Yearly Archives: 2025

By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The Australian government denies responsibility for asylum seekers detained in Nauru, following two decisions from the UN...

An Al-Jazeera Arabic special report translated by The Palestine Chronicle staff details how Israel’s military strategy in Gaza, aimed at dismantling Hamas and displacing...

Asia Pacific Report An almost three-hour delay for the start of the temporary ceasefire -- due to "technical difficulties", said the resistance movement Hamas --...

RNZ Pacific Samoa's prime minister and the five other ousted members of the ruling FAST Party are reportedly challenging their removal. FAST chair La'auli Leuatea Schmidt...

COMMENTARY: By Andrew Mitrovica I have wrestled with what to say in this urgent moment, long yearned for and that often appeared beyond reach during...

LETTER: By John Minto With the temporary ceasefire agreement, we should take our hats off to the Palestinian people of Gaza who have withstood a...

EDITORIAL: Samoa Observer, by the editorial board There should be only one reason why people enter politics. It is for the good of the nation...

Asia Pacific Report About 200 demonstrators gathered in the heart of New Zealand's biggest city Auckland today to welcome the Gaza ceasefire due to come...

Asia Pacific Report The United Nations tasked with providing humanitarian aid to the besieged people of Gaza -- and the only one that can do...

Israel plays a cynical game. It makes phased agreements with the Palestinians that ensure it immediately gets what it wants. It then violates every...

COMMENTARY: By Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson and Junior S. Ami With just over a year left in her tenure as Prime Minister of Samoa, Fiame Naomi...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Port Vila Today marks one month since a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila, claiming 14 lives,...

Pacific Media Watch Four researchers and authors from the Asia-Pacific region have provided diverse perspectives on the media in a new global book on intercultural...

By Anish Chand in Suva A Fiji community human rights coalition has called on Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka to halt his "reckless expansion" of government...

A ceasefire in Gaza is not the end of Palestine’s nightmare, but the start of Israel’s. Legal moves will only gather momentum as the...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Port Vila More than 180,000 registered voters are expected to cast their votes today with polls now open...

By Daniel Perese of Te Ao Māori News Māori politicians across the political spectrum in Aotearoa New Zealand have called for immediate aid to enter...

COMMENTARY: By Monika Singh The lack of women representation in parliaments across the world remains a vexed and contentious issue. In Fiji, this problem has again...

Asia Pacific Report The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Egyptian, Palestinian and Israeli authorities to allow foreign journalists into Gaza in the...

COMMENTARY: By Chris Gunness 'In Gaza, only UNRWA has the infrastructure to distribute aid to scale, such as vehicles, warehouses, distribution centres and staff. However,...

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. We turn now to Gaza, where Israel’s assault on...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Port Vila The electoral commission in Vanuatu is trying its best to clear up some confusion with the...