Yearly Archives: 2026

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea's Central Province is feeling the brunt of prolonged drought caused by the El Niño weather phase. Central...

COMMENTARY: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Some years ago when I headed the Pacific Media Centre that I founded at Auckland University...

By Talaia Mika of RNZ Pacific There will be "no more Manu Samoa" if the government does not accept a proposed World Rugby review of...

The Israel lobby wrote itself a dictionary. Governments adopted it, regulators enforced it and police made arrests under it. Then it met a judge...

Pacific Media Watch Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned and highlighted recent attacks and obstructions committed by the Israeli military against Palestinian journalists reporting from...

By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific A whale-watching boat carrying several New Zealand Anglican Church delegates capsized and sank in Tonga on Saturday. RNZ Pacific understands...

The CSG is not legally police. Yet NSW Premier Chris Minns wants its armed guards patrolling public events despite senior police warning of favouritism...

Democracy Now! ANJALI KAMAT: This is Democracy Now!, I’m Anjali Kamat. We turn to the occupied West Bank, where Israeli settlers are continuing to lay siege...

The “insidious fallout” of Australia's Bondi Royal Commission is upon us. Before the Commission has even reported, the “slippery slope to eroding our freedoms...

COMMENTARY: By Brett Wilkins Still drawing international censure for his genocidal call to kill dozens of Gazans daily, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has...

By Rashneel Kumar, editor of the Cook Islands News The 2026 general election was a vote for stability, says political analyst William Numanga, as preliminary...

COMMENTARY: By Adla Alnazer The IDF's decision not to open a criminal investigation into the deaths of seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen, including...

RNZ Pacific reporters Fiji is now in a generalised HIV epidemic, which means the virus is firmly established and spreading within the general population. The number...

Asia Pacific Report Palestinian Christian theologian Reverend Munther Isaac, the director of the Bethlehem Institute for Peace and Justice, has questioned the Israeli military’s announcement...

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea's Foreign Minister says he expects the issue of West Papua will be discussed at the upcoming...

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Extreme weather patterns continue to hit the Pacific region with some of the highest parts of New Guinea experiencing...

By Tiana Haxton of RNZ Pacific A 26-day deep sea expedition in the Cook Islands by a United States scientific agency has uncovered new information...

By Brad Reed of Common Dreams US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has drawn an outraged reaction from critics after he unveiled sanctions against Tomoko...

COMMENTARY: Special correspondent American President Donald Trump posted an image on his Truth Social today. An AI-generated image. It has the Strait of Hormuz circled,...

RNZ Pacific The governor of Papua New Guinea's Western Highlands Province says his province is unprepared to deal with the severe impacts of the El...

RNZ Pacific reporters Access remains the biggest challenge for humanitarian workers in the Pacific Islands region, but humanitarians are not targeted as they are in...

Special correspondent For more than a week, Israeli settlers have besieged three Palestinian families in their homes in Qusra, south of Nablus in the occupied...