Monthly Archives: September 2025

Polling was scheduled to begin yesterday but was pushed back a day to allow time to dispatch ballot papers

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...
Gazan journalist Mariam Dagga in a last note to her son

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...
Indonesian authorities say the group were transferred due to "security concerns"

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...
PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) held bilateral discussions with the United Nations Secretary-General

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...
"His favourite merchant." - Mr Fish

Western reporters are full partners in the genocide. They amplify Israeli lies, which they know are lies, betraying Palestinian colleagues who are slandered, targeted...
A photo of the Philippine media assembled by and flown to Israel

Israel is boosting its Zionist influence in the Pacific. Australia has exposed such media influence. The media in the Philippines is now under scrutiny....
Dr Anthony Bellanger, the French general-secretary of the Brussels-based International FeDeration of Journalists, talks to Al Jazeera in an interview today on the death toll of Gazan 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...
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

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...

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...
Palestinian activist Nadine Mortaja announces the planned "March for Humanity"

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...
Indonesian security forces fire tear gas to quell protests at Manokwari

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...