Yearly Archives: 2025

At the time of the Israel attack on Iran's state broadcaster IRDB, news anchor Sahar Emami was presenting the news

Pacific Media Watch Israel targeted one of the buildings of the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) in Tehran on the fourth day of...
Thai advocate and Miss Earth Thailand, Baitong Jareerat, calls for ocean protection

By Laura Bergamo in Nice, France The UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) concluded today with significant progress made towards the ratification of the High Seas Treaty...
Military analyst Elijah Magnier

Asia Pacific Report A Paris-based military and political analyst, Elijah Magnier, says he believes the hostilities between Israel and Iran will only get worse, but...
Samoan fashion designer Afa Ah Loo

RNZ Pacific A renowned Samoan fashion designer was fatally shot at the "No Kings" protest in Salt Lake City on Saturday, the Salt Lake City...
Palestinian advocate Issa Amro

RNZ News Palestinian advocate Issa Amro has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize this year for his decades of work advocating for peaceful resistance...
Protesters from the Maghreb taking part in the Land March to Gaza in an attempt to break Israel's siege of the Gaza Strip

COMMENTARY: By Antony Loewenstein in Middle East Eye War is good for business and geopolitical posturing. Before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington in...
Accident reported to the Fiji police

By Anish Chand in Suva The son of the driver assigned to a Fiji assistant minister is under investigation for allegedly driving a government vehicle...
"Isn’t it time we woke from our deep slumber?"

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle "Just do it, before it is too late," US President Donald Trump said. The Western media described Trump’s and Israeli Prime Minister...
NZ Palestinian advocate Dr Adnan Ali (right) speaking at yesterday's Henderson peace rally

Asia Pacific Report The Islamic Council of New Zealand (ICONZ) has protested over Israel's "unprovoked military strikes" against Iran, killing at least 80 people --...
Protesters with a "Free Palestine" watermelon placard at the ceasefire rally in the West Auckland suburb of Henderson

Asia Pacific Report Labour MP for Te Atatu Phil Twyford criticised the New Zealand government today for failing to take stronger action against Israel over...
A Merkava tank in Gaza pictured at the moment a Hamas resistance fighter emerged from a tunnel to plant an explosive device

By Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo Unlike the Palestinian message, the Israeli message is not global, but very much a localised cry for help --...
Fiji media specialist Kelepi Abariga

By Susana Suisuiki, Presenter/producer of RNZ Pacific Waves Fiji's Embassy in Abu Dhabi says it is closely monitoring the situation in Iran and Israel as...
How Iran's PressTV channel reported the Israeli attack

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle I have visited Iran twice. Once in June 1980 to witness an unprecedented event: the world’s first Islamic Revolution. It was...
Proof of the failure of Western media came this week with the coverage of Israel’s brazen act of piracy against a UK-flagged ship, the Madleen

ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook in Middle East Eye If you imagined Western politicians and media were finally showing signs of waking up to Israel’s genocide...
Explosions have been reported across Tehran after the Israeli air force conducted air strikes

EDITORIAL: By Martyn Bradbury, editor of The Daily Blog The madness has begun. We should have suspected something when the cloud strike shut down occurred. Israeli Prime...
Papua New Guineans accused of sorcery are frequently beaten, tortured, and murdered

RNZ Pacific The Department of Justice and Legal Services in Bougainville is aiming to craft a government policy to deal with violence related to sorcery...
The Rainbow Warrior III in action against industrial longlining fishing in the South Pacific

By Emma Page Greenpeace activists on board the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior disrupted an industrial longlining fishing operation in the South Pacific, seizing almost 20...
Bougainville President Ishamel Toroama speaking at the launch of the Bougainville Digital Democracy Project earlier this year

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Reports in Papua New Guinea say the governments of Bougainville and PNG have agreed to table the 2019...
Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick

By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter Opposition parties say Aotearoa New Zealand's government should be going much further, much faster in sanctioning Israel. Foreign Minister...
A child victim of the Indonesian military raids in Sugapa district

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Further reports of civilian casualties are coming out of West Papua, while clashes between Indonesia's military and the armed...
NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters gave the game away

COMMENTARY: By Steven Cowan, editor of Against The Current The New Zealand Foreign Minster's decision to issue a travel ban against two Israeli far-right politicians...
NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

RNZ News The United States has denounced sanctions by Britain and allies -- including New Zealand and Australia -- against Israeli far-right ministers, saying they...