Monthly Archives: June 2026
A UN report details the ‘overwhelming’ scale of children killed in Gaza. It raises...
ANALYSIS: By Shannon Bosch
A recent United Nations report has detailed serious allegations of Israel deliberately targeting Palestinian children during the conflict since October 2023.
The...
Fijian widow alleges husband was beaten in police raid, told to lie before his...
By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific
The widow of a deceased Fijian farmer is claiming that her husband was beaten by police during a raid...
Iran’s heartbroken Team Melli exit World Cup amid silver lining of Mexican hospitality
By Anushe Engineer
Iran’s bittersweet, logistically complicated, politically charged, and heartbreaking World Cup run found a silver lining in Mexico, where the men’s football team...
Official results confirmed for New Caledonia’s provincial elections
By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific
The official results of New Caledonia's provincial elections held on Sunday were proclaimed last evening.
In a comprehensive document, the...
The Gaza doctrine – Israeli ‘journacide’ and the muted NZ media response
COMMENTARY: By David Robie, Pacific Media Watch
A friend and colleague, Solidarity columnist Eugene Doyle, posed a brief question on the Facebook media page Kiwi...
Fiji military defends national role in society after 9% budget cut
RNZ Pacific
Fiji's military has hit out against budget cuts it copped last Friday.
In a social media post, the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF),...
Time to pull plug on power-hungry ‘bludger’ AI data centres, says CAFCA
Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa
The Campaign Against Foreign Control of Aotearoa (CAFCA) has warned that a planned AI data centre in Southland would...
Pro-French, pro-independence blocs remain in New Caledonia election
By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific
The one-round provincial election held in New Caledonia yesterday has produced a few surprises, but essentially maintained the existing...
Counting underway at polling stations in New Caledonia provincial elections
By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ, RNZ Pacific reporters
Polling stations have now closed in New Caledonia, as electoral officials begin tallying votes in today's provincial...
Heavy security deployed as New Caledonia’s crucial elections begin
By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific
Heavy security has been deployed in New Caledonia as crucial provincial elections are being held in the French Pacific...
Pakistan PM drops a ‘truth bomb’ on US about the Iranian missiles
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, one of the signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding between Iran and the US,...
The reckoning – what the US-Iran MOU means in reality for Israel
Israel's legitimacy has been catastrophically squandered. It can only begin to be rebuilt through justice for the Palestinian people, writes Lim Tean.
ANALYSIS: By Lim...
New Caledonia’s political parties make final pitch to voters before campaigning ends
By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific
Campaigning in New Caledonia officially closed yesterday at midnight local time -- two days ahead of election day tomorrow,...
Australian media ignores UN report on Israeli deliberate killing of children
By Stephanie Tran in Sydney
The devastating United Nations report this week into the deliberate targeting and murder of Palestinian children by Israel is not...
NZ anti-war protesters call for independent foreign policy and peaceful planet
COMMENTARY: By Liz Remmerswaal
Up to 1000 people joined a March for Peace in Auckland last weekend to demand that Aotearoa New Zealand become a...
This is the story that Trump and the West don’t want you to know
ANALYSIS: By Lim Tean
Across my social media platforms, I encounter daily a particular brand of ignorance that I find increasingly impossible to ignore. Iran...
Jale Moala: Why is the UN credible when Fiji agrees but not when it’s...
COMMENTARY: By Jale Moala
It's interesting how readily many people in Fiji embrace the work of the United Nations when it supports local programmes such...
Cook Islands set to head to the polls in six weeks — August 12
RNZ Pacific
Cook Islanders are set to head to the polls in six weeks' time, the King's Representative of the Cook Islands, Sir Tom Marsters,...
Fiji will remain unstable while Indigenous people are economically sidelined, says ex-coup convict
By Margot Staunton of RNZ Pacific
A former coup convict in Fiji claims the country will remain unstable while the Indigenous iTaukei are economically marginalised.
Josefa...
Lim Tean: Marco Rubio embarrasses himself – and America – over Iran
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean
The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has told the world that Iran’s foreign policy is driven by “pure theology” and...
Bougainville sets out full three-stage proposal for independence by 2030
By Christina Persico of RNZ Pacific
The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) has formally outlined its final position on its political future, proposing a three-stage pathway...
A timeline of how the fuel crisis impacted on the Pacific
ANALYSIS: By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific
During the fuel crisis, Pacific Island countries have scrambled to secure their own fuel supply, forcing them to...














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