Monthly Archives: February 2025

Cook islanders protest in the streets of Avarua today

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist, in Avarua, Rarotonga More than 400 people have taken to the streets to protest against Cook Islands Prime Minister...
Samir Al-Mana'ama, a lawyer with the Al Mazan Center for Human Rights

Asia Pacific Report Two Palestinian resistance groups have condemned “the brutal assault” on prisoners at Ofer Prison, saying it was “barbaric criminal behaviour that reflects...
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown speaking at a media conference in Avarua after returning from China

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist in Avarua, Rarotonga Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown hopes to have "an opportunity to talk" with the New...
Independent Jewish protesters take part in a rally for a permanent ceasefire and peace in Gaza

Asia Pacific Report Two independent Jewish Voices groups in Aotearoa New Zealand have written an open letter to the government condemning the Zionist "colonisation" project...
Hitler ignored the advice of his generals and attacked in every direction

COMMENTARY: By Paul G Buchanan Here is a scenario, but first a broad brush-painted historical parallel. Hitler and the Nazis could well have accomplished everything that...
Former NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark, Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark maintains that Cook Islands, a realm of New Zealand, should have...
Outbrain propaganda

COMMENTARY: By Saige England Mediawatch on RNZ today strongly criticised Stuff and YouTube among other media for using Israeli propaganda's "Outbrain" service. Outbrain is a company...
A Palestinian mother, Mariam Oweiss, speaking about her two sons

Asia Pacific Report Analysts and commentators have described how images of the hundreds of Palestinian detainees and prisoners have "dehumanised" them and revealed their...
Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown (left) in Harbin

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says the deal with China "complements, not replaces" the relationship with New Zealand...
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) with Israeli Foreign Minister Sa’ar Gideon Moshe in Munich

Pacific Media Watch Fiji has reaffirmed its commitment to establishing an embassy in Israel, with plans to open the embassy in Jerusalem, despite global condemnation...
Kanak flags flying high at a pro-independence rally in Nouméa

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific Presenter/Bulletin editor France's top diplomat in the Pacific region says talks around the "unfreezing" of New Caledonia's highly controversial electoral...
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

Pacific Media Watch Trump administration officials barred two Associated Press (AP) reporters from covering White House events this week because the US-based independent news agency...
"Gaza isn't for sale" . . .

The issue is no longer a hypothetical one. US President Donald Trump will not explicitly suggest death camps, but he has already consented to Israel's...
Journalist Antoinette Lattouf’s lawsuit against the public broadcaster ABC

In its eagerness to appease supporters of Israel, the media is happy to ride roughshod over due process and basic rights. It’s damaging Australia's...
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown (centre) during his trip to China

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist in Avarua, Rarotonga China has confirmed details of its meeting with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown for the...
Miss Pacific Islands 2025, Litara Ieremia-Allan (left)

By Lagi Keresoma in Apia The Miss Pacific Islands Pageant (MPIP) Committee has finally issued a statement -- 5 days after damaging social media attacks...
The New Zealand government and the mainstream media have gone ballistic

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle The country’s leading daily newspaper, The New Zealand Herald, screamed out this online headline by a columnist on February 10: “Should...

Pacific Media Watch Papua New Guinea’s civic space has been rated as "obstructed" by the Civicus Monitor and the country has been criticised for pushing...
Opposition Cook Islands United Party leader Teariki Heather

By Melina Etches of the Cook Islands News A motion of no confidence has been filed against the Prime Minister and his Cabinet following the...
A personal perspective on USAID as an organisation

COMMENTARY: By Robin Davies Much has been and much more will be written about the looming abolition of USAID. It’s “the removal of a huge and...
The main goal was to resume the political process in New Caledonia

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls has announced he will travel to New Caledonia later this month...
Israel has repeatedly violated the ceasefire deal

As Benjamin Netanyahu threatens to resume war, Hamas outlines widespread Israeli ceasefire violations in document sent to the mediators. By Jeremy Scahill and Sharif Abdel...