
CIVICUS protests to Marcos over ‘judicial harassment’, ‘terrorist’ label on human...
Asia Pacific Report
A global alliance of civil society organisations has protested to Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr in an open letter over the...
Macron to ditch Noumea Accord for self-determination and introduce new statute...
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific contributing journalist
French president Emmanuel Macron says he will forge ahead with processing a new statute for New Caledonia, replacing...
How mangroves are crucial for Fiji’s climate strategy – and the...
By Joeli Bili in Suva
Around the world, today - July 26 -- is commemorated as the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove...
PNG police arrest 101 men in two-city crackdown after local killings
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea police in Madang and the National Capital District have arrested a total of 101 men suspected of being involved in...
Macron urges Kanaky New Caledonia ‘compatriots’ to chart united path
RNZ Pacific
French President Emmanuel Macron has urged New Caledonia to forge a common future after the most recent "no" independence vote.
During his visit to...
PNG plans 21-gun salute for Macron in historic visit to an...
PNG Post-Courier
French President Emmanuel Macron jets into Port Moresby late tomorrow for his historic visit to Papua New Guinea and will be met by...
Macron in New Caledonia to bolster France’s Indo-Pacific strategy
By Eleisha Foon, journalist
France has deployed Rafale jet fighters during a military ceremony in New Caledonia, marking President Emmanuel Macron's first official day in...
‘What could we have done?’ – Pacific community grief for shooter...
RNZ Pacific
The Pacific Island community in Aotearoa New Zealand is grieving for the deaths of two men killed at an Auckland downtown construction site...
‘Let your children live in peace’ plea by PNG’s Marape over...
RNZ Pacific
The Papua New Guinea government is calling for local communities in Porgera, Enga province, to end the violence as it works to reopen...
Yamin Kogoya: ‘Rebuilding our Melanesia for our future’ – culture and...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
"Rebuilding our Melanesia for our future" is the theme chosen by the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) for their 7th Melanesian...
300 PNG companies face penalties over failing to uphold labour laws
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
More than 300 companies operating in Papua New Guinea are facing penalties and will be issued infringement notices for...
Mediawatch: NZ election poll analysis unhitches itself from reality
RNZ Mediawatch
Nothing much changed in a 1News Verian poll released last Monday. However, some commentators treated the boring results as a blank canvas on...
John Minto: Kudos to Jane Campion for saying no to apartheid...
By John Minto
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) congratulates New Zealand film director Jane Campion over her request for her 1989 debut film Sweetie to...
‘Grassroots action’ could address climate change in Micronesia
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ journalist
A new report has found practical solutions to address climate change in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), including raising...
Fiji judge dismisses lawyer Richard Naidu’s guilty conviction over ‘scandalising court’...
By Rashika Kumar in Suva
Suva lawyer Richard Naidu is a free man after the Suva High Court ruled this week that no conviction be...