New Zealand

Christchurch-based Tongan artist John Vea opened on Saturday at the Christchurch Art Gallery. Audio

A New Zealand immigration advisor believes visa-free travel should not be extended to visitors from Pacific Island nations despite growing calls for free movement of people in the region.

Vasa Fia Collins opens up about the heartbreak of losing him, the struggles of grief, and the powerful legacy he left behind in an exclusive interview with RNZ Pacific.

A geopolitics analyst says New Zealand joining AUKUS would further intensify geopolitical tensions, which the Pacific region does not need. Audio

Pacific leaders have, in recent times, scaled up their calls for freer movement of people within the region, and Teanau Tuiono wants to make it a reality. Audio

New Zealand's Minister of Internal Affairs says 847 Samoans have been granted New Zealand citizenship under a new law. Audio

"The misuse of haka to push colonial agendas is perversely ironic," says Eru Kapa-Kingi.

Debbie Ngarewa-Packer joined more than 400 people in Rarotonga on Tuesday morning to protest against Prime Minister Mark Brown's government.

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.

"We can confirm that there are a number of issues on which New Zealand and the Cook Islands Government currently do not see eye to eye," the spokesperson for Deputy PM Winston Peters said.

Despite a shortfall in promised government funding, Polyfest's organisers say that the resilience of Pacific people will keep the festival alive.

More than 30 per cent of Pasifika live in overcrowded homes, facing complex issues stemming from cultural values clashing with a housing market that favours smaller, high-profit properties.

The plan reveals flagship policies - such as Electrify NZ and the aim of having 10,000 EV chargers by 2030 - will have a comparatively tiny impact on emissions over the next five years.

A Pasifika community leader, based in Auckland said he has seen a drop in community engagement by the Ministry for Pacific Peoples since the workforce was slashed.

Conversations on the Edges of Rooms is a compilation album from 12 Christchurch Pacific artists sharing original songs across a variety of genres.

Under the new law, only those born within the specified time frame are eligible, leaving children and grandchildren of these individuals without a pathway.

The HMNZS Manawanui grounded and sank off the coast of Samoa as a result of human error, an interim report has found.