Tag: China
Kanak delegate warns France against ‘recolonising’ New Caledonia with a lie
By Walter Zweifel, RNZ French Pacific reporter
The Kanak people will not accept France's attempt to "recolonise" New Caledonia, a pro-independence delegate has told the...
Making sense of the scary Philippines election – 10 seconds into...
COMMENTARY: By Keeara Ofren
Many of you will know that I am Filipina. The past few days have been quite a journey following the Philippine...
New Zealand and Singapore add climate to partnership priorities
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News digital journalist
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong have added a focus on climate...
Transform Aqorau: Rethinking Solomon Islands security – focus on arms unsustainable
ANALYSIS: By Transform Aqorau in Honiara
It has been an interesting couple of weeks for Solomon Islands, with stories of policing, weapons, replica weapons and...
Universities must act to prevent espionage and foreign interference, but national...
ANALYSIS: By Sarah Kendall, The University of Queensland
This week, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security released its much anticipated report on national...
John Minto: The hypocrisy of NZ’s silence in calling out Israeli,...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto in Christchurch
On December 30, New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade published a tweet condemning the forced closure of...
US announces deeper engagement strategy to match China in the Pacific
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
The United States insists it is a Pacific nation and has unveiled a raft of new strategies...
Solomon Islands political battle ends with Sogavare winning confidence vote
By Robert Iroga in Honiara
After a day of political showdown that at times involved shouting battles and personal clashes, the much anticipated motion of...
Solomons PM condemned during confidence debate, but survives
RNZ Pacific
The Solomon Islands prime minister came in for searing criticism when he faced a confidence vote in Parliament today.
A motion of no confidence...
Solomon Islands riots push nation into slippery slide of self-implosion
ANALYSIS: By Transform Aqorau
The riots in Honiara yesterday, disturbing the city’s normally quiet atmosphere, were unexpected but not surprising.
Someone made reference to a possible...
The ultimate guide to why the COP26 summit ended in failure...
ANALYSIS: By Robert Hales, Griffith University and Brendan Mackey, Griffith University
After two hard-fought weeks of negotiations, the Glasgow climate change summit is, at last,...
Gallery: ‘Migrant lives matter’ protest slams NZ policies – Palestinian justice...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
New Zealand's largest ever crowd in support of migrant rights gathered in Auckland's Aotea Square at the weekend in triple protests...
Remembering Tiananmen in Hong Kong: An increasingly risky act of resistance
By Oiwan Lam in Hong Kong
Hong Kong police on June 4 deployed 7000 officers in Victoria Park and across the city to ensure that...
Single Asian Female: A reflection
REVIEW: By Sherry Zhang
Last week, writer Sherry Zhang was at the opening night of Auckland Theatre Company's production of Single Asian Female. She's waited...
Scott Waide: Open letter to PM James Marape: Treat our people fairly
COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide in Lae
Dear Prime Minister Marape
Our government has to admit the fact that there is a glaring imbalance between Papua New...
Ardern springs surprise with Mahuta now in charge of ‘Pacific reset’
By Jane Patterson, RNZ Political Editor
The bolt out of the blue in New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's new cabinet is Nanaia Mahuta as...
Arrested ship crew deny ‘bunkering’, other marine charges in PNG court
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Three crew members of an unnamed foreign ship intercepted by a Papua New Guinea Navy vessel near Kavieng, New...
‘We don’t interfere in other countries’ affairs,’ says Tongan PM on...
By Philip Cass in Auckland
“Tonga does not interfere in other nations’ own affairs.”
That was the carefully measured response from Prime Minister Pōhiva Tu’i’onetoa to the...
Australian officials admit Pacific ‘grand compact’ idea probe – NZ deal...
By Kaniva News
Senior officials from Australia’s Foreign Affairs Department have admitted they are investigating the concept of a “grand compact” with some small Pacific...
Drop Western ‘mental maps’ for Asian new order, says Mahbubani
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Singaporean philosopher, former diplomat and academic Professor Kishore Mahbubani has warned the world is entering a global “Asian new order” and...
PNG bans covid ‘vaccination’ – orders probe into Chinese worker claim
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
The Papua New Guinea government will not allow the use in the country of any vaccine to treat the...
PNG says 175 returning workers from China followed protocols – 271...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
The Papua New Guinea government has clarified that 175 workers from China who have arrived in Port Moresby from...