Yearly Archives: 2026

ANALYSIS: By Laurens Ikinia in Jakarta In middle of this month, two regencies in Papua again became epicentres of grief and national controversy. Puncak Regency in...

Asia Pacific Report A leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on Indonesian security forces to halt their crackdown on...

COMMENTARY: By Jason Brooke 1news tonight featured a report on the War in Ukraine. The reporter, a foreign war correspondent, explained to viewers how Ukrainian...

By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor A woman whose great-grandparents -- all eight of them -- were Girmitiya labourers has put their stories into...

ANALYSIS: By Jeremy Scahill Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has been on a strategic tour to prepare for two dramatically different paths that could unfold...

RNZ Pacific The Fiji Prime Minister has thrown his government's support behind a controversial waste-to-energy project at Vuda Point in the country's Western Division despite...

COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury How insane is it that, a Theocracy is winning the propaganda war against a Democracy? How badly has Trump screwed up when...

By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor A Papua New Guinea National Court ruling to overturn a ban on Starlink has been widely welcomed, fresh...

ANALYSIS: By Eugene Doyle If Iran succeeds in extracting reparations for the damage done to it in the US-Israeli war, it will be a world...

By Anish Chand in Suva Fiji Minister for Defence and Veterans Affairs Pio Tikoduadua has confirmed that a police officer seriously injured during a checkpoint...

As World Press Freedom Day rapidly approaches and Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Israeli government for its massacre of journalists in Lebanon and...

Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has appealed to ACT MP Nicole McKee to condemn Israel's deliberate bulldozing of New Zealand war...

Asia Pacific Report An official of the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) praised this month's High Court judicial ruling over New Zealand Superfund "unreasonable and...

By Coco Lance, RNZ Pacific digital journalist For the first time in history, the Goldman Environmental Prize -- often dubbed the "Green Nobel" --...

By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the Netherlands to stop selling arms to...

Trump’s portrayal of himself as Jesus, or anointed by Jesus, is typical of cult leaders, writes Chris Hedges. ANALYSIS: By Chris Hedges During the two years...

By Jeremy Loffredo of Drop Site News Prominent Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil has been killed in what appeared to be a targeted attack by the...

University of Sydney’s appointment of pro-Israel academic Michael Abrahams-Sprod as antisemitism adviser has exposed management to an embarrassing conflict in its approach to freedom...

By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Jone Vakarisi was heard screaming and begging before he was "brutalised to death" in Fiji military custody last...

Updated research has shown up lingering headaches over the impacts of decades-long nuclear testing in the Pacific islands and interventions of outside powers, amid...

University of Sydney’s vice-chancellor Mark Scott appointed a special advisor for the institution's antisemitism training programme, but forgot to tell anyone until months later....

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor A coalition of political parties opposing the Solomon Islands prime minister has accused government lobbyists of trying to woo...