West Papuan students fight on for rights to education in Aotearoa
By George Heagney of Stuff in Palmerston North
Students from West Papua desperate to stay in New Zealand after having their scholarships cut are pinning...
Solomons media condemns ‘secrecy’ controls over China delegation
RNZ Pacific
The Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI) has urged its members to boycott a media conference for a visiting Chinese delegation in protest...
FijiFirst not fit to run country over ‘dry taps – no...
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
People’s Alliance party leader Sitiveni Rabuka says the FijiFirst government is not fit to run the country because it cannot...
PNG elections: People’s National Congress party endorses 90 plus candidates
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific journalist
Papua New Guinea's People's National Congress is shaping up as the party to watch as the country's general election...
PNG faces K105m Indonesian penalty for illegal black oil shipments
By Melisha Yafoi in Port Moresby
The Papua New Guinean government can expect to be fined a hefty US$5 million (K17.6 million) each for six...
Top level Chinese delegation headed to Kiribati – questions over Kanton
By Barbara Dreaver, TV1 News Pacific correspondent
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is to visit Kiribati on Friday for four hours as part of a...
PM Jacinda Ardern launches US tour with NZ ‘open for business’...
RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has spoken to media to demonstrate to the US market that New Zealand is "open for business", having arrived...
Police warn PNG public about robbers after attack on Unitech students
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea police have warned the public to take precaution with criminals now operating in large numbers in some suburbs of the...
‘We’re listening and we’ll do better’, new minister Wong tells Pacific
RNZ Pacific
Australia's newly sworn-in Foreign Minister, Penny Wong, says the new Labor government "will be a generous, respectful and reliable member of the Pacific...
Fiji tourism back on its feet with a fresh focus on...
By Sheryl Lal and Akansha Narayan in Nadi, Fiji
Although Fiji was unaffected by the first wave of covid-19, its tourism sector -- the lifeblood...
China’s high-level ‘milestone’ visit to the Pacific ahead of schedule
RNZ Pacific
The Solomon Islands government has confirmed the much anticipated high-level visit by the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to the country is ahead...
Commemoration held in Tahiti for politicians on a ‘vanished’ flight
RNZ Pacific
A commemoration has been held in French Polynesia to mark the 20th anniversary of the disappearance of a leading opposition politician in the...
Women MPs vital for PNG’s future, says campaigning Somare-Brash
RNZ Pacific
A female candidate in the Papua New Guinea elections believes it is more important than ever that the country has women MPs in...
‘I’m ready – energised,’ Port Moresby’s Parkop pledges to huge crowd
PNG Post-Courier
"Powes! Powes! Powes!" The city of Port Moresby was ringing with chants of support for its governor for the past 15 years --...
New Caledonia’s Frogier pulls out of French National Assembly race
RNZ News
A New Caledonian anti-independence candidate has withdrawn from the race for a seat in the French National Assembly just hours before nominations closed.
Vaea...
Reflections on Shireen Abu Akleh: Two assassinations, four funerals and no...
COMMENTARY: By Khaled Farraj
This is not a lament for Shireen, nor is it a political article. It is not a press report, nor is...
Dan McGarry: A new day in the Pacific – but will...
THE VILLAGE EXPLAINER: By Dan McGarry
With the Australian general election largely done and dusted, and with a clear (if still-to-be-quantified) mandate, Anthony Albanese faces...
Labor has a huge health agenda ahead of it. What policies...
ANALYSIS: By Stephen Duckett, The University of Melbourne
Labor’s win in Saturday’s election heralds real change in health policy. Although Labor had a small-target strategy,...
Takaparawhau occupation protest leader Joe Hawke dies
RNZ News
Joe Hawke -- the prominent kaumātua and activist who led the long-running Takaparawhau occupation at Auckland's Bastion Point in the late 1970s --...
Scott Morrison defeated – Labor to govern in minority or majority
SPECIAL REPORT: By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The Morrison government has been resoundingly defeated in the Australian federal election, with Labor headed for office,...
Australians face their starkest choice at the ballot box in 50...
ANALYSIS: By Mark Kenny, Australian National University
You first have to lose an election on principle if you want to win one on principle.
This was...
Canberra must stop wasting time – and urgently support ABC in...
Policy failure over the last eight years -- including a massive cut to the ABC’s international funding -- has weakened Australia’s voice in the...