Yearly Archives: 2026

COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell 27 February 1933 was a momentous turning point in German history; a lightning rod for what was to follow. It enabled Adolf...

By Kelvin Anthony of RNZ Pacific Controversial, profanity-laden remarks made by the head of the Fijian Teachers Association (FTA) while defending Indigenous chiefs and threatening...

Fiji’s Online Safety Act raises important questions for journalism, but also freedom of expression more broadly. The current review of the Act presents an...

Donald Trump, nosediving in the polls and bristling over a disastrous war on Iran, needs a scapegoat -- and the Israeli prime minister best...

Asia Pacific Report Labour will recognise Palestine, put in place economic sanctions on Israel, and join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International...

By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific The United States has designated a prominent Chinese businessman in Fiji for "significant corruption" on behalf of China-based actors. Zhao...

ANALYSIS: By Tracy Campbell Tracing the illegal land, sea and air siege of the Gaza enclave by Israel: 2006: Hamas elected in the last Palestinian legislative...

ABC Media Watch has accused Michael West of “perpetuating unsubstantiated conspiracy theories” online. We say the failure of journalism by ABC and other legacy...

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea has committed around US$5.5 million ($25 million kina) to Tuvalu over five years in aid of...

COMMENTARY: By Maher Nazzal Palestine Forum of New Zealand stands with Palestinians in Aotearoa and around the world, remembering generations of dispossession and struggle, honouring...

By Christina Persico of RNZ Pacific President Moetai Brotherson says French Polynesia's future cannot remain solely a French domestic matter. Brotherson has addressed the United Nations...

By Kelvin Anthony of RNZ Pacific Cracks are starting to show within Sitiveni Rabuka's coalition government ahead of a looming general election and a potential...

Asia Pacific Report Pro-Palestinian protesters in Aotearoa New Zealand will be the first to kick off a Global Day of Action next Saturday marking 1100...

COMMENTARY: By Jale Moala Words matter in politics. They matter even more when a country is debating the document that will determine how it is...

COMMENTARY: By Stephen Prager Seeking to discredit reports of its unprecedented killing of journalists in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces last week published a list...

Kaya Selby of RNZ News New Zealand has turned down an invitation by Canada to join a multi-billion dollar Defence Bank. The Defence, Security and Resilience...

By Anam Alam Backers of the UK Green Party's landmark "Zionism is racism" motion celebrated the proposal's passing into policy on Sunday, with supporters telling...

RNZ Pacific reporters Vanuatu's government has condemned a "shameful, racist, and neo-colonial rant" made by a pro-France New Caledonian lawmaker. Nicolas Metzdorf, a French politician from...

RNZ Pacific reporters Samoa's Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa (La'aiuli) Leuatea Schmidt has apologised for a historical video in which he used the term "Heil Hitler". "I have...

RNZ Pacific reporters Fiji's prime minister has called on global leaders coming to the country to see and listen to the people on the climate...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Nurlan Yermekbayev is one of those very important people most of us in the West have never heard of. I had...

By Lauren Crimp of RNZ New Zealand's Green Party has pledged to make public transport free for eligible groups and cap bus and train fares...