Tag: Australia

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Prime Minister James Marape has urged armed captors to free the remaining four hostages which includes an Australian-based New...

PNG Post-Courier As day five dawned in Papua New Guinea's kidnapping drama, the family of one of the four hostages captives -- one of three...

PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinean security forces have been authorised to use the full force of the law to secure the four captives being held...

ANALYSIS: By Camellia Webb-Gannon, University of Wollongong “Phil Mehrtens is the nicest guy, he genuinely is -- no one ever had anything bad to say...

BOOK CHAPTER: By Nicky Hager Whistleblower Owen Wilkes was a tireless and formidable researcher for the Pacific, peace and disarmament. Before the internet, he combed...

The Sunday Bulletin Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape says it is very disappointing that foreign-owned media in the country continue to run “fake...

ANALYSIS: By Dominic O'Sullivan, Charles Sturt University When Fijians elect a new parliament on December 14, it is likely their votes will be counted fairly...

OPEN LETTER: The Ōtepoti Declaration by the Indigenous Caucus of the Nuclear Connections Across Oceania Conference On the 61st anniversary of the first raising of...

ANALYSIS: By Htwe Htwe Thein, Curtin University The fate of Myanmar has major implications for a free and open Indo-Pacific. An undemocratic Myanmar serves no one’s...

ANALYSIS: By Jamie Wall, RNZ sports writer The Blacks Ferns 41-17 win over the Wallaroos on the field at Auckland's Eden Park last night was...

RNZ Pacific Senior government and military leaders from the United States, New Zealand, Australia and Japan are in Honiara to mark the 80th anniversary of...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk The Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the censoring of the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) as an "assault...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) has condemned the absence of West Papua in last week's Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) official...

By Geraldine Panapasa in Suva Climate change remains the single greatest existential threat facing the Blue Pacific, as leaders concluded the biggest diplomatic regional meeting...

RNZ News Addressing media on developments at the Pacific Islands Forum in Suva, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says making sure the region is investing now...

By Wata Shaw in Suva Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama opened the 51st Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting yesterday by saying it was setting the...

RNZ Pacific Seats were glaringly empty at the Pacific Islands Forum summit in Suva this morning as Pacific leaders sat down to the first formal...

By Katie Scotcher, RNZ News political reporter Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is expected to participate in the upcoming NATO Leaders Summit, becoming the first New...

RNZ News The New Zealand government is considering more action to crack down on violent gang behaviour but has dismissed the idea of a ban...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Newly elected Māori Pati president and columnist John Tamihere has launched a blistering criticism of New Zealand’s negative media attitude to...

ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato This week’s White House meeting between NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and US President Joe Biden reflected a...

ANALYSIS: By the RNZ Pacific editorial team China has been successful in signing multiple bilateral agreements with almost a dozen Pacific Island nations during its...