Monthly Archives: April 2026

Pro-independence advocate Emmanuel Tjibaou, one of the two MPs representing New Caledonia at the Assembly

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A Constitutional Reform Bill dedicated to New Caledonia was rejected on Thursday by the French National...
Robert Reich's message to President Donald Trump

COMMENTARY: By Robert Reich Mr Trump, may I have a word? Bad enough for you to insist -- in the face of all evidence to the...
Iranian spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani

Al Mayadeen English An Iranian government spokesperson, Fatemeh Mohajerani, has declared that the attacked "bridges and the Pasteur Institute are symbols of Iran’s scientific strength"...
NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

By Lillian Hanly, RNZ News political reporter New Zealand has joined Australia, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom in expressing "deep concern" about an...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian

By Ali Hashem in Tehran This is a war of narratives with the United States administration trying to push forward its narrative of "victory" while...
A pro-Kanak independence rally for New Caledonia

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Thousands took to the streets of the capital Nouméa on Tuesday -- hours ahead of a...
Greenpeace wins lawsuit against Fonterra

By Russel Norman One day in October 2023 I was walking down the supermarket aisle when I saw greenwashing in plain sight. Fonterra’s Anchor butter was...
President Trump's obsession with Kharg island

COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean US President Donald Trump has been obsessed with seizing Iran's Kharg Island for more than 35 years -- way before he...
New Zealand surgical team leader in Vietnam Dr Peter Eccles-Smith

COMMENTARY: By Audrey van Ryn Museums around the world present the story of war in different ways. The Imperial War Museum in London includes military...