May Day – time to reverse decades of relentless attacks on...
COMMENT: By Matt McCarten
It’s time for progressive activists to step up. The working class needs you.
On May Day - International Workers Day - we...
Only seven governors attend PNG’s covid crisis planning meeting
By Thierry Lepani in Port Moresby
Only seven governors out of Papua New Guinea's 21 provinces and Bougainville attended a meeting in the capital Port...
Australia commits $170m to boost Pacific gender equality efforts
By Josefa Babitu
The Australian government has announced an A$170 million (F$267 million) programme for the Pacific region to strengthen gender equality initiatives over the...
Fiji tightens lockdown as covid cases rise in Viti Levu
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
Fiji's government has taken the most drastic measures since covid-19 hit the country in March last year.
Most of...
Branding armed Papuan resistance as ‘terrorists’ angers rights groups, sparks media...
By David Robie
Branding armed Papuan resistance groups as “terrorists” has sparked strong condemnation from human rights groups across Indonesia and in West Papua, some...
NZ Rugby accuses Players’ Association of misrepresentation over US deal
By Barry Guy, RNZ News sports reporter
New Zealand Rugby is accusing the Players' Association of misrepresenting the reasons for their opposition to the Silver...
Digital news check: In media, we don’t trust
ANALYSIS: By Tim Murphy and Mark Jennings, co-editors of Newsroom
Less than half the New Zealand public now professes "overall trust" in news media outlets,...
‘Let’s talk about human rights later’ after ‘crushing’ Papuan rebels, warns...
An unverified video clip purportedly from a military YouTube channel claiming that nine Papuan rebels had been shot, 28 April 2021. The video of...
25-tonne deep sea mining robot ‘stuck’ on Pacific Ocean seabed during...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
One of the world’s first deep sea mining pilot tests has resulted in a huge machine being stuck on the seafloor...
Latest covid case in Fiji remains a concern and health chief...
RNZ Pacific
One of Fiji's latest two cases of covid-19 remains a concern for health authorities.
The Health Ministry said a 53-year-old caretaker from the town...
Ahluwalia still USP’s vice-chancellor, says Aingimea
RNZ Pacific
Deported Canadian academic Professor Pal Ahluwalia is still vice-chancellor and president of the University of the South Pacific, says chancellor Lionel Aingimea.
Professor Ahluwalia...
Pacific women talk about ‘precarious situation’ over covid, climate and rights
By Josefa Babitu
A French Polynesian territorial government cabinet minister says the pandemic and climate justice have provided an opportunity to think about the progress...
Surprise apology to Micronesia over Forum leadership election row
RNZ Pacific
Micronesian leaders have received an apology from their colleagues in the Pacific Islands Forum.
In what has been described as a frank and open...
Fiji stops police passes at containment zone borders as covid cases...
By Vijay Narayan and Semi Turaga in Suva
Fiji's Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr James Fong, has confirmed that the Health Ministry has stopped police...
Vanuatu must maintain strong support for West Papua, says Regenvanu
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
Vanuatu needs to continue to maintain its strong support for West Papua by ensuring that the United Liberation Movement...
Australian journalists’ union urges new approach to media regulation
International Federation of Journalists
Australia’s journalists’ union – the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) – has voted to end its decades long relationship with...
NZ police had no dedicated team to scan internet before mosque...
By Phil Pennington, RNZ News reporter
It took seven months for the New Zealand police to set up their first team for scanning the internet...
Qiane Matata-Sipu: Why kaupapa always comes first
COMMENT: By Qiane Matata-Sipu
Yesterday I worked a 13-hour day unpaid. It’s pretty common in my world. It’s pretty common in the worlds of Indigenous...
Indonesian families remember victims of Bali submarine disaster – 53 die
By Ardila Syakriah and Reno Surya in Jakarta and Surabaya
The hopes of the families of the sailors aboard the Indonesian Navy’s KRI Nanggala-402 submarine...
Shailendra Singh: Some tough covid questions for Fiji after 12 more...
COMMENT: By Shailendra Singh in Suva
Perth in Australia was plunged into a three-day lockdown after community transmission was linked to a returnee from India.
Fiji...
Indonesia slammed for inviting Myanmar coup leader to ASEAN
By Ryan Aditya in Jakarta
Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) coordinator Fatia Maulidiyanti has condemned the invitation to Myanmar coup leader...
Police scuffle with protesters against Myanmar junta leader at ASEAN
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Police have forced protesters demonstrating at the weekend against the attendance of Myanmar military commander General Min Aung Hlaing at the...