APR editor
Trump is blustering as usual but in reality praying for Iran...
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean
Many American apologists cannot see the forest for the trees and think that the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz represents...
Pacific Forum responds to current global fuel and energy challenges
RNZ Pacific
The Pacific Islands Forum troika Leaders have agreed to activate the Biketawa Declaration, placing the region on a co-ordinated high alert framework to...
Man linked to gang activity dies after Fiji military detention, local...
RNZ Pacific
The Fiji Police Force has confirmed that a man who was taken in for questioning by the Republic of Fiji Military Forces in...
‘Unconstitutional’ – NSW court strikes down Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws
By Stephanie Tran of Michael West Media
The Supreme Court of New South Wales has struck down the state’s draconian anti-protest laws, ruling they impose...
Neoliberalism caused two fractures in the world – why Iran’s resistance...
ANALYSIS: By Prabhat Patnaik
It is the people of the Global South, not governments, who must resist this subversion of the concepts of the "nation'...
Marshall Islands government shuts down at 3pm daily amid fuel crisis
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent
Most government offices in the Marshall Islands began enforcing a new policy this week of closing...
Iran hasn’t survived decades of hostile sanctions, assassinations and sabotage by...
COMMENTARY: By Prince Taofeek Ajibade
US President Donald Trump probably thinks he can starve a country that feeds itself.
Washington is selling the naval blockade of...
Caitlin Johnstone: I hope the US loses and the empire collapses
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
I don’t mind admitting that I hope the US and Israel suffer a crushing, devastating defeat in Iran.
I hope this war...
NZ’s $86 billion Super Fund failed to properly address human rights,...
By Keiller MacDuff, RNZ News senior reporter
The managers of the New Zealand's $86 billion Super Fund failed to properly address human rights issues when...
Deadly landslide claims 10 lives in PNG’s East New Britain, reports...
RNZ Pacific
Ten people have died in a landslide in Gazelle district in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain Province following continuous heavy rain, according...
Trump’s naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz actually targets China
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean
Most of Iranian oil -- 96.7 percent -- is destined for China. If you note this figure, you will realise that...
Solomon Islands PM challenges court order to face no-confidence vote within...
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
The Solomon Islands' Attorney-General is challenging a ruling by the Chief Justice in favour of a new coalition...
Divide and rule – how UAE is Israel’s ‘Trojan horse’ in...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
Without understanding the astonishing network of power exercised by the United Arab Emirates you would have no idea why the UAE...
Gallery: Standing up for the people of Iran . . ....
Asia Pacific Report
A massive Stop Wars Aotearoa coalition rally and march on the US Consulate took place in Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau last Saturday, 11...
Fiji military puts public ‘on notice’ citing national security threats
RNZ Pacific
The Fiji military has warned that individuals responsible for "any attempt to destabilise national security" and those who aid "individuals engaged in criminal...
Auckland Council committee votes to review illegal Israeli settlement policies
Asia Pacific Report
The planning and policy committee of New Zealand's largest city today voted decisively to review its procurement policies to ensure it is...
Why Iran will never break – and Iranians will decide their...
COMMENTARY: By Kaveh
As an Iranian living in New Zealand, I wake up every morning to the quiet green hills and the calm sea, but...
Why Trump’s naval blockade to ‘strangle’ Iran is a joke
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean
This US naval blockade is meant to strangle the Iranian economy by preventing it from exporting oil -- the economic lifeline...
Iran threatens retaliation over Gulf ‘piracy’ in Trump’s naval blockade
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: Ship traffic has halted again in the Strait of Hormuz after President Trump ordered the US military to begin a naval...
Global Sumud Flotilla heads from Barcelona to break Gaza blockade
Asia Pacific Report
A group of 39 boats known as the Global Sumud Flotilla has set sail from Barcelona to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza,...
French Polynesia’s legislature shows new shape, more divisions
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
The Territorial Assembly of French Polynesia has for the first time shown a new configuration during...
What I would do if I was Mojtaba Khamenei – a...
COMMENTARY: By Bonface Chisutia
On the night of February 28, the Israel-US airstrike killed his father, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, his wife, his brother-in-law...































































