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French MPs vote to postpone New Caledonia’s elections to June 2026
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French MPs narrowly endorsed the postponement of New Caledonia's provincial elections to no later than 28...
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Pacific lawmakers call for creation of human rights commissions to fight...
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent
A Marshall Islands lawmaker has called on Pacific legislatures to establish and strengthen their...
‘Oceania voices’ – Indigenous climate adaptation network launches in Ōtautahi
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Māori and Pasifika leaders are leading climate adaptation, guided by ancestral knowledge and Indigenous...
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You can wake up one morning in Fiji and feel like you're living in a totally different...
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Hedges slams hostile Australian interview, unpacks Press Club and Western media...
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Pulitzer Prize–winning US journalist Chris Hedges joins Antoinette Lattouf on We Used To Be Journos to unpack his time in Australia, including...
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PSNA condemns Collins for ‘can’t be trusted’ stance on Gaza over...
Asia Pacific Report
The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has challenged Defence Minister Judith Collins over her "can't be trusted" backing for controversial BlackSky Technology...
Pacific lawmakers call for creation of human rights commissions to fight...
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent
A Marshall Islands lawmaker has called on Pacific legislatures to establish and strengthen their...
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French MPs vote to postpone New Caledonia’s elections to June 2026
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French MPs narrowly endorsed the postponement of New Caledonia's provincial elections to no later than 28...
PSNA condemns Collins for ‘can’t be trusted’ stance on Gaza over...
Asia Pacific Report
The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has challenged Defence Minister Judith Collins over her "can't be trusted" backing for controversial BlackSky Technology...
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Mediawatch: Talley’s vs TVNZ in defamation confrontation
MEDIAWATCH: By RNZ Mediawatch presenter Colin Peacock
Successive New Zealand governments have dodged the issue of how the news media should be held to account,...
Gaza’s Plestia Alaqad to star in Palestinian horror film The Visitor
The New Arab
A Palestinian horror film inspired by folklore is moving forward, with journalist and author Plestia Alaqad joining the cast alongside American-born Kuwaiti-Palestinian...
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Pasifika recipients say King’s Birthday honours not just theirs alone
By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist, Iliesa Tora, and Christina Persico
A New Zealand-born Niuean educator says being recognised in the King's Birthday honours...
PSNA says broadcast ruling a warning to NZ news media to...
Asia Pacific Report
A decision by the Broadcasting Standards Authority to uphold a complaint against a 1News broadcast last November is a warning to news...
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PSNA slams NZ defence minister Collins over genocide ‘dog-whistling’
Asia Pacific Report
New Zealand's major Palestine advocacy and protest group Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has condemned Defence Minister Judith Collins for "dog-whistling to her...
Fijian PM Rabuka hints at ‘historic’ referendum after landmark court ruling
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital/social lead
Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has hinted that the country may "hold its first-ever referendum" following a landmark...
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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.
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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
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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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Pacific lawmakers call for creation of human rights commissions to fight...
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent
A Marshall Islands lawmaker has called on Pacific legislatures to establish and strengthen their...
NZ minister warned on possible risk over Israeli use of satellites
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New Zealand's Space Minister Judith Collins was warned just two months into Israel's war on Gaza that new BlackSky satellites being launched...
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