2000 coup leader George Speight announcing at Parliament House in Suva on May 28 that he planned to rule Fiji by decree. Image: RNZ File The man behind the 2000 coup in Fiji, George Speight, and the ...

French police have shot and killed two men in New Caledonia, stoking tensions with pro-independence groups days ahead of a public holiday marking France’s annexation of the Pacific archipelago. The ...

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Racism, torture and arbitrary arrests are some examples of discrimination indigenous Papuans have dealt with over the last 60 ...

Pacific flags -- Fiji and Tonga -- and protesters in support of Palestine at a recent rally in New Zealand's largest city Auckland . . . but both countries voted against at the UN General Assembly ...

The International Press Institute (IPI) has strongly condemned the Israeli government’s recent decision to revoke the press passes of Al Jazeera journalists, months after the global news outlet was ...

Pro-independence fighters in the Indonesian-ruled West Papua region have proposed the terms of release for the New Zealand pilot taken hostage almost 18 months ago. The armed faction of the West Papua ...

Fears of potential unrest on New Caledonia’s symbolic September 24 date have prompted stronger restrictions in New Caledonia and the deployment of large numbers of French security personnel. The date ...