Monthly Archives: September 2025
‘We want legitimate leaders’: Bougainvilleans head to the polls amid push for independence
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Bougainvilleans went to the polls today, keen to elect a leader who will continue their fight for independence.
"There's...
Local journalists and fixers are dying at unprecedented rates in Gaza. Can anyone protect them?
ANALYSIS: By Simon Levett, University of Technology Sydney
Journalist Mariam Dagga was just 33 when she was brutally killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza...
Prisoner transfer sparks new human rights concerns in West Papua
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer
A West Papuan activist says the transfer of four political prisoners by Indonesian authorities is a breach of...
UN chief to address PNG parliament today during ‘historic’ visit
RNZ Pacific
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will address Papua New Guinea's national Parliament today.
The UN chief is in Papua New Guinea on a...
Chris Hedges: The betrayal of Palestinian journalists
Western reporters are full partners in the genocide. They amplify Israeli lies, which they know are lies, betraying Palestinian colleagues who are slandered, targeted...
Walden Bello on Gaza and the media silence: ‘It isn’t fear of the Zionists....
Israel is boosting its Zionist influence in the Pacific. Australia has exposed such media influence. The media in the Philippines is now under scrutiny....
250+ media ‘black out’ front pages and broadcasts to protest Israeli killing of journalists...
Reporters Without Borders
In an unprecedented international operation organised by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the global campaigning movement Avaaz, more than 250 news outlets...
Fijian PM Rabuka hints at ‘historic’ referendum after landmark court ruling
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital/social lead
Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has hinted that the country may "hold its first-ever referendum" following a landmark...
Massacre of Gaza journalists triggers RSF’s Black Monday protest today
Pacific Media Watch
Today, 1 September 2025, is being marked as a Black Monday following the latest deadly strikes by the Israeli army against journalists...
Police plan for march which will shut Auckland Harbour Bridge this month
RNZ News
New Zealand police say planning is well underway ahead of a pro-Palestinian march that will shut the Auckland Harbour bridge later this month.
The...
West Papuan civil society groups protest over brutal security forces crackdown – 17 arrests
Asia Pacific Report
West Papuan civil society and solidarity networks are calling for urgent action over a brutal Indonesian security forces crackdown that has led...