Monthly Archives: May 2025

Media Council of PNG president Neville Choi

By Patrick Muuh in Port Moresby Journalists in Papua New Guinea are likely to face legal threats as powerful individuals and companies use court actions...
Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) Mobile Yonif 1 Marine Task Force for Indonesian-PNG Border Security soldiers

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist A West Papua independence leader says escalating violence is forcing indigenous Papuans to flee their ancestral lands. It comes as...
It has been 40 years since the Rongelap people had to leave their homes due to nuclear fallout in May 1985

A forthcoming new edition of David Robie’s Eyes of Fire honours the ship’s final mission and the resilience of those affected by decades of...
New Zealand is hurtling towards a sharply divided country of extreme wealth and extreme poverty

We have been handed a long and protracted recession with few signs of growth and prosperity. Budget 2025 signals more of the same, writes...
A growing list of countries -- including New Zealand and Australia -- have denounced Israel's weaponising of aid

Asia Pacific Report Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has released a statement saying “the Israeli government cannot allow the suffering to continue” after the UN’s...
Kanak community leader Jean Baptiste

Al Jazeera How global power struggles are impacting in local communities, culture and sovereignty in Kanaky, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and Samoa. In episode one,...
A poster highlighting the issue of political prisoners depicting the Kanak flag after the pro-independence unrest and riots

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia and French Polynesia have sent strong delegations this week to the United Nations Pacific...
If the West so wished, it could be putting more economic pressure on Israel

COMMENTARY: By Gordon Campbell Since last Thursday, intensified Israeli air strikes on Gaza have killed more than 500 Palestinians, and a prolonged Israeli aid blockade...
NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters

RNZ News New Zealand has joined 23 other countries calling out Israel and demanding a full supply of foreign aid be allowed into the territory. Foreign...
The people of Gaza are desperate. No food has entered Gaza for more than 76 days

SPECIAL REPORT: By Jeremy Rose Reading an NBC News report a couple of days ago about a Trump administration plan to relocate 1 million Gazans...
‎Recognising and respecting local value systems is not about compromising press freedom

ANALYSIS: By Birte Leonhardt, Folker Hanusch and Shailendra B. Singh The role of journalism in society is shaped not only by professional norms but also...
New Director-General of Health Audrey Sonerson

ANALYSIS: By Ian Powell In February 2025, Dr Diana Sarfati resigned, not unexpectedly, as Director-General of Health after only two years into her five-year term. As...
A New Zealand protest over Israel's genocide in Gaza in Auckland's Te Komititanga last Saturday

Asia Pacific Report Israel has been accused of "manipulation" and "cynical" circumvention of global decisions calling for unrestricted humanitarian aid access to the besieged Gaza...
New Zealand has finally broken its silence on Israel's genocide in Gaza

RNZ News New Zealand has joined 22 other countries and the European Union in calling for Israel to allow a full resumption of aid into...
Deposed Fiji Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry being held hostage

By Vijay Narayan, news editor of Fijivillage News Today marks the 25th anniversary of the May 19, 2000, coup led by renegade businessman George Speight. The...
Former Palestinian diplomat Ali Kazak

Ali Kazak: born Haifa, 1947; died May 17 2025, Thailand By Helen Musa in Canberra Former Palestinian diplomat and long-time Canberra identity Ali Kazak died on...
About 600,000 people took part in Saturday's protest against the Israeli genocide in Gaza in London on Saturday on 18 May 2025

Pacific Media Watch American film star celebrity John Cusack, who describes himself on his x-page bio as an “apocalyptic shit-disturber”, has posted an open letter...
Former Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General Henry Puna

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Environmentalists in the Cook Islands have criticised former Prime Minister and Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) head Henry Puna for...
Social workers fear the number of cases of slavery in Aotearoa New Zealand may be the tip of the iceberg

By Gill Bonnett, RNZ immigration reporter This story discusses graphic details of slavery, sexual abuse and violence Pacific children as young as six are being adopted...
A training session for the UN Pacific peacekeepers cohort

RNZ Pacific Australia has launched the world's first UN Police Peacekeeping Training course tailored specifically for the Pacific region. The five-week programme, hosted by the Australian...
A protest by more than 2000 people in Auckland on Saturday condemned the silence of the New Zealand government

Asia Pacific Report Seven European nations have called on Israel to "immediately reverse" its military operations against Gaza and lift the food and water blockade...
The global Nakba Day protest with marchers today in Queen Street in New Zealand's largest city Auckland

Asia Pacific Report About 2000 New Zealand protesters marched through the heart of Auckland city today chanting "no justice, no peace" and many other calls...