Tag: Diplomacy
Civil society groups call on NZ to bar new Israeli envoy...
Asia Pacific Report
A broad coalition of civil society organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand have signed an open letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters...
Superpower rivalry makes Pacific aid a bargaining chip – vulnerable nations...
ANALYSIS: By Sione Tekiteki, Auckland University of Technology
The A$140 million aid agreement between Australia and Nauru signed last week is a prime example of...
‘Don’t mistake Pacific leaders AUKUS quietness’ as support for NZ, says...
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
A Pacific regionalism academic has called out New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters for withholding information from...
NZ Foreign Minister Peters accused of ‘entirely defamatory’ remarks about ex-Australian...
By Jo Moir, RNZ News political editor, and Craig McCulloch, deputy political editor
New Zealand's Labour Party is demanding Winston Peters be stood down as...
Marape first global leader to speak in Australian parliament since 2020
By Lawrence Fong of the PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea and Australia created another piece of history yesterday when James Marape became the first international...
Fiji considers tapping into CIA ‘global knowledge, expertise’ in war on...
By Nacanieli Tuilevuka in Suva
Those spooked by the presence of a senior Central Intelligence Agency official in Fiji this week have nothing to fear.
At...
‘Holding world to ransom,’ claims NZ defence minister over Yemen action
RNZ News
New Zealand's defence minister has defended a decision to send six NZ Defence Force staff to the Middle East to help "take out"...
Marshall Islands reaffirms ties with Taiwan in wake of Nauru shift
By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal and RNZ Pacific correspondent
Marshall Islands officials quickly moved this week to reaffirm this nation's ties...
China has ‘whittled down’ key Taiwan support with Nauru move, says...
RNZ Pacific
A security studies professor says China has been applying pressure to countries to switch diplomatic ties over from Taiwan, but Beijing says its...
NZ govt ‘welcomes’ US diplomatic relations with Cook Islands, Niue
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
The New Zealand government has given its full blessing to Cook Islands and Niue establishing diplomatic relations with the...
PNG leader Marape denies Papua human rights comments were his
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has backtracked on his comments that PNG had "no right to comment" on human rights abuses...
Palestine furious at PNG Prime Minister opening embassy in Jerusalem
RNZ Pacific
The Palestinian Authority has called the opening of Papua New Guinea's Israeli embassy in Jerusalem an "aggression" and a "violation" of international law.
In...
Indonesia responds after claim official attempted to bribe RNZ Pacific journalist
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor
A Radio New Zealand journalist says an Indonesian government official attempted to bribe and intimidate him at last month's...
France aims to boost Pacific ‘cultural diplomacy’ with French lessons in...
RNZ Pacific
France is upping its "cultural diplomacy" in the Pacific with the launch of its free French language classes for Fijian journalists and social...
Potential AUKUS deal could divide NZ and Pacific, says academic
By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific
An international relations professor says that if New Zealand joins AUKUS it could impact on its relations with Pacific countries.
AUKUS...
France, Vanuatu agree to sort out ‘southern land’ border dispute
By Doddy Morris in Port Vila
French President Emmanuel Macron and Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau have reached an agreement to settle the "land problem"...
PNG plans 21-gun salute for Macron in historic visit to an...
PNG Post-Courier
French President Emmanuel Macron jets into Port Moresby late tomorrow for his historic visit to Papua New Guinea and will be met by...
French President Macron to make historic visit to PNG, Vanuatu
RNZ Pacific
French President Emmanuel Macron will make a first official visit to Papua New Guinea next Friday as part of a short Pacific trip.
AFP...
West Papua solidarity group protests over arrest of 10 KNPB members
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian advocacy group for West Papua self-determination has condemned yesterday's arrest by Indonesian security forces of 10 West Papua National Committee...
Vanuatu – West Papua – MSG: An epic saga of...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
The name Vanuatu has taken on a sacred significance in Papuan liberation consciousness.
The Free Papua Movement (OPM) elders ignited...
PM on China visit: ‘Door wide open for NZ products and...
RNZ News
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says New Zealand's largest ever trade delegation to China has been "knocking on open doors".
Hipkins held a media briefing...
West Papua’s customary region leaders back full MSG membership
Asia Pacific Report
Seven executives representing all the customary regions of West Papua have declared their support for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua...