How a law change in PNG has fostered prime ministerial incumbency...
ANALYSIS: By Michael Kabuni and Stephen Howes
Central to the selection of the prime minister in Papua New Guinea following a general election is Section...
Cyber attack on NZ sea level website blamed on anti-climate critics...
By John Lewis of the Otago Daily Times
Aotearoa New Zealand's new NZ SeaRise website, designed to show how the country's coastline will be affected...
Retraction by key Filipino accuser triggers calls to free jailed senator
By Lian Buan in Manila
The retraction of Kerwin Espinosa, one of the main accusers in the Philippines Bilibid drug trade allegations, has drummed up...
USP ranking ‘reaffirms standing in the region’, says vice-chancellor
By Wata Shaw in Suva
The University of the South Pacific’s latest international ranking is a "testament to the excellence" that pervades the university, says...
Climate change: sea levels rising twice as fast as thought in...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Hamish Cardwell, RNZ News climate reporter
Explosive new data shows the sea level is rising twice as fast as previously thought in...
The value of virtue: 7 reasons why Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s crisis leadership...
ANALYSIS: By Suze Wilson, Massey University and Toby Newstead, University of Tasmania
The war in Ukraine would test even the most hardened political operator: millions...
NZ border reopens to international and Pacific visitors tonight
RNZ News
For the first time in more than two years, New Zealand's border will reopen to international visitors at midnight tonight.
On 19 March 2020,...
Former PNG election manager for Port Moresby jailed for ballot fraud
PNG Post-Courier
A former election manager for Papua New Guinea's National Capital District (NCD) who was charged with election fraud for corruptly receiving a...
When mainstream media fails to hold truth to power, social media...
ANALYSIS: By Shailendra Singh
Social media is a mixed bag, with both democratic and undemocratic tendencies.
But then few things in life are perfect.
And in that...
Ramadan … ‘you’re trying to be kinder, more compassionate … in...
RNZ News
Ramadan is the most blessed month of the Islamic calendar. It began on the April 1 and will end sometime in the next...
Macron promises to abandon gas, oil and coal, but will he...
ANALYSIS: By Isabelle Gerretsen
Last Sunday, Emmanuel Macron was re-elected France’s president, beating far-right and anti-EU candidate Marine Le Pen.
“Making France a great green nation,...
French Pacific vote supports Macron for president but a drop in...
RNZ Pacific
The French Pacific territories have shown their support for President Emmanuel Macron at the polls, but with a much lower voter turnout than...
West Papua food estates threaten indigenous people, warns TAPOL
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Plans to establish "food estates" were announced by the Indonesian government at the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic because, it said,...
Papua New Guinea’s first woman neurosurgeon graduates at UPNG
By Phoebe Gwangilo in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea’s first woman neurosurgeon has graduated from the national university.
Dr Esther Apuahe graduated with a higher post-diploma...
‘Shooting ourselves in the foot’ – NZ doctor calls for tighter...
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent
Wearing glasses or getting a runny nose is enough to qualify for a mask exemption under current New...
Fiji court fines Malolo developers in nation’s first ‘environmental crime’
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
A landmark case in Fiji today at the High Court in the capital Suva issued what is...
About all the ‘Māori nonsense’ – a response from NZ’s Māori...
COMMENTARY: By Māori Language Commissioner Professor Rawinia Higgins
Whether he knows it or probably not, the year Joe Bennett arrived in Aotearoa from England was...
Fiji political polls point to a shift away from FijiFirst, says...
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific journalist
Campaigning is underway for the general election in Fiji later this year and early predictions are pointing to a...
Who will call out the misogyny and abuse undermining women’s academic...
ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw, Massey University; Andrew Dickson, Massey University; Bevan Erueti, Massey University; Glenn Banks, Massey University; John O'Neill, Massey University, and Roger...
Journalism groups brand Musk’s Twitter deal ‘bad news’ for media freedom
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
Groups representing journalists around the world have expressed concern that billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's move to buy Twitter would damage media...