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Six-Year-Old Spends Food Budget On Video Game 'Gems'
Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 6:04 pm | RNZ
The boy's father discovered $800 had been spent in a month, leaving him without enough money to pay for food. More >>
"It Has Been An Honour": Flying Fijians Head Coach Mick Byrne Resigns
Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 5:58 pm | RNZ
The Fiji Rugby Union announced the news this afternoon. More >>
Thousands Take To The Streets Of Nouméa Ahead Of French Parliament Debate
Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 5:52 pm | RNZ
An estimated 2500 pro-France supporters took to the streets in downtown Nouméa, brandishing tricolour blue-white-red flags and denouncing what they described as "second-class citizens" treatment. More >>
Samoa's Former Deputy Prime Minister To Fight Electoral Bribery Finding
Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 5:49 pm | RNZ
The country's highest-ranking judge found Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemo guilty of bribery involving a voter on the eve of last year's general election. More >>
More Cordial Relations Expected After Peters-brown Forum In Cook Islands
Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 5:35 pm | RNZ
Foreign Minister Winston Peters is departing today for Rarotonga in what is likely to be a resumption of friendlier relations. More >>
Who The Winners And Losers Of Christopher Luxon's Election-Year Cabinet Reshuffle Might Be
Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 3:35 pm | RNZ
Analysis: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will be juggling disappointment and elation when announcing his election-year Cabinet reshuffle on Thursday. More >>
Major Meat Firm Silver Fern Farms Halts Middle East Exports; Returns To Profit
Tuesday, 31 March 2026, 5:58 pm | RNZ
Silver Ferns Farms is back in the black, but also counting the costs of halting exports into its key Persian Gulf markets. More >>
Fuel Cost Jumps $40 In A Week: Who's Feeling It Most?
Tuesday, 31 March 2026, 5:44 pm | RNZ
It comes as research shows about half of us think it would be impossible to live without a car. More >>
Plea For PNG People To Heed Weather And Marine Alerts Before Going To Sea
Tuesday, 31 March 2026, 5:14 pm | RNZ
Papua New Guineans are being urged to heed weather and marine alerts before going to sea More >>
'We Are Doing Something About It': Fiji's Health Minister Defends HIV Response
Tuesday, 31 March 2026, 5:08 pm | RNZ
Dr Ratu Atonio Lalabalavu has defended the government's handling of the country's HIV crisis, saying initiatives have been put in place to "get this under control". More >>
Pacific News In Brief For 31 March
Tuesday, 31 March 2026, 5:04 pm | RNZ
A round-up of news from around the region, including new Green Climate Fund developments in the Pacific. More >>
Greens Deny Former Sex Worker's Background Was A Factor In Candidate Decision
Tuesday, 31 March 2026, 5:01 pm | RNZ
Greens co-leader Marama Davidson says the party was not "at all" concerned about Bianca Beebe's background. More >>
Fuel Crisis The Priority, Not Style Guides, Judith Collins Tells ACT
Tuesday, 31 March 2026, 4:57 pm | RNZ
Public Service Minister Judith Collins has shrugged off pressure from coalition partner ACT over the government's English-first policy. More >>
Nicola Willis Rules Out Reduction In Road User Charges For Diesel Users
Tuesday, 31 March 2026, 4:55 pm | RNZ
With diesel now on a par with petrol, the additional cost of RUCs has pushed the price of operating a diesel vehicle well beyond that of a petrol car. More >>
Papua New Guinea's Gun Buyback Scheme A 'Short-Term Fix', Academic Warns
Monday, 30 March 2026, 6:32 pm | RNZ
A University of PNG lecturer says the firearms buyback initiative "can lower immediate threats", but "it alone would not automatically address the underlying drivers of law and order issues". More >>
Iran War: Marshall Islands Declares 90-Day Economic Emergency Over Fuel Crisis
Monday, 30 March 2026, 6:27 pm | RNZ
The Marshall Islands has declared a 90-day state of economic emergency amid a growing fuel crisis due to the United States and Israel's war in Iran. More >>
Southland Farmer Takes Edible Bale Netting Invention To Europe
Monday, 30 March 2026, 12:35 pm | RNZ
The Orepuki deer farmer, who invented edible bale netting, has his eyes set on international markets and the British royal family. More >>
From Beststart To Kiwisaver: Changes That Might Affect Your Wallet On 1 April
Monday, 30 March 2026, 12:23 pm | RNZ
Some additional shifts can make a big difference to your bank balance, pay and retirement savings. More >>
Fuel Crisis: 'Business As Usual', Luxon Says - But Some Industries Are Struggling
Monday, 30 March 2026, 12:15 pm | RNZ
It comes as supply chain data shows the last shipments of fuel from Gulf Oil for New Zealand are likely to arrive on 20 April. More >>
Philippine Airlines To Push Through With Manila-Saipan Flights Despite Energy Crisis
Monday, 30 March 2026, 12:11 pm | RNZ
The airline says it will proceed with its new route despite an energy crisis in the Philippines and the recent suspension of Cebu-Guam flights. More >>
