Monthly Archives: April 2025

Fiji opposition MP Premila Kumar

RNZ Pacific Despite calls from women's groups urging the government to implement policies to address the underrepresentation of women in politics, the introduction of temporary...
The US District Court in Washington

Asia Pacific Report The US District Court for the District of Columbia has granted a preliminary injunction in Widakuswara v Lake, affirming the US Agency...
People queue to vote in Bougainville’s independence referendum in 2019

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist In recent weeks, Bougainville has taken the initiative, boldly stating that it expects to be independent by 1...
From the very start of his papacy, Pope Francis seemed determined to do things differently

ANALYSIS: By Joel Hodge, Australian Catholic University and Antonia Pizzey, Australian Catholic University Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday, aged 88, the Vatican announced....
New Zealand soldiers in the Imperial Camel Corps who took part in the successful Battle of Rafah,

Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has appealed to Foreign Minister Winston Peters askingto  New Zealand initiate a call for an internationally enforced...
How global news channel Al Jazeera reported the death of Pope Francis at 88

Asia Pacific Report Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of the world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics, has died aged 88 a day after he made his...
A My Lai massacre display in the Vietnam War Remnants Museum

Part one of a two-part series: On the courage to remember COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle The first demonstration I ever went on was at the age...
A school bombed out by Israeli forces provides some shelter to a family in Khan Younis, Gaza

COMMENTARY: By Refaat Ibrahim Palestinians have always been passionate about learning. During the Ottoman era, Palestinian students travelled to Istanbul, Cairo, and Beirut to pursue...

By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter In 1979, Sam Neill appeared in an Australian comedy movie about hacks on a Sydney newspaper. The Journalist was billed...
Palestinian singer and creative visualiser Rana Hamida speaking at the vigil on Easter Saturday

Asia Pacific Report Peaceful protesters in Aotearoa New Zealand's largest city Auckland held an Easter prayer vigil honouring Palestinian political prisoners and the sacrifice of...
South Vietnamese torture "tiger cages" against the Viet Cong at the War Remnants Museum on Ho Chi Minh City

ANALYSIS: By Ben Bohane This week Cambodia marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh to the murderous Khmer Rouge, and Vietnam celebrates...
Trump's Pacific fisheries executive order

By Gujari Singh in Washington The Trump administration has issued a new executive order opening up vast swathes of protected ocean to commercial exploitation, including...
UAS footage of RNZN divers surveying the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the Southern Coast of Upulo as part of Operation Resolution

By Susana Leiataua, RNZ National presenter There are calls for greater transparency about what the HMNZS Manawanui was doing before it sank in Samoa last...
Pro-Palestinian protesters picket New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT)

COMMENTARY: By John Hobbs In the absence of any measures taken by the New Zealand government to respond to the genocide being committed by Israel...
Palestinians march in protest today over the thousands of prisoners being held in Israeli jails

Asia Pacific Report A researcher says the Israeli prison system aims to subjugate the Palestinian people as rallies across the West Bank marked Prisoners' Day...
Women make up a large portion of the journalism profession

Shrinking budgets and job insecurity means there are fewer opportunities for young journalists, and that's bad news, especially in regional Australia, reports 360info ANALYSIS: By...
Fiji Defence Minister Pio Tikoduadua

RNZ Pacific Fiji's Minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs is facing a backlash after announcing that he was undertaking a multi-country, six-week "official travel overseas"...
Maldives President Dr Mohamed Muizzu

Asia Pacific Report A Palestinian advocacy group has called on NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters to take a firm stand...
Part of the "inclusiveness" wall at Marshall Islands High School

EDITORIAL: By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal US President Donald Trump and his team is pursuing a white man’s racist agenda that...
PNG Prime Minister James Marape

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has survived a motion of no confidence against him in Parliament. During the...
The colonnaded Widener Library looks out over Tercentenary Theatre at the heart of Harvard’s campus.

Asia Pacific Report Former US President Barack Obama has taken to social media to praise Harvard’s decision to stand up for academic freedom by rebuffing...
NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters and his delegation in Hawai'i

By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist in Hawai'i New Zealand's Pacific connection with the United States is "more important than ever", says Foreign Affairs Minister...