Climate change costs at-risk countries $525 billion in damage, says report
RNZ Pacific
A new report on the economic impacts of climate change faced by the world's most at-risk countries has found the climate crisis has...
Gisborne district councillor hits out over lack of Māori leadership
By Matthew Rosenberg in Gisborne
A Gisborne councillor has called into question the mayor’s ability to lead the region forward, saying her background makes it...
Ardern spurns National’s plans on curbing NZ violent gang behaviour
RNZ News
The New Zealand government is considering more action to crack down on violent gang behaviour but has dismissed the idea of a ban...
Thugs attack student rally in Makassar against Papuan ‘carve up’
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
A protest action by Papuan students which took place in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar, which was opposing the...
John Minto: Exposing Israel’s horrific record in targeted killing of journalists
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
A detailed study of the killing of journalists released this week by Countercurrents shows that Israel leads the world in this...
PNG troops still await deployment orders for election security
By Miriam Zarriga in Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea
The full strength of the Papua New Guinea security forces has yet to be deployed into...
MPs boycott forces delay in Vanuatu constitution amendments debate
RNZ Pacific
Vanuatu's Speaker was forced to suspend a special parliamentary sitting today after the opposition and several government MPs did not turn up.
They were...
Russian oligarch’s super yacht leaves Fiji for US following court ruling
RNZ Pacific
A Russian-owned superyacht docked in Fiji has left for the United States after a Fiji court ordered its removal, saying it was a...
‘We can learn from Chinese diplomacy’, says Māori Pati critic of...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Newly elected Māori Pati president and columnist John Tamihere has launched a blistering criticism of New Zealand’s negative media attitude to...
PNG police probe election candidates’ alleged use of guns in Highlands
By Miriam Zarriga in Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinean police are investigating serious firearms offences allegedly involving five candidates contesting the election...
Former Vanuatu PM Salwai’s party to boycott parliament session
RNZ Pacific
In Vanuatu, one key party in the government says it will boycott tomorrow's planned session of Parliament.
That session is due to consider several...
Fijian policymaker calls for an ‘inspired’ defence of world oceans
RNZ Pacific
The global community needs to "be inspired" to defend the world's oceans ahead of the second United Nations Oceans Conference in Lisbon at...
PNG police brand Mt Hagen airport sabotage as ‘act of terrorism’
By Thierry Lepani and Miriam Zarriga in Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea
The ugly side of Papua New Guinean elections has shown its face in...
Long term vision clinches Pacific Islands Forum rift deal in Suva
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva and Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific journalist
In a watershed moment, Pacific Islands Forum leaders have agreed on...
A new book argues Julian Assange is being tortured. Will Australia’s...
REVIEW: By Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University
It is easy to forget why Julian Assange has been on trial in England for, well, seemingly forever.
Didn’t he...
Pacific leaders talk Micronesia, China and regional stability, security
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
Regional stability and security, and the China Economic and Security Deal were on the agenda today when...
Filipino migrants call on NZ to halt military aid to Philippines...
By David Robie
Migrants and overseas Filipinos in Aotearoa New Zealand today called on the governments of both Australia and New Zealand to halt all...
French court rejects Kanak Senate bid to annul New Caledonia referendum...
RNZ Pacific
An indigenous legal challenge in a bid to annul the result of last December's referendum on New Caledonia's independence from France has failed.
The...
NZ public broadcaster faces ‘political headache’ over Breakfast anchor saga
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
The "sorry saga" of former Breakfast celebrated host Kamahl Santamaria's abrupt departure from Television New Zealand last month has created a...
‘Calm’ health advocate among 18 Pasifika recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Eleisha Foon, journalist
Pacific health advocate and champion Dr Collin Fonotau Tukuitonga heads the list of Pacific recipients...
Yamin Kogoya: Fatal disconnect between Jakarta and West Papua worsens settler-colonial...
COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya
A flurry of peaceful rallies and protests erupted in West Papua and Indonesia on Friday, June 3.
Papuan People's Petition (PRP), the...
Ramos-Horta challenges Pacific’s biggest threat to media freedom – China’s gatekeepers
COMMENTARY: By David Robie
Timor-Leste, the youngest independent nation and the most fledgling press in the Asia-Pacific, has finally shown how it’s done -- with...