Monthly Archives: March 2026

Pacific Island fuel prices are generally high and volatile

By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist Analysts are warning fuel prices are expected to jump in the Pacific following the Israeli and US attacks on...
A mourner holds up a picture of one of the victims of the US-Israeli attack on Iran at Minab

Alternative Jewish Voices -- Sh’ma Koleinu We, Alternative Jewish Voices, deplore Israel and America’s illegal war of aggression against Iran. We also condemned the repression...
Assassinated in the US-Israel attacks . . . Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Western countries, including  Australia and New Zealand, were quick to line up to support Operation Epic Fury, the US-Israeli blitzkrieg on...
"Trouble is brewing in the West, as people realise just how controlled their rulers are."

ANALYSIS: By Nury Vittachi The West is in turmoil over countries' top legal minds declaring the US-Israel attack on Iran to be illegal, as China...
Opposition Labour leader Chris Hipkins

RNZ News New Zealand's opposition Labour leader Chris Hipkins says he does not support the United States and Israel's strikes on Iran. He disagrees with Prime...
Solomon Islands National University's vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau

RNZ Pacific A Solomon Islands academic says the US and Israel illegal bombing of Iran is "deeply alarming" and the Pacific region does not need...
The PNG Correctional Service headquarters where the alleged assault took place

Pacific Media Watch The Media Council of Papua New Guinea (MCPNG) has condemned an alleged assault on a senior female reporter and called on the...
If the US can install another puppet in Tehran as obedient as the Shah after the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s refineries will once again be at the mercy of US oil companies

COMMENTARY: By Gordon Campbell Funny . . . back when Russia invaded Ukraine, New Zealand didn’t wait for Vladimir Putin to tell us whether his...
Iran's Ambassador Reza Nazar Ahari

Asia Pacific Report Iran's ambassador to New Zealand says the joint US and Israeli strikes on his country need stronger condemnation, reports TV1 News. Ambassador Reza...
The first satellite image of the bombing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound in Tehran on the opening day of the surprise and illegal US-Israeli attack on Iran

ANALYSIS: By Shannon Brincat and Juan Zahir Naranjo Cáceres The joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran represent a further erosion of the international legal order. Under...
"The terrible news that the Americans and Israelis had killed more than 150 children this week"

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle When I heard the terrible news that the Americans and Israelis had killed more than 165 children this week in an...
NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon

RNZ News Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says New Zealand's stance on the United States and Israeli bombing of Iran mirrors that of Australia. Australian Prime Minister...
The Iranian Red Crescent reports US and Israeli attacks on areas close to medical and humanitarian facilities

RNZ Pacific The governments of Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu have issued advisories for their nationals in the Middle East to remain calm and take...
A sports hall in Lamerd, southern Iran, where dozens of teenage girls were attending training sessions

By Mahmoud Aslan in Lamerd, southern Iran Dozens of teenage girls were attending their regular training sessions of volleyball, basketball, and gymnastics in the main...
Iranian politician, author, and lawyer Mohammad Mossadegh

Asia Pacific Report New Zealand's weak response to the unprovoked and illegal United States and Israel attacks on Iran at the weekend has stirred strong...
Trump and Netanyahu claim the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has been killed

ANALYSIS: By Glenn Greenwald For decades, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and American neoconservatives have dreamed of only one foreign policy goal -- having the...
Carlos Latuff on the US-Israel dual attacks on Iran

COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson Look around this morning. America and Israel, nuclear-armed states have attacked Iran. Israel, which has never declared its nuclear stockpiles nor its borders,...
Pesta Babi (Pig Feast) . . . Indonesian colonialism in West Papua

REVIEW: Jubi Media Yasinta Moiwend was startled when, on a quiet morning, a massive ship docked at her village pier in West Papua. The vessel carried...