West Papuan students face ‘hardship and stress’ over scholarship loss
By George Heagney of Stuff
A group of students from West Papua, the Melanesian Pacific region in Indonesia, are fearful about their futures in New...
NZ Budget 2022: Record $11.1 billion post-covid boost for health system
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor
More than two million New Zealanders will get a one-off $350 sweetener as part of the Budget's...
Pax Christi helps Papuan students stranded in NZ with $1000 grant...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A movement dedicated to peaceful self-determination among indigenous groups in the Pacific is the latest group in Aotearoa to add support...
New Caledonia’s pro-independence parties choose for French elections
RNZ Pacific
The pro-independence coalition parties of Kanaky New Caledonia have selected their candidates for the French Legislative elections next month.
Wali Wahetra from the Palika...
Pink tears for the Philippines, and transforming the rage into hope
COMMENTARY: By Nina Santos in Auckland
On May 9, the Philippines went to the polls in what has been called “by far the most divisive...
PNG has lost a ‘vibrant and visionary’ leader, says grand chief...
PNG Post-Courier
Governor-General Grand Chief Sir Bob Dadae has described Papua New Guinea's late Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil as a vibrant and visionary leader...
Memo MFAT, media and Mayor Foster, time to outgrow your Jewish...
COMMENTARY: Sh'ma Koleinu – Alternative Jewish Voices
When Marilyn Garson’s memoir of working in Gaza was published, Radio NZ scheduled an interview. On the day...
NZ covid deaths top 1000 with 9570 new community cases reported
RNZ News
Aotearoa New Zealand has reported 9570 new community cases of covid-19 and a further 32 deaths today, bringing total publicly recorded deaths with...
Marape pledges ‘no stone unturned’ in investigation into fatal Basil crash
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea police have been tasked to furnish a full investigation report on the death of Deputy Prime...
Gavin Ellis: As if the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh wasn’t...
The global response to the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Video: Al Jazeera
COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis of Knightly Views
Nothing justifies the...
Kanak delegate warns France against ‘recolonising’ New Caledonia with a lie
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ French Pacific reporter
The Kanak people will not accept France's attempt to "recolonise" New Caledonia, a pro-independence delegate has told the...
NZ’s fast-track residency plans overlook Pacific, say Greens
RNZ Pacific
New Zealand's plans to fast-track residency for migrants is being criticised for leaving out lower paid migrants, many of whom are Pacific Islanders.
The...
NZ’s focus on private vehicles an ‘off-track’ climate change plan, say...
RNZ News
Critics of New Zealand's new $4.5 billion global warming plan to help New Zealanders into electric vehicles and hybrids say a significant cheque...
West Papuan student discovers new passion and career path in Manawatū
Stuff
A West Papuan international student in Aotearoa New Zealand has devoted hundreds of hours to a non-profit organisation and opened a door to a...
‘We’re not paid fairly for the work we do’, say striking...
By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent
Striking New Zealand health workers have picketed around the country, saying they are fed up with being underpaid...
Australia’s ‘independent day’ looms as voters reel from a ‘gutful’ of...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Kalinga Seneviratne
When Australians go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new government, the vast continent which was stolen from...
Flosse’s Amuitahiraa party names candidates for French elections
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's Amuitahiraa Party has registered its three candidates for the French National Assembly elections next month -- just hours before the nomination...
After election defeat, Robredo to lead ‘biggest volunteer movement in Philippine...
By Mara Cepeda in Manila
Philippine Vice-President Leni Robredo will not allow the massive, volunteer-led movement she inspired in the 2022 presidential elections to just...
Open letter to Nanaia Mahuta: Do the right thing over Palestine...
The world reacts over the assassination of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and the desecration of her funeral by Israeli security forces. Video: Al...
Gallery: Nakba Day in Auckland – protesting against Israel’s ‘ethnic cleansing’
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Today is Nakba Day -- "the great catastrophe". This is the day marking the ethnic cleansing of more than 750,000 Palestinians...