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The ACT Party is promising it will put a stop to what its leader says is pattern of past National governments campaigning from the right and governing from the left.

Ocean and island biodiversity top of agenda; lack of forest rangers in West Papua; and more

The French government says it won't organise another referendum in New Caledonia during the president's current five-year term.

Canala marks New Caledonia referendum, Goa fined for drink-driving, Vanuatu shores up habitat, Takeuchi's work honoured

Explainer - RNZ helps unpack what entrenchment law is and its significance, after the topic became a key issue in the Three Waters legislation's passage into law. Audio

Acting Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat has confirmed his Government's support for a Congress of New Caledonia plan for airlinks between Lifou Island in New Caledonia to Tanna, Port Vila and…

The French interior minister Gerald Darmanin has wrapped up a week of wide-ranging talks in New Caledonia trying to advance work on a new statute for the territory.

Chris Hipkins has admitted Labour made a "mistake" with the entrenchment clause in its Three Waters legislation.

Pro-independence groups in New Caledonia have proposed the Kanak flag as an official flag for the territory.

The French interior minister Gerald Darmanin has held a day of meetings with the leaders of New Caledonia's political parties on the territory's future.

Andrew Little says the way many drugs are regulated "causes social harm" but there's no mandate for radical change.

In a new documentary, RNZ's Guyon Espiner asks what business Richard Nixon has in sending hundreds of New Zealanders to prison each year for low-level drug offences.

The president of New Caledonia's Southern Province Sonia Backes says the next provincial elections due in 2024 cannot be held with the current electoral roll.

The French interior minister Gerald Darmanin says it is up to the French state to reach out to those in New Caledonia who have voted against the territory staying with France.

Cabinet will today discuss an entrenchment provision in the three waters legislation after lawyers and opposition parties criticised the move as unconstitutional. Audio

Ministerial visit to discuss New Caledonia future; Cruise ship visit angers Kanaks; and more

An Australian academic believes the Papua New Guinea Government might be preparing to walk away from the idea of independence for Bougainville.