Monthly Archives: March 2025

The second of a two-part series on the historic Rongelap evacuation of 300 Marshall islanders from their irradiated atoll with the help of the...

The first of a two-part series on the historic Rongelap evacuation of 300 Marshall islanders from their irradiated atoll with the help of the...

Pacific Media Watch Global press freedom organisations have condemned the killing of two journalists in Gaza this week, who died in separate targeted airstrikes by...

By Mar-Vic Cagurangan for BenarNews US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has reaffirmed the Trump administration’s defence commitments to America’s Pacific territories of Guam and Northern...

Asia Pacific Report Dozens of Filipinos and supporters in Aotearoa New Zealand came together in a Black Friday vigil and Rally for Justice in the...

RNZ Pacific The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) troika leaders have reviewed a list of "eminent persons" with extensive knowledge on Pacific regionalism to lead discussions...

Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan doctoral candidate has warned that indigenous noken-weaving practices back in her homeland are under threat with the world's biggest...

RNZ News The prime ministers of New Zealand and Papua New Guinea have signed a new statement of partnership marking 50 years of bilateral relations...

ANALYSIS: By Valerie A. Cooper, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Of all the contradictions and ironies of Donald Trump’s second presidency so...

Pacific Media Watch Global media freedom groups have condemned the Israeli occupation forces for assassinating two more Palestinian journalists covering the Gaza genocide, taking the...

By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The Papua New Guinea government has admitted to using a technology that it says was "successfully tested" to...

Israel has begun the final stage of its genocide. The Palestinians will be forced to choose between death or deportation. There are no other...

Asia Pacific Report A Fiji-based Pacific solidarity group supporting the indigenous Palestine struggle for survival against the Israeli settler colonial state has today issued a...

By Christine Rovoi of PMN News A human rights group in Aotearoa New Zealand has welcomed support from several Pacific island nations for West Papua,...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Southern Cross, a French-hosted regional military exercise, is moving to Wallis and Futuna Islands this year. The...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Saige England in Christchurch Like a relentless ocean, wave after wave of pro-Palestinian pro-human rights protesters disrupted New Zealand deputy Prime Minister...

Asia Pacific Report Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick called on New Zealand government MPs today to support her Member’s Bill to sanction Israel over its...

By Leah Lowonbu, Stefan Armbruster and Harlyne Joku of BenarNews The Pacific’s peak diplomatic bodies have signalled they are ready to engage with Papua New...

Pacific Media Watch Israel’s most revered jurist, former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak, says that he fears the Netanyahu government’s latest actions, including moves to...

Asia Pacific Report A joint operation between the Fiji Police Force, Republic of Fiji Military Force (RFMF), Territorial Force Brigade, Fiji Navy and National Fire...

By Alex Willemyns for Radio Free Asia The Trump administration might let hundreds of millions of dollars in aid pledged to Pacific island nations during...

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The parties involved in talks aimed at resolving an impasse over Bougainville's push for independence are planning to...