Yearly Archives: 2025

OBITUARY: By Heather Devere Maata Wharehoka (Ngāti Tahinga, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Apakura, Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Kuia. 1950-2025 Maata Wharehoka has been described as the Parihaka Matriarch,...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls' first two days in New Caledonia have been marred by...

PNG Post-Courier Prime Minister James Marape has issued a strong appeal to all young men and boys in Papua New Guinea -- stop abusing girls,...

Asia Pacific Report Hamas stages elaborate ceremonies for the release of Israeli captives in Gaza in a bid to signal they are responsible stakeholders by...

By Gizem Nisa Cebi The BBC has removed its documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone from iPlayer after it was revealed that its teenage...

Pacific Media Watch One of the leading Middle East's leading political and media analysts, Marwan Bishara, has accused President Donald Trump of applying a doctrine...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk As French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls lands in New Caledonia tomorrow to pursue talks on...

RNZ Pacific Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's announcement this week that the island nation will open a diplomatic mission in Jerusalem has been labelled "an...

Pacific Media Watch A New Zealand-based community education provider, Dark Times Academy, has had a US Embassy grant to deliver a course teaching Pacific Islands...

By Anish Chand in Suva Palestine has strongly condemned Fiji’s decision to open a Fiji embassy in Jerusalem, calling it a violation of international law...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist, in Avarua, Rarotonga More than 400 people have taken to the streets to protest against Cook Islands Prime Minister...

Asia Pacific Report Two Palestinian resistance groups have condemned “the brutal assault” on prisoners at Ofer Prison, saying it was “barbaric criminal behaviour that reflects...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist in Avarua, Rarotonga Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown hopes to have "an opportunity to talk" with the New...

Asia Pacific Report Two independent Jewish Voices groups in Aotearoa New Zealand have written an open letter to the government condemning the Zionist "colonisation" project...

COMMENTARY: By Paul G Buchanan Here is a scenario, but first a broad brush-painted historical parallel. Hitler and the Nazis could well have accomplished everything that...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark maintains that Cook Islands, a realm of New Zealand, should have...

COMMENTARY: By Saige England Mediawatch on RNZ today strongly criticised Stuff and YouTube among other media for using Israeli propaganda's "Outbrain" service. Outbrain is a company...

Asia Pacific Report Analysts and commentators have described how images of the hundreds of Palestinian detainees and prisoners have "dehumanised" them and revealed their...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says the deal with China "complements, not replaces" the relationship with New Zealand...

Pacific Media Watch Fiji has reaffirmed its commitment to establishing an embassy in Israel, with plans to open the embassy in Jerusalem, despite global condemnation...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific Presenter/Bulletin editor France's top diplomat in the Pacific region says talks around the "unfreezing" of New Caledonia's highly controversial electoral...

Pacific Media Watch Trump administration officials barred two Associated Press (AP) reporters from covering White House events this week because the US-based independent news agency...