Yearly Archives: 2025

By Aui'a Vaimaila Leatinu'u of PMN News I didn’t know much about the surrounding context of the infamous Rainbow Warrior bombing 40 years ago on...

TVNZ 1News The Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior has sailed into Auckland to mark the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior in...

RNZ News Nights Tomorrow marks 40 years since the bombing and sinking of the Rainbow Warrior -- a moment that changed the course of New...

Asia Pacific Report A prominent academic has criticised the New Zealand coalition government for compromising the country's traditional commitment to upholding an international rules-based order...

By Anish Chand in Suva How Pacific live media communications have changed in the past 21 years. In May 2004, the live broadcast of Ratu Sir...

RNZ Pacific The Bougainville election process begins today with the issuance of the writs yesterday. Nominations open Tuesday, July 8, and close on Thursday, July 10. Voting...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is not considering recruiting personnel from across the Pacific as talk continues of...

COMMENTARY:  By Eugene Doyle On the last voyage of the Rainbow Warrior prior to its sinking by French secret agents in Auckland harbour on 10...

Pacific Media Watch West Papuan independence advocate Octovianus Mote was in Aotearoa New Zealand late last year seeking support for independence for West Papua, which...

Asia Pacific Report Australian solidarity activists today marked the 27th anniversary of the Biak massacre in West Papua and have warned the human rights crisis...

Asia Pacific Report Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Russel Norman today recalled New Zealand’s heyday as a Pacific nuclear free champion in the 1980s, and challenged...

Asia Pacific Report Protesters against the Israeli genocide in Gaza and occupied West Bank targeted three business sites accused of being "complicit" in Aotearoa New...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist People on Guam are "disappointed" and "heartbroken" that radiation exposure compensation is not being extended to them, says the...

By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal Author David Robie and Little Island Press are about to publish next week a 40th anniversary...

Asia Pacific Report Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, has called on countries to cut off all trade and financial...

Asia Pacific Report. In an unprecedented legal move in Aotearoa New Zealand, a national Palestine solidarity advocacy group has filed a referral against the prime...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Immediately after killing Fernando Pereira and blowing up Greenpeace’s flagship the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour, several of the French agents...

By Reinhard Minong in Port Moresby The Catholic Church has strongly warned against Papua New Guinea’s political rhetoric and push to declare the nation a...

Pacific Media Watch In July 1985, Australia's Pacific territory of Norfolk Island (pop. 2188) became the centre of a real life international spy thriller. Four French...

By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist A Tongan cybersecurity expert says the country's health data hack is a "wake-up call" for the whole region. Siosaia...

Pacific Media Watch When advocates and defenders of a nuclear-free Pacific condemned the AUKUS military pact two years ago and warned New Zealand that the...

Asia Pacific Report In the new weekly political podcast, The Bradbury Group, last night presenter Martyn Bradbury talked with visiting Palestinian journalist Dr Yousef Aljamal. They...