Monthly Archives: March 2024

Kia Ora Gaza and the Freedom Flotilla

Asia Pacific Report A New Zealand charity providing humanitarian aid for Gaza today revealed more details of the international Freedom Flotilla's bid to break the...
Protesters at Auckland's Aotea Square today

RNZ News Hundreds of people holding empty plates gathered in central Auckland today demanding the New Zealand government call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Protesters at...
The Islands Business cover story on the University of the South Pacific this week

Asia Pacific Report The University of the South Pacific -- one of only two regional universities in the world -- is facing a "gathering storm"...
Supporters of justice for Palestine are being "shadow banned" and censored

EDITORIAL: By Pip Hinman and Susan Price Meta, the giant social media corporation, has "unpublished" Green Left’s longstanding Facebook page, which had tens of thousands...
How Al Jazeera reported the global reaction to the viral video of Indonesian military torture

COMMENTARY: By Ronny Kareni Since the atrocious footage of the suffering of an indigenous Papuan man reverberates in the heart of Puncak by the brute...
NZ's former deputy prime minister Carmel Sepuloni

RNZ Pacific Opposition MPs and unions are criticising a proposal by New Zealand's Ministry of Pacific Peoples to cut staff by 40 percent. The country's largest...
Opposition Labour MP Phil Twyford holding the petition

By Anneke Smith, RNZ News political reporter A petition urging the New Zealand government to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people has been...
Gazan journalist Bayan Abusultan

Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based global media freedom watchdog RSF (Reporters Without Borders) has appealed for information about the "disappearance" of Palestinian journalist Bayan Abusultan. She...
Indonesian soldiers board a transport ship for Papua

EDITORIAL: The Jakarta Post It happens again and again; indigenous Papuans fall victim to Indonesian soldiers. This time, we have photographic evidence for the brutality, with...
Former Fiji prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama in a more jovial mood

RNZ Pacific Fiji's Acting Public Prosecutor has filed an appeal against the sentences of former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama and suspended police chief Sitiveni Qiliho...
A Jewish Voice for Peace rally

COMMENTARY: Jewish Voice for Peace The UN Security Council passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza on Monday -- and for the first...
Anti-Bases Campaign (ABC) organiser Murray Horton

Asia Pacific Report A New Zealand investigative journalist and author says the US spy system hosted by the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) appears to...
West Papuan demonstrators carry posters depicting torture

Jubi/West Papua Daily Repeated cases of Indonesian military (TNI) soldiers torturing civilians in Papua have been evident, as seen in the viral video depicting the...
Davao City’s Chinatown is a popular shopping street

By Kalinga Seneviratne in Davao, Philippines After being elected to the presidency in a landslide vote in June 2016, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte visited China...
Two of the ships being prepared in Istanbul, Turkey,

Asia Pacific Report Two of the global Freedom Flotilla ships are being prepared in Turkey and almost ready for the upcoming humanitarian mission to Gaza. It...
Performers from the Diversity Stage at the Auckland Polyfest 2024

SPECIAL REPORT: By Tiana Haxton, RNZ Pacific journalist South Auckland was a hub of indigenous pride as the Auckland Polyfest 2024 revealed a vibrant celebration...
An empty Tuffa water tank floats on the Kamininimbit River

By Phoebe Gwangilo Sepik villagers hit by Papua New Guinea's earthquake flooding are desperate for clean water, says local volunteer Charles Marlow “Since the flood, the...
Gaza children's empty plates

DEMOCRACY NOW! Presented by Amy Goodman AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! -- The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. We turn to Gaza, where...
King Tupou VI receives Tonga's Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku

RNZ Pacific The involvement in Tonga's government by King Tupou VI is a return to the "dark ages" for the kingdom, a long time journalist,...
Amnesty International Indonesia executive director Usman Hamid

Asia Pacific Report Amnesty International Indonesia is calling for an evaluation of the placement of TNI (Indonesian military) in Papua after a video of a...
TVNZ's new political editor Maiki Sherman

Pacific Media Watch Journalist Maiki Sherman (Ngāpuhi/Whakatōhea) has been appointed Television New Zealand's political editor, the first wahine Māori to lead the 1News political team...
East Sepik's double disaster

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's Defence Minister and minister responsible for the National Disaster Centre Dr Billy Joseph confirmed today that...