Palestine a testing ground for Israeli ‘occupation war tech’, says author
Pacific Media Watch
Australian-German investigative journalist Antony Loewenstein argues Israel has used the Occupied Palestinian territories as a testing ground to develop weaponry and surveillance...
Author condemns Canberra ‘collusion’ with Jakarta on West Papua atrocities
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian human rights author and poet has accused successive federal governments of “deliberately aiding and abetting” the 1969 annexation of West...
Radio station develops app to spread Gagana Samoa to the world
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager
A new language app developed for Gagana Samoa -- the Samoan language --...
Tough new PNG police powers won’t work, says Transparency chief
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Papua New Guinea's amended Criminal Code Act will give police the power to deal with what they are...
How Washington teamed up with PNG to pip Canberra for ‘control’...
COMMENTARY: A special correspondent in Port Moresby
As an officer of the Department of Foreign Affairs in the Papua New Guinea government, I have to...
Court rejects Papua governor Enembe’s objections but suspends proceedings over his...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
An Indonesian court hearing was held at Tipikor Court, Jakarta, last week when suspended Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe was arraigned...
French riots follow decades-old pattern of rage, with no resolution in sight
ANALYSIS: By François Dubet, Université de Bordeaux
Although they never fail to take us aback, French riots have followed the same distinct pattern ever since...
NZ ‘inert’ over Israel’s ‘flagrant violations’ in occupied Palestine
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
No government likes to be called out for human rights abuses and it’s uncomfortable to do so, particularly when the abuser...
Minister dismisses Bougainville criticism over independence vote
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's Minister of Bougainville Affairs, Manasseh Makiba, believes an absolute majority is needed for the vote on the Bougainville referendum because...
Chlöe Swarbrick: Housing in NZ a major driver of poverty –...
COMMENTARY: By Chlöe Swarbrick
In 1988, our National Housing Commission declared, “New Zealand does not have the huge, insoluble problems of homelessness and substandard housing...
Sir Kostas ‘touched the lives’ of many Pacific people, says Samoan...
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa’s tribute to Papua New Guinea's businessman Sir Kostas Constantinou was very touching as...
First-ever recipients of ‘outstanding’ Asian music funding unveiled
By Blessen Tom, RNZ News journalist
Fifteen artists have been selected as the inaugural beneficiaries of NZ On Air's New Music Pan-Asian funding.
The initiative, the...
NZ’s housing market drives inequality – why not just tax houses...
ANALYSIS: By Susan St John, University of Auckland
The Green Party made waves recently when it proposed to tax net wealth more than NZ$2 million...
Vanuatu – West Papua – MSG: An epic saga of...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
The name Vanuatu has taken on a sacred significance in Papuan liberation consciousness.
The Free Papua Movement (OPM) elders ignited...
Fiji’s 2023 Budget: Major spending and projects but high debt ‘on...
By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist
The Fiji government has announced its "rebuilding our future together" Budget with a spend of FJ$4.3 billion (NZ$3.2 billion)...
Anti-nuclear movements need to return to table, says FANG activist
By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist
Securing a nuclear-free region has been a long battle for the Pacific.
After the Second World War, the United States,...
PM on China visit: ‘Door wide open for NZ products and...
RNZ News
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says New Zealand's largest ever trade delegation to China has been "knocking on open doors".
Hipkins held a media briefing...
Boroko declared ‘betel nut-free’ as PNG capital Moresby spruces up
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guineans have been challenged to "actively contribute" towards development projects like the Boroko Transformation Project if citizens want to see change...
Congressmen angry that Bikini islanders’ nuclear trust fund may have been...
By Giff Johnson, Editor, Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent
Following widespread media coverage of the collapse of what was a more than US$70...
Japan’s Fukushima nuclear waste plan stirs ‘Pacific Chernobyl’ risk protests
By Peter Boyle in Sydney
As Pacific communities protest the Japanese government’s plan to dump more than a million tonnes of radioactive waste water from...
‘We chose death over being raped’ – PNG kidnap survivor speaks...
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist, and Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
A woman who was part of a group kidnapped in Papua...
French nuclear testing fallout in Pacific still affecting NZ men decades...
By Jimmy Ellingham, RNZ News reporter
Fifty years ago 242 men left New Zealand on a mission to Moruroa Atoll in French Polynesia.
The crew of...