Digital toolbox needed to counter Pacific ‘hotspot of misinformation’
ANALYSIS: By Romitesh Kant
A shortage of resources and investment from major digital platforms has left the Pacific region battling a campaign of misinformation and...
Pangu Pati draws first blood in PNG election with 5 seats...
By Peter Korugl in Port Moresby
The ruling Pangu Pati has drawn first blood in the Papua New Guinea national general elections with its leader...
University journalism courses need to teach about cultural safety before students...
ANALYSIS: By T.J. Thomson, Queensland University of Technology; Julie McLaughlin, Queensland University of Technology, and Leah King-Smith, Queensland University of Technology
Content warning: this article...
PNG police taskforce to hunt down 15 candidate suspects over Enga...
By Miriam Zarriga of the PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning has fired the first warning shot in the hunt for candidates...
Advocacy group condemns failure to address West Papua at Pacific Forum
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) has condemned the absence of West Papua in last week's Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) official...
Pacific leaders call on world to take urgent climate action for...
By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva
Climate change remains the single greatest existential threat facing the Blue Pacific, as leaders concluded the biggest diplomatic regional meeting...
Nick Rockel: Why are there no rightwing comedians?
COMMENTARY: By Nick Rockel
You’re watching mainstream media and you hear someone articulate a clearly thought through leftwing position with the pros and cons sensibly...
50 missing PNG ballot boxes spark ‘failed’ election warning in Enga
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea police have warned opposing candidates to return 50 missing ballot boxes for the Lagaip electorate in...
Sick and tired of the sickness – some media try to...
By Hayden Donnell, RNZ Mediawatch producer
Covid has now killed around 1700 people in New Zealand, but much of our news reporting and commentary has focused on...
Papua People’s Petition protesters hold rallies against new Papuan provinces
By Reiner Brabar in Jayapura
Papua People's Petition (PRP) protesters have braved brutal police blockades, forced dispersals and assaults while staging simultaneous mass actions across...
American Samoa declares state of emergency over severe storms
RNZ Pacific
A state of emergency has been declared in American Samoa because of severe weather conditions resulting in damage to roads, infrastructure, property, and...
Climate rivalry between secretive autocracy and corrupted democracy
COMMENTARY: By Megan Darby, editor of Climate Home News
When it comes to the world’s two biggest emitters, we are caught between a secretive autocracy...
Timor-Leste journalist faces probe after exposing child abuse case
By Sirwan Kajjo in Dili
In a deeply Catholic country, accusations that an American priest abused dozens of children at an orphanage stunned many in...
Media warned over ‘doom-laden’ climate change narrative
RNZ Pacific
The media has been taken to task for doom-laden climate crisis presentations in a speech at an international workshop -- and told to...
Fiji women condemn Bainimarama government’s ‘silence’ on West Papua
By Rusiate Baleilevuka in Suva
A Fiji women's advocacy group has condemned their government for remaining silent over the human rights violations in West Papua...
‘We’ve politicised this issue too much’ – NZ expert calls for...
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor
A prominent New Zealand epidemiologist is calling for much wider mask mandates, saying the roll-out of free...
Bastille Day message: Paris must ‘re-arm in Pacific’, says commander
RNZ Pacific
A senior French military commander says France should re-arm in the Pacific and consider restoring its forces to a level of 30 years...
Pacific Islands Forum launches new 2050 strategic blueprint
RNZ Pacific
The Pacific Islands Forum has launched a new longterm strategy to address present and future challenges faced by Pacific peoples.
The "2050 Strategy for...
NFP party chief’s challenge to FijiFirst over election complaint – ‘bring...
By Meri Radinibaravi in Suva
"Bring it on!" That’s the challenge from National Federation Party (NFP) general-secretary Seni Nabou to FijiFirst party general-secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum...
Kiribati ‘cooking something with China’, says ex-Kiribati president
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific at the Pacific Islands Forum in Suva
Former Kiribati President Anote Tong suspects a major agreement is "cooking" between Beijing...
John Minto: From Raglan to Palestine – let our voice be...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
During World War I, the New Zealand government took a big area of land at Raglan from the local Tainui Awhiro...
Pacific leaders urged to look at Kiribati president’s concerns for unity
By Wanshika Kumar in Suva
Pacific leaders really need to look seriously at the concerns raised by the President Taneti Maamau of Kiribati, resulting in...