Yearly Archives: 2025

EDITORIAL: By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal US President Donald Trump and his team is pursuing a white man’s racist agenda that...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has survived a motion of no confidence against him in Parliament. During the...

Asia Pacific Report Former US President Barack Obama has taken to social media to praise Harvard’s decision to stand up for academic freedom by rebuffing...

By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist in Hawai'i New Zealand's Pacific connection with the United States is "more important than ever", says Foreign Affairs Minister...

Hundreds of university staff and students in Melbourne and Sydney called on their vice-chancellors to cancel pro-Israel events earlier this month, write Michael West...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A leaked "working paper" on New Caledonia's future political status is causing concern on the local...

COMMENTARY: By Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab “Wherever Palestinians have control is barbaric.” These were the words from New Zealand’s Chief Human Rights Commissioner Stephen Rainbow. During a meeting...

ANALYSIS: By Jane McAdam, UNSW Sydney The details of a new visa enabling Tuvaluan citizens to permanently migrate to Australia were released this week. The visa...

Asia Pacific Report The Baptist Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East has condemned Israeli's Palm Sunday attack on al-Ahli Arab Hospital, the last functioning...

The New Arab The Israeli military has reportedly only destroyed 25 percent of tunnels used by Hamas in the Gaza Strip since October 2023,...

Asia Pacific Report Health workers spoke out at a rally condemning Israel's genocide in Gaza and the latest atrocity against Palestinian aid workers today, calling...

RNZ Pacific Pacific climate activists this week handed a letter from civil society to this year's United Nations climate conference hosts, Brazil, emphasising their demands...

By Layla Bailey-McDowell, RNZ Māori news journalist Legal experts and Māori advocates say the fight to protect Te Tiriti is only just beginning -- as...

By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist Pasifika comedy troupe Naked Samoans is facing a backlash from some members of the Pacific community over its promotional...

OPEN LETTER: By Martyn Bradbury, editor and publisher of The Daily Blog NZME directors ‘have concerns’ about businessman Jim Grenon taking editorial control NZME’s directors have...

Pacific Media Watch Israel has been targeting journalists in the occupied Palestinian territory with more intensity since October 7, 2023, says Australian journalist and author...

RNZ Pacific Autonomous Bougainville Government President Ishmael Toroama has condemned the circulation of an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video depicting a physical confrontation between him and...

ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook The BBC’s news verification service, Verify, digitally reconstructed a residential tower block in Mandalay earlier this week to show how it...

COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell The 1981 Springbok Tour was one of the most controversial events in Aotearoa New Zealand’s history. For 56 days, between July...

Pacific Media Watch One of the many casualties of the Trump administration's crackdown on "soft power" that enabled many democratic media and truth to power...

Asia Pacific Report The chief of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has described Gaza as “no land” for children, as two rallies were held...

While public opinion of Israel plummets, each day the genocide continues without significant repercussions only reinforces that they can ignore this opinion, writes Alex...