Yearly Archives: 2024

ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato Despite the carnage, United Nations resolutions and international court rulings, Israel's war in Gaza has the potential to...

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13) of members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is being held in Abu...

RNZ News The late Green Party MP Fa'anānā Efeso Collins has been remembered by his widow as an "extraordinary man" at a service in South...

RNZ News Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has designated the political wing of Hamas as a "terrorist" entity. New Zealand designated the military wing of Hamas as...

Pacific Media Watch The International Court of Justice (ICC) has held its last day of hearings examining the legality of Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian...

COMMENTARY: By John Minto The New Zealand government is shortly to announce whether it will designate Hamas a “terrorist” group in response to the October...

Pacific Media Watch Newshub, one of the key media companies in Aotearoa New Zealand, is to close its newsroom on June 30, reports RNZ News. Staff...

By Evelyn Macairan in Manila Despite changing his citizenship to the Pacific state of Vanuatu, a Chinese man wanted for various economic crimes was arrested...

By Dwight de Leon in Manila There was no statement from Marcos Jr this year, but in a vlog posted on the anniversary of the...

Asia Pacific Report Amnesty International has accused Israel of defying last month's International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling to prevent genocide by failing to allow...

Kia Ora Gaza The head of the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), Bulent Yildirim, has announced that the organisation will head a naval fleet to...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Prime Minister James Marape has commended Papua New Guinea's police, defence force and the local community for their quick...

PNG Post-Courier A kidnapped Australian pilot of a Hevilift helicopter and two Papua New Guinean subcontractors have been released without harm following a rapid deployment...

Asia Pacific Report An Australian-based West Papua advocacy group has condemned the arrest and "humiliation" of two teenagers by Indonesian security forces last week. The head...

By Tiana Haxton, RNZ journalist Fiji's Women and Children's Minister Lynda Tabuya says Pacific island countries need to "strengthen our laws" on online harassment. Tabuya spoke...

By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital/social lead A former Fiji university head who was banned from returning to the country by the previous Bainimarama government...

While telling today's Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland about "good news" over creative humanitarian aid plans to help Palestinians amid the War on Gaza,...

COMMENTARY: By John Minto Why is Aotearoa New Zealand media so silent on the Gaza genocide happening before our eyes? Amid unreported-in-Aotearoa media stories of horrific...

By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent, and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Women's rights advocates in Papua New Guinea are calling for peace and...

By Lucy Xia, RNZ News reporter The family of Green MP Fa'anānā Efeso Collins say they are "devastated" at his loss and have thanked the public...

By Patrick Decloitre, correspondent French Pacific desk Pro-independence militants and protesters clashed with police in downtown Nouméa this week as New Caledonia hosts three French...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's former opposition leader Belden Namah says Prime Minister James Marape never answered in detail the questions...