Monthly Archives: May 2026

ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk As New Caledonia marks the second anniversary of a spate of unrest and riots that...

By Aida Ulim in Jayapura Papuan women attending a free speech forum organised by the Dogiyai Student Association in Jayapura have condemned what they describe...

By Lillian Hanly, RNZ News political reporter Opposition New Zealand MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman was "hounded" into resigning, after a "witch...

By Atereano Mateariki, RNZ Pacific journalist Previously it was reporting on governments or politics that brought trouble for Tonga's journalists -- now it's reporting on...

The genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in Lebanon exhausted the West’s moral legitimacy. Now Iran is slowly exhausting the West’s military primacy, writes...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle "Whoever uses a citizen ill, indirectly offends the state, which is bound to protect this citizen; and the sovereign should avenge...

By Kate Newton, RNZ News climate change correspondent The political activist suing major New Zealand emitters over climate change damage says a law change blocking...

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone In a fawning softball 60 Minutes interview released on Sunday, Benjamin Netanyahu stressed the importance of winning “the propaganda war” on...

RNZ Pacific Fiji's military chief has made a public admission at a church service that the institution was "at fault" for the death of Jone...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Despite a trade-related controversy that erupted last week between the governments of Vanuatu and New Caledonia,...

By Luka Forman, RNZ journalist A community leader from a tiny island says preserving her native tongue is more important than ever, as schools on...

By Giff Johnson, Marshall Islands Journal editor/RNZ Pacific correspondent One of the biggest electricity increases in the history of the Marshalls Energy Company was implemented...

COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Why is US President Donald Trump carrying on with his State visit to Beijing this week on May 14? I wouldn't...

The Bondi Royal Commission started its public hearings in Australia last week -- and the mainstream media is lapping up the "antisemitism" narrative while...

Asia Pacific Report A New Zealander who took part in the global flotilla trying to break the illegal Gaza siege and who was abducted by...

By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Indonesian authorities say investigations are underway into an incident in West Papua when a number of people were...

COMMENTARY: By Kalafi Moala The importance of media freedom is recognised each year globally on May 3. This year the Pacific Island country of Tonga...

By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Vanuatu's government has urged the French ambassador in Port Vila to use established diplomatic channels rather than social...

COMMENTARY: By Oriini Kaipara The treatment of Maiki Sherman has been deeply upsetting to witness. To see the first wahine Māori ever rise to the role...

RNZ News TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman has resigned, posting on social media that today, Friday, was her last day at TVNZ. The broadcaster confirmed Maiki...

By Joy Ofasia in Honiara One of the Pacific's champions of a free press, Robert Iroga, says the biggest threat to media freedom in the...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia's crucial provincial elections will be held next month on Sunday, June 28, French Prime...