Monthly Archives: June 2024
Baron Waqa ‘more than able’ to lead Pacific Islands Forum, says Rabuka
RNZ Pacific
The new secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum, Baron Waqa, is "well equipped" for the role, Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says.
Waqa, a...
French Polynesia hosts ‘Marara’ military exercise for Asia-Pacific
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French Polynesia has just played host to a 15-nation "Marara" military exercise aimed at increasing "interoperability"...
‘Let’s talk’ – Rabuka hints at ‘national unity’ government for Fiji
By Shayal Devi in Suva
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has hinted at the possibility of establishing a government of national unity, which -- if...
French Pacific prepares for snap elections with mixed expectations
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
After the surprise announcement of the French National Assembly's dissolution last Sunday, French Pacific territories are...
Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: Fiji, PNG call for UN decolonisation mission
BenarNews staff
Fiji and Papua New Guinea have urged the UN’s Decolonisation Committee to expedite a visit to the French-controlled Pacific territory of Kanaky New...
Free media watchdog RSF mourns death of its secretary-general Christophe Deloire at 53
Pacific Media Watch
The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders global media freedom watchdog has announced that it is deeply saddened by the death of its secretary-general,...
Nick Rockel: RIMPAC 2024 training – NZ’s sabre dance with Israel ͏
COMMENTARY: By Nick Rockel in Tāmaki Makaurau
This morning I did something I seldom do, I looked at the Twitter newsfeed.
Normally I take the approach...
Pacific churches call at UN for France to drop ‘limbo law’ to restore peace...
Asia Pacific Report
The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) has called on France to drop the "limbo" proposed law on electoral changes in Kanaky New...
FestPAC 2024: ‘One body, one people, one ocean, one Pacific’
By Tiana Haxton, RNZ Pacific journalist in Hawai'i
"One body, one people, one ocean, one Pacific" was Samoa's powerful statement during the parade of nations...
Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: What happens to limbo law change with French snap election?
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French President Emmanuel Macron's surprise dissolution of the National Assembly and call for snap general...
History ‘replaying itself’ in Kanaky but Pacific solidarity growing, says Tau
French President Emmanuel Macron, who visited Kanaky New Caledonia last month in a largely failed bid to solve the French Pacific territory's political deadlock,...
FijiFirst party founders Voreqe Bainimarama, Sayed-Khaiyum and others resign in shock move
RNZ Pacific
The founding members of the FijiFirst party, including former prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama and ex-attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, have resigned.
Sayed-Khaiyum confimed that party president...
Defend ‘Pacific voice’ over geopolitics, climate crisis – keep pressure on decolonisation, Robie tells...
By Monika Singh in Suva
New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) awardee Professor David Robie has called on young journalists to see journalism as a...
Sir Julius Chan ‘alive and well’ response to fake PNG media post
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
New Ireland Governor and a former Papua New Guinea prime minister Sir Julius Chan told the PNG Post-Courier in...
Israel kills 274 plus Palestinians to rescue 4 captives – US allegedly involved in...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yumna Patel
At least 274 Palestinians were killed and more than 698 others were wounded on Saturday in the central Gaza Strip,...
Macron’s ‘dialogue mission’ takes a break from unrest-ridden New Caledonia
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
A "dialogue mission" set up by French President Emmanuel Macron when he visited New Caledonia last...
‘Greedy lying racists’, ‘Kill the bill’, say thousands of NZ protesters over fast track...
Asia Pacific Report
About 20,000 protesters marched through the heart of New Zealand's largest city Auckland today demonstrating against the unpopular Fast Track Approvals Bill...
Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: ‘People of Palestine and Kanaks are in the frontline’
By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News
Kanak people in Aotearoa New Zealand are lamenting the loss of family and friends in Kanaky...
PNG ‘no dictatorship’, says opposition leader Nomane over foiled vote
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's opposition leader James Nomane says Parliament needs to be recalled immediately as the gravity of Wednesday’s...
Kanaky New Caledonia unrest: ‘Nobody talks about what’s happening here anymore’
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
People in Kanaky New Caledonia are disappointed that the riots last month are now being overshadowed by the Parliament...
NZ to make UNRWA payment after Gaza controversy, says Peters
RNZ News
New Zealand will make its annual payment of $1 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) as scheduled.
Foreign Affairs Minister...
Force not the answer in Kanaky New Caledonia, says PANG
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
A Pacific regional network has deplored what they call increasing brutality on Kanak youth in Kanaky New Caledonia and...