Yearly Archives: 2025

OBITUARY: By Terence Malapa in Port Vila Vanuatu’s media community was in mourning today following the death on Monday of Marc Neil-Jones, founder of the...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A series of violent incidents and confrontations over the weekend in New Caledonia's capital Nouméa and...

By Susana Leiataua, RNZ National presenter The Aotearoa New Zealand government is being accused of sacrificing peoples' lives for ideology by delaying bowel cancer screening...

Asia Pacific Report Hamas has accused Israel of “cheap and unacceptable blackmail” over its decision to halt the electricity supply to war-ravaged Palestinian enclave of...

By Mary Merkenich in Naarm/Melbourne More than 2000 people -- mostly women and union members -- marked International Women’s Day two days early last week...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer Marshall Islands defence provisions could "fairly easily" be considered to run against...

Pacific Media Watch Seven weeks into the Gaza ceasefire deal, Israel has openly resumed its war crimes in Gaza -- blocking humanitarian aid -- with...

By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager International Women's Day, March 8, is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women around the world. Closer to home,...

COMMENTARY: By Gavin Ellis Little more than a month into the new US presidency, The Washington Post’s owner dimmed the light on a motto that...

Asia Pacific Report Activists in Aotearoa New Zealand marked International Women's Day today and the start of Ramadan this week with solidarity rallies across the...

Asia Pacific Report Women from Aotearoa, Philippines, Palestine and South Africa today called for justice and peace for the people of Gaza and the West...

PROFILE: By Malum Nalu in Port Moresby For nearly half a century, Papua New Guinea has been more than just a home for Laurence "Rocky"...

COMMENTARY: By Ahmed Najar 'To the People of Gaza: A beautiful Future awaits, but not if you hold Hostages. If you do, you are DEAD!...

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress in a highly partisan 100-minute speech, the longest presidential address to Congress in...

By Leah Lowonbu Vanuatu has celebrated the reconstruction of the national council of chiefs meeting house, called the Malvatumauri nakamal, destroyed by fire two years...

By Susan Edmunds, RNZ News money correspondent The Aotearoa New Zealand union representing many of NZME's journalists says it is "deeply worried" by a billionaire's...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Markela Panegyres and Jonathan Strauss in Sydney The new Universities Australia (UA) definition of antisemitism, endorsed last month for adoption by 39...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Churches in the Cook Islands are pushing for the country to be declared a Christian nation following the discovery...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific Bulletin editor/presenter The Marshall Islands marked 71 years since the most powerful nuclear weapons tests ever conducted were unleashed over...

RNZ Pacific The Marshall Islands has become the 14th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) member state to join the South Pacific's nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament treaty. The...

By Mary Afemata, Local Democracy Reporting The Manurewa Local Board is developing its first Pan-Pacific strategy in Aotearoa New Zealand to amplify Pasifika voices in...

Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based global watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has expressed support for Gaza's media professionals and called on Israel to urgently lift...