Monthly Archives: March 2026

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka (left) and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

RNZ Pacific Fiji's human rights watchdog has warned that the country's pro-Israel foreign policy and diplomatic engagement works against its international obligations and could be...
Former Israeli negotiator Daniel Levy

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman in New York, joined by, for the first time...
The Cree Indian motif – inspired by the mythology of the elderly woman "Eyes of Fire" and her vision for the future – painted on the original Rainbow Warrior smoke stack

COMMENTARY: By David Robie, author of Eyes of Fire The legacy of nuclear testing in the Pacific is unfinished business. From the 1997 disappearance of...
A US protester holds placards reading ‘’war making is a crime’’

SPECIAL REPORT: By Jessica Corbett Democrats in Congress have sounded the alarm over US President Donald Trump pledging to commit more war crimes in Iran...
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

RNZ Pacific Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has doubled down on his decision not to convene Parliament as he hangs on to power leading...
The slogan "From the River to the Sea" is now a prohibited phrase in Queensland

A CAUTIONARY TALE: By Jim Dowling Both my son Franz and I have been arrested, separately, for suspected thought crimes relating to Palestine and Israel. We...
A woman protester holds up a “Wanted” poster featuring Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

COMMENTARY: By Sarah Leah Whitson In recent days, Israel and the United States have expressed outrage over the deliberate and indiscriminate targeting of civilians and...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle You can’t make this stuff up. The President of the United States, while sitting next to the Japanese Prime Minister in...
The gas and diesel price sign at Ace's One Stop fuel station in Majuro

By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent The Marshall Islands Parliament this week endorsed legislation reducing income taxes for all working people in...
Democracy Now host Amy Goodman interviewing economist Dr Laleh Khalili

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: Global oil and natural gas prices are soaring after Israel...
Arbitrary detention, ill-treatment and internal displacement of West Papuans

Asia Pacific Report An exiled leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has condemned Indonesia's "cruel and humiliating" arbitrary arrest of 12...
Resigned US National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent

COMMENTARY: By Marcus Alexander In a stunning resignation that has sent shockwaves through Washington, former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent has exposed what many...
Saipan

By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent The Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands' (CNMI) economic struggles are not just a local...
Repression is a characteristic of Iranian government policy, but not the only characteristic

COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell When Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, was assassinated in the opening stages of the US-Israeli war against Iran, I...
Fiji and Israel established diplomatic relations in 1970

RNZ Pacific High-ranking Fiji government ministers have formally approved plans for the establishment of resident embassies for Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in...
An appeal advertisement for Jewish National Fund Australia

The Labor government has told the Senate that Australian charities don’t have to comply with international law, nor will they be compelled. Michael West...
China and the Solomon Islands media

SPECIAL REPORT: Reporters Without Borders Since the Solomon Islands established diplomatic relations with China in 2019, the Pacific country has become a strategic arena for...
In October 2025, Israeli forces kidnapped the crew members of 41 aid ships near Gaza

By Joshua Carroll A global coalition of activists is preparing to launch the largest ever flotilla of aid ships aimed at breaking Israel’s illegal blockade...
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele

By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The Solomon Islands Prime Minister is refusing to convene Parliament next week amid a takeover bid by government...
The Strait of Hormuz

ANALYSIS: By Kevork Almassian When the Strait of Hormuz closes, you don’t need to be a military analyst to understand what just happened. You only...
Opposition Labour leader Chris Hipkins (left) receives the Iran war petition from Greenpeace executive director Dr Russel Norman

Greenpeace Aotearoa Thousands of people have signed a petition demanding New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon stand up and condemn the illegal attacks on Iran...
"Don't mine the moana"

COMMENTARY: By Niamh O'Flynn To most of us in Aotearoa, the current illegal war in Iran feels distant. We see it in our news feeds,...