Yearly Archives: 2025
Attack on Iran’s state media – Israel bombs IRIB building in new war crime
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...
‘Be brave’ warning to nations against deepsea mining from UNOC
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...
Israelis ‘now realise’ what Palestinians and Lebanese have been suffering, says analyst
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 fatally shot at Salt Lake City ‘no kings’ protest
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...
Issa Amro: Youth Against Settlements – ‘life is very hard, the Israeli soldiers act...
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...
Why Israel’s shock and awe has proven its power but lost the war
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...
Vehicle issued to Fiji assistant minister involved in fatal accident – driver’s son implicated
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...
Is genocide the new normal? Could Israel and the US destroy Iran?
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’s Islamic Council calls on Luxon to condemn Israel over ‘unprovoked’ military strikes
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 --...
Twyford condemns weak action by NZ over Israel’s ‘ruthless’ apartheid
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 video like no other – why the Israeli military revealed its own failure
By Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo
Unlike the Palestinian message, the Israeli message is not global, but very much a localised cry for help --...
Fijian in Abu Dhabi worried about Pacific communities in Middle East
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...
Eugene Doyle: Team Genocide and the West’s war on Iran
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...
Greta Thunberg tried to shame Western leaders – and found they have no shame
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...
Editor calls for NZ to immediately expel Israeli envoy for unprovoked attack on Iran
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...
Bougainville legal dept looking towards sorcery violence policy
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...
Greenpeace activists aboard Rainbow Warrior disrupt Pacific industrial fishing operation
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...
Progress reported out of Bougainville independence talks at Burnham
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...
New Zealand’s ‘symbolic’ sanctions on Israel too little, too late, say opposition parties
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...
More deaths reported out of Sugapa in West Papua clashes with military
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 and Gaza – Peters appearing to do something, when doing nothing
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...
US criticises allies as NZ bans two top far-right Israeli ministers
RNZ News
The United States has denounced sanctions by Britain and allies -- including New Zealand and Australia -- against Israeli far-right ministers, saying they...