Former Cook Islands PM elected new secretary-general of PIF in close vote
By RNZ Pacific
Former Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna has been narrowly elected as the new secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum after a...
Tuvalu’s Kofe quits UN Oceans summit in protest after China blocks delegates
RNZ Pacific
Tuvalu's foreign minister and Nobel peace prize nominee Simon Kofe has withdrawn from a UN Ocean Conference in Portugal in protest against China's...
Bikini bombs lawsuit inspires support at NZ peace conference
Report by David Robie. This article was first published on Café Pacific
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PNG Media Council seeks opinion over Cybercrime Act’s ‘free speech’ impact
By Geraldine Kalabai in Port Moresby
The Media Council of Papua New Guinea is seeking a legal opinion on the effects of the government's 2016...
ABC raid ‘chilling’ for freedom of press, says editorial chief
How Al Jazeera reported yesterday's raid by Australian police on the offices of the national public broadcaster ABC. The raid was over a series...
World has ‘failed’ Palestinians, says Palestine’s UN envoy
Asia Pacific Report
Palestine's Ambassador the United Nations, Dr Riyad Mansour, has slammed the UN Security Council for failing to secure a ceasefire and bring...
Case #017 RNZ podcast – The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior
Pacific Media Watch newsdesk
On 10 July 1985 the Greenpeace flagship, the Rainbow Warrior, was sunk at an Auckland wharf.
Two French secret agents planted two limpet...
Outreach patrol brings covid info boost to remote Gulf villages in PNG
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Remote communities in Papua New Guinea's south-western Gulf Province have welcomed an outreach patrol to several villages that has brought treatment...
First-year sign language student takes out top NZ award
By Melanie Cooper
A documentary exploring why New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) isn’t a language option in secondary schools, despite being one of New Zealand’s...
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No guarantee mosque mass killer would serve full jail term in...
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Warning: This story discusses details of the 15 March 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre.
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