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Vanuatu’s Kalsakau resigns, calls for delay on constitutional referendum
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
Vanuatu's former prime minister and opposition MP Ishmael Kalsakau has stepped down -- just two days after he confirmed...
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200 journalists ‘targeted’ over their environment reporting, warns RSF
Pacific Media Watch
Journalists who report on environmental issues are encountering growing difficulties in many parts of the world, reports Reporters Without Borders.
According to the...
Thousands march across NZ demanding climate crisis action
Asia Pacific Report
From Whangārei in the north to Invercargill in the south, thousands took to the streets of Aotearoa New Zealand in today's climate...
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Murray Horton: Get tough on Israel – we’ve done it before...
COMMENTARY: By Murray Horton
New Zealand needs to get tough with Israel. It's not as if we haven't done so before.
When NZ authorities busted a...
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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...
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OPM’s Bomanak accuses UN of failing to uphold decolonisation role over...
Asia Pacific Report
A West Papuan resistance leader has condemned the United Nations role in allowing Indonesia to "integrate" the Melanesian Pacific region in what...
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...
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Vanuatu’s Kalsakau resigns, calls for delay on constitutional referendum
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
Vanuatu's former prime minister and opposition MP Ishmael Kalsakau has stepped down -- just two days after he confirmed...
OPM’s Bomanak accuses UN of failing to uphold decolonisation role over...
Asia Pacific Report
A West Papuan resistance leader has condemned the United Nations role in allowing Indonesia to "integrate" the Melanesian Pacific region in what...
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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...
New Koi Tū future report calls for overhaul of outdated NZ...
Koi Tū
New Zealand cannot sit back and see the collapse of its Fourth Estate, the director of Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures,...
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‘Performing monkeys for colonial institutions’ – Pacific adviser quits NZ Rugby
By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Prominent Pasifika community leader Pakilau Manase Lua has resigned from New Zealand Rugby's (NZR) Pasifika Advisory Group, saying...
Kolinisau named new Fiji 7s coach after Gollings’ failure to win...
By Rodney Duthie in Suva
The Fiji Rugby Union has sacked Fiji 7s head coach Ben Gollings and replaced him with former Fiji 7s captain...
SOCIO-ECONOMICS
Nuclear submarines may never appear, but AUKUS is already in place
By Paul Gregoire in Sydney
One year since Prime Minister Anthony Albanese went to San Diego to unveil the AUKUS deal the news came that...
PNG eyes China for more ‘cheaper’ loans as ties gain momentum
By Lawrence Fong in Port Moresby
Cheaper loans will be a key agenda for Papua New Guinea officials when Prime Minister James Marape leads a...
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Time to get in quick for the fast looming deadline for...
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