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Strait of Hormuz ‘open’ except for enemies, as new Iran insurance...
Asia Pacific Report
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz is "open to all except its adversaries", and any passage through the trajectory of this...
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‘Affront to democracy’ – NZ law change halts landmark climate crisis...
By Kate Newton, RNZ News climate change correspondent
The political activist suing major New Zealand emitters over climate change damage says a law change blocking...
Fiji PM Rabuka gives govt support for controversial waste-to-energy project
RNZ Pacific
The Fiji Prime Minister has thrown his government's support behind a controversial waste-to-energy project at Vuda Point in the country's Western Division despite...
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New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...
PROFILE: By Campion Ohasio
The Solomon Islands has entered a new political era. In a historic morning at Parliament House yesterday, Matthew Cooper Wale was...
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Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...
ANALYSIS: By David Robie, Pacific Media Watch
When the Paris-based global watchdog Reporters Without Borders released their annual World Press Freedom Index dossier online three...
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Strait of Hormuz ‘open’ except for enemies, as new Iran insurance...
Asia Pacific Report
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz is "open to all except its adversaries", and any passage through the trajectory of this...
‘They’re wiping us out’ – church leader warns about young West...
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
A West Papuan church leader has warned that ongoing killings of young Papuans allegedly by Indonesian security forces...
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Strait of Hormuz ‘open’ except for enemies, as new Iran insurance...
Asia Pacific Report
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz is "open to all except its adversaries", and any passage through the trajectory of this...
‘They’re wiping us out’ – church leader warns about young West...
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
A West Papuan church leader has warned that ongoing killings of young Papuans allegedly by Indonesian security forces...
MEDIA
Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...
ANALYSIS: By David Robie, Pacific Media Watch
When the Paris-based global watchdog Reporters Without Borders released their annual World Press Freedom Index dossier online three...
Fiji’s journalists celebrate belated World Press Freedom Day – but warn...
Fijian Media Association
Fiji’s media workers finally got to celebrate their World Press Freedom Day this week 11 days late -- on Thursday, May 14.
The...
SPORTS
Vanuatu newspaper faces football coverage ban after ‘lesbianism’ headline
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist
Vanuatu's only daily newspaper, the Vanuatu Daily Post, is facing a ban on covering future football league matches after...
‘I know she’d be really proud’ – NZ’s first Pasifika heritage...
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor
The All Blacks have their first coach of Pasifika heritage.
Dave Rennie has been given the job, replacing the ousted...
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Australian charities funding Israel’s illegal settlements ‘untouchable’, says Labor govt
The Labor government has told the Senate that Australian charities don’t have to comply with international law, nor will they be compelled. Michael West...
PNG one step away from blacklist, warns global money laundering watchdog
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist
Papua New Guinea is under a close watch for money laundering, running a risk of being abandoned by global...
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Samoan PM Fiamē advises dissolution of parliament, calls for snap elections
RNZ Pacific
Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa has advised Samoa's head of state that it is necessary to dissolve Parliament so the country can...
Protest photographer John Miller records Hīkoi mō te Tiriti with his historic lens
RNZ News
For almost six decades photographer John Miller (Ngāpuhi) has been a protest photographer in Aotearoa New Zealand.
From his first photographs of an anti-Vietnam...
People of the Indian diaspora in Pacific – another view through creative media
Asia Pacific Report
An exhibition from Tara Arts International has been brought to The University of the South Pacific as part of the Pacific International...
FestPAC 2024: Delegates wrap up with standing ovation for Kanaky, Vanuatu and West Papua
RNZ Pacific
The director of the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture Dr Aaron Sala says "it's up to all Pacific nations and their ancestors...
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‘Affront to democracy’ – NZ law change halts landmark climate crisis...
By Kate Newton, RNZ News climate change correspondent
The political activist suing major New Zealand emitters over climate change damage says a law change blocking...
NZ protesters condemn ‘IDF kill chain’ link to Gaza genocide
Asia Pacific Report
New Zealand protesters have again spotlighted the country’s stake in US space militarisation today and speakers branded Rocket Lab as an alleged...
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Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel
By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor
A woman whose great-grandparents -- all eight of them -- were Girmitiya labourers has put their stories into...













































































































