Tag: China

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

ANALYSIS: By John Pilger When I first went to Hiroshima in 1967, the shadow on the steps was still there. It was an almost perfect...

By Nikko Dizon and Paterno R Esmaquel II in Manila Filipinos and the people of Hong Kong are both in need of prayers over recently-passed...

By RNZ News Opposition National list MP Dr Jian Yang has announced his retirement from New Zealand politics and says he will not stand in...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The Papua New Guinea government is adamant no immigration laws, airport and covid-19 protocols - including national security - were breached...

By Adelaide Sirox Kari in Port Moresby Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape says an aircraft with four Chinese businessmen on board had complied...

By Bernadette Carreon, RNZ Pacific Palau correspondent Palau's President says the World Health Organisation's neglect of Taiwan has endangered, not only Taiwanese, but people everywhere. In...