Monthly Archives: June 2024
New Caledonia votes first under tight security in French snap election
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Voters in New Caledonia will go to the polls this weekend under tight security, almost eight...
New Zealand framing China as ‘the devil’ insincere, says Pacific lecturer
RNZ Pacific
An international relations lecturer says New Zealand's framing of China in the perceived Pacific geopolitical struggle is "disingenuous".
Victoria University of Wellington's Nanai Anae...
Decolonisation, the climate crisis, and improving media education in the Pacific
Global Voices interviews veteran author, journalist and educator David Robie who discussed the state of Pacific media, journalism education, and the role of the...
‘Quite emotional’ – thousands crowd Rotorua lake edge to watch Matariki show
By Laura Smith, Local Democracy Reporter
Last night's Matariki drone show was an emotional experience for some of the thousands who huddled under the glow...
Hawai’i’s Rimpac war games begin, but academic condemns them as harmful ‘how to invade’...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson
Hawai’ian academic Dr Emalani Case has condemned the 2024 Rimpac military exercise that began off the coast of Hawai’i...
Indonesia accused of subverting Pacific push for UN rights mission to Papua
By Stefan Armbruster, Victor Mambor and BenarNews staff
An unheralded visit to Indonesia’s Papuan provinces by a leading Pacific diplomat has drawn criticism for undermining...
How former Greens MP Keith Locke often became a voice for the Pacific
OBITUARY: By Philip Cass of Kaniva Tonga
A New Zealand politician and human rights activist with a strong connection to Tonga’s Democracy movement and other...
French envoy hits back at Vanuatu’s Kanak solidarity march petition
By Nicholas Mwai in Port Vila
French Ambassador Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer to Vanuatu has hit back at criticism about French policy over Kanaky New Caledonia...
WikiLeaks founder Assange hearing ‘significant’ for Pacific island Saipan
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's court hearing in Saipan is set to make "this dot in the middle of the...
Benny Wenda’s plea to back new West Papuan ‘liberation front’ for freedom
Asia Pacific Report
The president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has welcomed the launch of a new political front, urging support...
Plea deal ends personal ordeal for Julian Assange, but still media freedom concerns, says...
Pacific Media Watch
The reported plea bargain between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the United States government brings to a close one of the darkest...
InsidePNG’s Sincha Dimara wins East-West ‘courage award’ for free press
Pacific Media Watch
Papua New Guinean journalist Sincha Dimara, news editor at the online publication InsidePNG, is one of seven recipients of this year's East-West...
Fresh violence flares up in New Caledonia – 38 arrested
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Fresh violence has erupted in several parts of New Caledonia over the past three days, with...
People of the Indian diaspora in Pacific – another view through creative media
Asia Pacific Report
An exhibition from Tara Arts International has been brought to The University of the South Pacific as part of the Pacific International...
Former MP slams National’s stance on Samoa citizenship bill
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
A former National Party Member of Parliament says his late party looked "like dickheads" not supporting the first reading...
Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Shock over pro-independence leader charges, transfer to France
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
A group of pro-independence leaders charged with allegedly organising protests that turned into violent unrest in...
Aotearoa Caravan for Free Palestine reaches Auckland, joins downtown rally
Asia Pacific Report
The Aotearoa Caravan For a Free Palestine arrived in Auckland at the weekend and was greeted and supported by a large rally...
In Canada, a pattern of police intimidation of freelance journalists is emerging
COMMENTARY: By Savanna Craig
On the morning of April 15, I headed to a branch of Scotiabank in downtown Montreal to cover a pro-Palestine protest....
Pacific Media Conference to celebrate 30th birthday of Pacific Journalism Review
By Mark Pearson
Journalists, publishers, academics, diplomats and NGO representatives from throughout the Asia-Pacific region will gather for the 2024 Pacific International Media Conference hosted...
Does Israel really want to open a two-front war by attacking Hezbollah in Lebanon?
ANALYSIS: By Ian Parmeter, Australian National University
Among the many sayings attributed to Winston Churchill is, “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed...
Former Green MP and ‘conscience of the year’ Keith Locke dies, aged 80
RNZ News
Former Green MP Keith Locke, a passionate activist and anti-war critic once described as "conscience of the year", has died in hospital, aged...
‘Stop the violence, killing against Kanaks’ plea by Vanuatu MPs
Vanuatu Daily Post
All eight Members of Parliament from Vanuatu's Tafea Province have made a bold and powerful call to French President Emmanuel Macron to...