Bougainville polling pushed back to Friday | RNZ News
Voting in Bougainville's election has been rescheduled until Friday, to allow enough time to dispatch ballot papers.| RNZ
Voting in Bougainville's election has been rescheduled until Friday, to allow enough time to dispatch ballot papers.| RNZ
It's thought such a poll has not previously been attempted in Papua New Guinea.| RNZ
The Great Council of Chiefs chairman says the document, which grants every citizen equal status and rights, is "restricting a lot of work for the iTaukei" people.| RNZ
François Bayrou's surprise announcement on Monday that he will call for a parliament confidence vote in his government is set to further complicate protracted talks in Nouméa.| RNZ
The Pacific region has been a "significant" supporter of Israel at the United Nations, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said on X (formerly Twitter).| RNZ
The extent of the damage from the botched update is still being assessed.| RNZ
"It's as if if large portions of the internet suffered temporary amnesia" one expert said.| RNZ
Parties agree the laws and regulations governing gene technology need to be modernised, but disagree over what the final bill should look like.| RNZ
A senior leader of the West Papua freedom movement has welcomed the call from the MSG Leaders' Summit in Port Vila for Indonesia to allow the long-awaited visit of the UN Human Rights chief to West Papua.| RNZ
Since the 1950s, the Ngaruroro River in Hawke’s Bay has been steadily and deliberately restricted to a channel half its former width. As the likelihood of extreme flooding increases, is it time to re-imagine the river’s future?| RNZ
The ban is going into place around the Otago Peninsula to protect the threatened penguin population.| RNZ
The fate of one of the world's rarest penguins is on a knife-edge as breeding season gets underway.| RNZ
Tonight, on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Jennie Moreton and Sue Kedgley First up, new figures show the amount of Kiwisaver funds that bought into weapon companies increased by 40 percent this year: is your Kiwisaver invested in weapons involved in the war in Gaza? And they discuss microplastics, specifically the Global Plastic Treaty talks which are in danger of collapsing| RNZ
The move by the pro-independence group has prompted France's Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls to travel to the French territory again next week.| RNZ
Pro-and-anti-independence parties committed to a deal regarding the future political status of the French Pacific territory on Saturday.| RNZ
The government's plan to charge motorists more to fund roading projects is being labelled broken promises that will only worsen the cost of living.| RNZ
Jeremy McMinn says the situation is dire and when he returns to work on Thursday, he will be working for a 48-hour stretch covering three other missing doctors.| RNZ
A researcher studying the long-term health effects is calling for vapes to be made prescription only.| RNZ
Despite the axing of Auckland's plans, Greater Christchurch councils are hoping to keep their proposal going,| RNZ
A race is underway as two companies unveil their schemes to connect Queenstown by high-wire.| RNZ
A Pacific Islands Forum high-level mission was expected to travel to New Caledonia this week to speak to all sides involved in the ongoining violence in the French territory.| RNZ
Véronique Roger-Lacan says it is up to Paris to decide whether a high-level mission to New Caledonia will be possible prior to or after the Forum Leaders' Summit in Tonga.| RNZ
A man in his thirties was allegedly shot by a gendarme who responded after being targeted, according to initial investigations, the public prosecutor said at the end of May.| RNZ
"Our Pacific region is home to independent experts and skilled personnel, that are familiar with this region, its history, its people, and importantly, its context, that can support all parties to move this process forward."| RNZ
The first cohort of an apprenticeship programme aimed at ridding Aotearoa of pests and boosting the conservation workforce have started graduating.| RNZ
Cook Islands Foreign Affairs Minister says Cabinet ministers have endorsed the comprehensive strategic agreement the country will sign with China this week.| RNZ
The New Zealand government says the Cook Islands has failed to properly consult it on proposed agreements its Prime Minister Mark Brown will be signing in China this week - and Brown has now left for China.| RNZ
The Cook Islands prime minister says New Zealand is asking for too much oversight over its deal with Beijing which is expected to be signed next week.| RNZ
"The strong bonds between Kiribati and New Zealand will enable a resolution to this unfortunate standoff," the Kiribati President's Office said on Monday.| RNZ
A trio of academics are calling on the Canterbury Regional Council to take urgent action on what they deem a water pollution crisis.| RNZ
If Richard O’Brien had landed the role of Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar his smash cult musical The Rocky Horror Show might never have happened, he says.| RNZ
The move comes as Australia's PM Anthony Albanese confirms Australia will recognise Palestinian statehood at the UN.| RNZ
A group of civil society organisations is writing to Emmanuel Macron calling on him to change his stance toward the indigenous people of New Caledonia.| RNZ
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Former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is France's new Minister for Overseas.| RNZ
As French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government has fallen to a motion of no confidence just three months after coming to office, New Caledonia is among the major victims.| RNZ
Small and medium business federation president Nicole Moreau says the crisis following the May 2024 riots was not only human and economic, but also social.| RNZ
Dan McGarry said despite facing charges, because Tate has not been convicted, "none of that is disqualifying".| RNZ
Rates of 'high risk' burnout have more than doubled since December.| RNZ
Mouthguards that light up when a player sustains a significant head impact will be used this year.| RNZ
The New Caledonia Congress President has doubled down on Kanaks' aspirations to seek self-determination and lambasted France for "demeaning" Pacific leaders' mission.| RNZ
During a press conference in Paris, the French President mentioned all of the now-dissolved National Assembly's "pending projects".| RNZ
New Zealand needs to ensure it does not become unhinged over the spat with the Cook Islands, says an international relations specialist at Victoria University of Wellington.| RNZ
Diplomatic tension between the Cook Islands and New Zealand is growing. Here's what it's about, what China has to do with it, and why it matters.| RNZ
Talks on the political and economic future of New Caledonia are being held in Noumea and Paris.| RNZ
The Micronesian nation experienced 67 known atmospheric nuclear tests between 1946 and 1958, resulting in an ongoing legacy of death, illness, and contamination.| RNZ
The Prime Minister met with UN Women's Asia Pacific regional director Christine Arab in Port Moresby "to discuss issues of women".| RNZ
Evelyn Kunda, currently in Aotearoa to shine a light on the horrors of sorcery related violence in her country, says victims in her country "need justice".| RNZ
The projects will help the economy, housing crisis and infrastructure deficits, Minister for Infrastructure Chris Bishop says.| RNZ
The projects include a quarry extension into conservation land and a development whose owner was supported by National MPs during a battle with Kāinga Ora.| RNZ
Official ratification of a "comprehensive strategic partnership" agreement is likely to cause consternation in Wellington.| RNZ
John Ryan says he will investigate whether "appropriate systems and processes" were in place for ministers.| RNZ
The Ombudsman found the Department of Conservation was both unlawful and unreasonable in its refusal to provide copies of its advice to ministers.| RNZ
A newly released letter from Amazon to then-Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern shows the US tech firm celebrating an "ambitious partnership" with the New Zealand government.| RNZ
Nearly all political parties currently in Parliament recorded a big jump in donations in 2023. What happened?| RNZ
The government's super-ministry has quietly embedded itself in the country's spy agency network, more than tripling the size and spending of its own intelligence-gathering arm.| RNZ
Technology that lets outdoor advertisers track people in the street is spreading, though the marketing industry says it is at pains not to invade privacy.| RNZ
Surveillance camera networks that police used to track three Covid-infected women around Northland, are spreading widely around the country.| RNZ
