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Fiji PM Rabuka gives govt support for controversial waste-to-energy project
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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...
Bougainville advocate among all-women lineup winning Goldman Environmental prize
By Coco Lance, RNZ Pacific digital journalist
For the first time in history, the Goldman Environmental Prize -- often dubbed the "Green Nobel" --...
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Majuro reels from huge power rate increase, as govt steps up...
By Giff Johnson, Marshall Islands Journal editor/RNZ Pacific correspondent
One of the biggest electricity increases in the history of the Marshalls Energy Company was implemented...
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‘They threatened to kill us at gunpoint,’ says NZ Gaza flotilla...
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A New Zealander who took part in the global flotilla trying to break the illegal Gaza siege and who was abducted by...
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Call for Rotuman people to speak language or it could be...
By Luka Forman, RNZ journalist
A community leader from a tiny island says preserving her native tongue is more important than ever, as schools on...
Iran war fallout – Trump is going to Beijing on bended...
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean
Why is US President Donald Trump carrying on with his State visit to Beijing this week on May 14? I wouldn't...
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Call for Rotuman people to speak language or it could be...
By Luka Forman, RNZ journalist
A community leader from a tiny island says preserving her native tongue is more important than ever, as schools on...
Majuro reels from huge power rate increase, as govt steps up...
By Giff Johnson, Marshall Islands Journal editor/RNZ Pacific correspondent
One of the biggest electricity increases in the history of the Marshalls Energy Company was implemented...
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Tongan armed threat against journalist troubles Pacific media freedom
COMMENTARY: By Kalafi Moala
The importance of media freedom is recognised each year globally on May 3. This year the Pacific Island country of Tonga...
Oriini Kaipara: This reeks of foul play by a NZ govt...
COMMENTARY: By Oriini Kaipara
The treatment of Maiki Sherman has been deeply upsetting to witness.
To see the first wahine Māori ever rise to the role...
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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
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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
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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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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...
Indigenous and Pacific leaders unite at Waitangi with shared messages on...
By Coco Lance, RNZ Pacific digital journalist
As Waitangi Day commemorations continue drawing people from across Aotearoa and around the world to the Bay of...
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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...
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