Yearly Archives: 2025
CPJ condemns Israeli killing of Gaza journalist Anas al-Sharif and video crew of four
Pacific Media Watch
The Committee to Protect Journalists has made a statement today that it is appalled to learn of the killing of an Al...
France’s betrayal of Kanak hopes for independence, Rainbow Warrior, climate crisis and other issues
Pacific Media Watch
Pacific affairs and media commentator Dr David Robie reflected on the 1985 Rainbow Warrior mission to Rongelap atoll to help US nuclear...
Greenpeace condemns NZ’s ‘dodgy reforms’ plan weakening ocean protection
By Emma Page
Greenpeace says moves to weaken ocean protection through dodgy fisheries “reforms” will be met with strong opposition, as Oceans and Fisheries Minister...
NZ announces support package, new High Commission building in PNG
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter
The prime minister has announced a new High Commission building in Papua New Guinea and an economic support...
Mark Brown rejects talk of ‘strategic shift’ in Cook Islands-New Zealand relationship
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist in Rarotonga
The Cook Islands has no intention of leaving its special relationship with New Zealand, says Prime Minister...
Soaring food prices prove the Gaza famine is real – and will affect generations...
ANALYSIS: By Ilan Noy, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
The words and pictures documenting the famine in the Gaza strip are horrifying.
The...
Marshall Islands president warns of threat to Pacific Islands Forum unity
By Giff Johnson, Marshall Islands Journal editor/RNZ Pacific correspondent
Leaders of the three Pacific nations with diplomatic ties to Taiwan are united in a message...
Eugene Doyle: Recognise Palestine? Then free Marwan Barghouti
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
The world’s most important hostage -- must be released. The powerful Western countries have signalled that in the face of the...
‘Right to choose’ key to Cook Islands-NZ relationship, says Peters
By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
New Zealand's foreign minister says Cook Islanders are free to choose whether their country continues in free association...
Debunked – Israel’s top 10 lies on Gaza, as exposed by Zeteo
Pacific Media Watch
The New York Times recently revealed that the Israeli military has “never found proof” that Hamas has “systematically stolen aid from the...
Australian media faces existential crisis after realising ‘free Palestine’ might extend well beyond university...
COMMENTARY: By Clancy Overell, editor of The Betoota Advocate
After years of sitting on the fence and looking the other way, the Australian media is...
‘People have stopped using it’: Culture secretary warns of complacency over Cook Islands Māori
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist in Rarotonga
The Cook Islands Secretary of Culture Emile Kairua says people in his country are getting complacent about...
Palestine surveillance author says Australian protesters ‘outraged’ by Israel’s war on Gaza
Pacific Media Watch
Antony Loewenstein, author of The Palestine Laboratory, a book on the Israeli arms and surveillance industry, says Australian protesters are “outraged” not...
Hiroshima 80 years on – why AUKUS is imperial madness and needs to be...
Three times this year the world has been close to nuclear catastrophe of one form or another -- the India–Pakistan conflict, the ongoing Ukraine–Russia...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange joins Sydney Gaza humanitarian protest as thousands cross bridge
Asia Pacific Report
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was among the tens of thousands of protesters in Australia staging a "humanitarians for Gaza" march today across...
Israel backing Gaza ‘gangs’ to create unlivable chaos, says academic
Asia Pacific Report
While the Israeli government claims it is backing "clans" in Gaza to counter the resistance movement Hamas, the groups it supports more...
Bloodshed at GHF-run Gaza aid sites ‘a great sin’, says former top UN official
Asia Pacific Report
A former senior UN aid official has condemned the bloodshed at the notorious US and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's aid food depots,...
Roch Wamytan: Paris political agreement for New Caledonia ‘not enough’ for Kanaks
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/bulletin editor
A former New Caledonia Congress president says there are "not enough" benefits for Kanaks in a new "draft"...
‘Glorious’ sisters showcase Auckland’s Polynesian experiences for tourists
By Torika Tokalau, Local Democracy Reporter
The sisters running Auckland's first authentic Polynesian show for tourists say it's not just for visitors, but also to...
New Caledonia’s oldest party for independence rejects ‘Bougival’ deal
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific Desk
New Caledonia's oldest pro-independence party, the Union Calédonienne (UC), has officially rejected a political agreement on...
NZ ‘lagging behind’ world by failing to recognise Palestinian statehood, says former PM Helen...
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News acting political editor
New Zealand is lagging behind the rest of the world through its failure to recognise Palestinian statehood,...
As protesters condemn Western media ‘complicity’, Gaza journalists struggle for survival
Asia Pacific Report
Protesters demonstrated outside several major US media outlets in Washington this week condemning their coverage of the genocide in Gaza, claiming they...