Monthly Archives: June 2025

A New Zealand journalist on the ground in the Middle East summarises events from the occupied West Bank. UPDATES: By Cole Martin in Occupied Bethlehem Fifty...

ANALYSIS: By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The recent series of high-level agreements between Papua New Guinea and France marks a significant development in...

RNZ Pacific New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters says countries have the right to choose who enters their borders in response to reports that the...

Pacific Media Watch Israel targeted one of the buildings of the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) in Tehran on the fourth day of...

By Laura Bergamo in Nice, France The UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) concluded today with significant progress made towards the ratification of the High Seas Treaty...

Asia Pacific Report A Paris-based military and political analyst, Elijah Magnier, says he believes the hostilities between Israel and Iran will only get worse, but...

RNZ Pacific A renowned Samoan fashion designer was fatally shot at the "No Kings" protest in Salt Lake City on Saturday, the Salt Lake City...

RNZ News Palestinian advocate Issa Amro has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize this year for his decades of work advocating for peaceful resistance...

COMMENTARY: By Antony Loewenstein in Middle East Eye War is good for business and geopolitical posturing. Before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington in...

By Anish Chand in Suva The son of the driver assigned to a Fiji assistant minister is under investigation for allegedly driving a government vehicle...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle "Just do it, before it is too late," US President Donald Trump said. The Western media described Trump’s and Israeli Prime Minister...

Asia Pacific Report The Islamic Council of New Zealand (ICONZ) has protested over Israel's "unprovoked military strikes" against Iran, killing at least 80 people --...

Asia Pacific Report Labour MP for Te Atatu Phil Twyford criticised the New Zealand government today for failing to take stronger action against Israel over...

By Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo Unlike the Palestinian message, the Israeli message is not global, but very much a localised cry for help --...

By Susana Suisuiki, Presenter/producer of RNZ Pacific Waves Fiji's Embassy in Abu Dhabi says it is closely monitoring the situation in Iran and Israel as...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle I have visited Iran twice. Once in June 1980 to witness an unprecedented event: the world’s first Islamic Revolution. It was...

ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook in Middle East Eye If you imagined Western politicians and media were finally showing signs of waking up to Israel’s genocide...

EDITORIAL: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog The madness has begun. We should have suspected something when the cloud strike shut down occurred. Israeli Prime...

RNZ Pacific The Department of Justice and Legal Services in Bougainville is aiming to craft a government policy to deal with violence related to sorcery...

By Emma Page Greenpeace activists on board the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior disrupted an industrial longlining fishing operation in the South Pacific, seizing almost 20...

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Reports in Papua New Guinea say the governments of Bougainville and PNG have agreed to table the 2019...

By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter Opposition parties say Aotearoa New Zealand's government should be going much further, much faster in sanctioning Israel. Foreign Minister...