Monthly Archives: May 2025

By Anish Chand in Suva Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Fiji's coalition government are "detached from the values that Fijians hold dear", says the NGO...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager At this year's May graduation ceremony, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University's Luamanuvao Dame Winnie Laban, was awarded...

COMMENTARY: By Saige England in Ōtautahi Christchurch "RNZ is failing in its duty to inform the public of an entirely preventable humanitarian catastrophe." Tautoko to Jeremy...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist West Papuans in Merauke claim the Indonesian government is stealing land to build its global "food barn" and feed...

RNZ News The Media Council of Papua New Guinea (MCPNG) has called on Prime Minister James Marape to stop Telikom PNG silencing and suppressing media...

Nakba Day today marks 15 May 1948 -- the day after the declaration of the State of Israel -- when the Palestinian society and...

By Russel Norman The iconic Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior will return to Aotearoa this year to mark the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the...

By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer, and Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor The co-founder of Auckland's Fiji Centre is concerned that Indo-Fijians are...

RNZ Pacific An escape of a 13-year-old girl from a hostage crisis on the border of Papua New Guinea's Western and Hela provinces has boosted...

By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist Aotearoa celebrates Rotuman language as part of the Ministry for Pacific Peoples' Pacific Language Week series this week. Rotuman is...

Pacific Media Watch Israel’s military has admitted attacking the Nasser Medical Complex in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing Palestinian journalist Hassan...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/bulletin editor Stuck in a state of disbelief for months, journalist Coralie Cochin was one of many media...

Asia Pacific Report An Australian solidarity group for West Papuan self-determination has called on Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to raise the human rights crisis...

By Andrew Mathieson New Caledonia has imposed a 50-year ban on deep-sea mining across its entire maritime zone in a rare and sweeping move that...

By Devin Watkins of Vatican News Only four days have passed since his election to the papacy, and Pope Leo XIV has made it a...

Asia Pacific Report A group of New Zealand academics at Otago University have drawn up a "Declaration on Palestine" against genocide, apartheid and scholasticide of...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Fresh, stringent security measures have been imposed in New Caledonia following aborted political talks last week...

Asia Pacific Report A decision by the Broadcasting Standards Authority to uphold a complaint against a 1News broadcast last November is a warning to news...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist The escalation of violence in West Papua is on par with some of the most intense times of conflict...

By Coco Lance, RNZ Pacific digital journalist A new Auckland-based kava business has found itself at the heart of a cultural debate, with critics raising...

ANALYSIS: By Robert Inlakesh Israel is in a weak position and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s extremism knows no bounds. The only other way around an...

ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin On April 24, 2025, Indonesia made a masterful geopolitical move. Jakarta granted Fiji US$6 million in financial aid and offered to...