Monthly Archives: December 2024

By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific journalist Refugee advocates and academics are weighing in on Australia's latest move on the Pacific geopolitical chessboard. Canberra is ploughing A$100...

By Repeka Nasiko in Suva Violence against children in Fiji is estimated to have cost the country F$460 million, or more than 4 percent of...

Asia Pacific Report A New Zealand advocacy group for Palestine has condemned the government for refusing to provide humanitarian visas for Palestinians with family in...

COMMENTARY: By Lopeti Senituli in Nuku'alofa In a highly anticipated session of the Tongan Parliament to debate and vote on the second vote of no...

By Anita Roberts in Port Vila Vanuatu has reaffirmed its global leadership in climate action as the first country to launch a technical assistance programme...

Asia Pacific Report A leader of a major West Papuan political movement has praised the recent judgment of the Permanent People's Tribunal on the Melanesian...

RNZ Pacific Fijian peacekeepers in the Middle East "are secure and accounted for," the country's Defence and Veteran Affairs Minister Pio Tikoduadua confirmed today. Tikoduadua said...

RNZ Pacific Parliamentarians in Tonga will meet on Christmas Eve to select the kingdom's new prime minister, Speaker of the House Lord Fakafanua has confirmed. He...

Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders has condemned the assassination of Cambodian investigative environmental journalist Chhoeung Chheng who has...

By Sean Mathews American officials have discussed the merits of removing a $10m bounty on Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, whose rebel...

RNZ Pacific Tongan Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni has resigned, the Tongan Parliament Office has confirmed. Hu'akavameiliku resigned in Parliament today, ahead of the no confidence...

RNZ Pacific The Cook Islands has used its first-ever appearance at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to advocate for the "decolonisation" of international law. While...

By Stefan Armbruster in Brisbane The first large-scale environmental impact assessment of Rio Tinto’s abandoned Panguna mine in Papua New Guinea has found local communities...

Asia Pacific Report Governor Powes Parkop of Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby has appealed to West Papuans living in his country to carry on...

Asia Pacific Report Amnesty International officials at a rally in Auckland today doubled down on their global report this week accusing Israel of genocide and...

RNZ Pacific A group of concerned alumni of the University of the South Pacific has called the regional institution's delay in releasing the outcomes of...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jr is inviting US President-elect Donald Trump to "visit the Pacific" to see firsthand...

COMMENTARY: By Antony Loewenstein The incoming Trump administration will bring a dangerous brew of Christian nationalism and anti-Palestinian racism Things can always get worse. Much worse. The...

Asia Pacific Report Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in...

REVIEW: By Giff Johnson in Majuro As a prelude to the 40th anniversary of the evacuation of Rongelap Islanders to Mejatto Island in Kwajalein in...

Asia Pacific Report New Zealand's Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has congratulated the Nelson City Council on its vote today to boycott companies which trade...

By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent Northern Marianas Governor Arnold Palacios and Senator Celina Babauta have travelled to Guam to...