Monthly Archives: May 2025
Philippine advocacy group condemns NZ military pact with Manila, rejects election violence
Asia Pacific Report
The Aotearoa Philippines Solidarity national assembly has condemned the National Party-led Coalition government in New Zealand over signing a "deplorable" visiting forces...
Who killed Shireen Abu Akleh? Film names Israeli soldier but Israel ‘did best to...
Democracy Now!
NERMEEN SHAIKH: We begin today’s show looking at Israel’s ongoing targeting of Palestinian journalists. A recent report by the Costs of War Project...
Pacific region hopes for ‘climate-conscious’ pope, says PCC leader
By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor
The leader of the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) has reacted to the election of the new pope.
Pope...
Absurd attack on free speech by Israel Institute over social media comment
By Gordon Campbell
The calls by the Israel Institute of New Zealand for Peter Davis to resign from the Helen Clark Foundation because of comments...
Tracing radiation through the Marshall Islands: Reflections from a veteran Greenpeace nuclear campaigner
SPECIAL REPORT: By Shaun Burnie of Greenpeace
We’ve visited Ground Zero. Not once, but three times. But for generations, before these locations were designated as...
The Encampments vs October 8 – a battle of narratives on Palestine plays out...
REVIEW: By Joseph Fahim
This article was initially set out to focus on The Encampments, Kei Pritsker and Michael T Workman’s impassioned documentary that chronicles...
The Kiwi heart surgeon, his wife and the film maker in Palestine
RNZ Nine To Noon
Auckland film maker Paula Whetu Jones has spent nearly two decades working pro bono on a feature film about the Auckland...
Pope Leo XIV faces limits on changing the Catholic Church − but Francis made...
ANALYSIS: By Dennis Doyle, University of Dayton
Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States has been picked to be the new leader of the Roman...
USP World Press Freedom Day warnings over AI, legal reform and media safety
By Niko Ratumaimuri in Suva
World Press Freedom Day is not just a celebration of the vital role journalism plays -- it is also a...
Experts split on Australia’s Papua New Guinea military recruitment plan
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Australia's plan to recruit from Papua New Guinea for its Defence Force raises "major ethical concerns", according to the...
PNG’s Gorethy Kenneth: 23 years of fearless journalism and unwavering truth
PROFILE: By Alu J Kalinoe
At Papua New Guinea's Post-Courier, our senior journalists often operate in the shadows, yet their courageous efforts are often overlooked...
Fiji media’s Stan Simpson blasts ‘hypocrites’ in social media clash over press freedom
Pacific Media Watch
Barely hours after being guest speaker at the University of the South Pacific's annual World Press Freedom Day event this week, Fiji...
NZ Māori Council, PSNA appeal for urgent action over Gaza starvation
Asia Pacific Report
The New Zealand Māori Council and Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa made a high profile appeal to Foreign Minister Winston Peters over Gaza...
New Caledonia’s political talks – no outcome after three days of ‘conclave’
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific Desk
After three solid days of talks in retreat mode, New Caledonia's political parties have yet to...
Financial Times: The West’s shameful silence on Gaza – do more to restrain...
EDITORIAL: The Financial Times editorial board
After 19 months of conflict that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and drawn accusations of war crimes...
‘Under no illusions’ about France, says author of new Rainbow Warrior book
Pacific Media Watch
The author of the book Eyes of Fire, one of the countless publications on the Rainbow Warrior bombing almost 40 years ago...
Samoa down in RSF media freedom world ranking due to ‘authoritarian pressure’
Talamua Online News
Samoa has dropped in its media and information freedom world ranking from 22 in 2024 to 44 in 2025 in the latest...
Indonesian postcard image ‘dangerous’ but Fiji a rising star in RSF press freedom index
Pacific Media Watch
To mark the release of the 2025 World Press Freedom Index, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) partnered with the agency The Good Company...
Cook Islands environment group calls on govt to condemn Trump’s seabed mining order
By Losirene Lacanivalu, of the Cook Islands News
A leading Cook Islands environmental lobby group is hoping that the Cook Islands government will speak out...
Fiji media welcomes credible news services, but not ‘pop-up propagandists’, says Simpson
By Anish Chand
Entities and individuals that thrived under the previous government with public relations contracts now want to be part of the media or...
Viral video shows Fiji prison chief throwing punches at Suva bar
RNZ Pacific
The head of Fiji's prison service has been caught on camera involved in a fist fight that appears to have taken place at...
In its soul-searching, Australia’s rightist coalition should examine its relationship with the media
ANALYSIS: By Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University and Andrew Dodd, The University of Melbourne
Among the many lessons to be learnt by Australia's defeated Liberal-National coalition...