Monthly Archives: July 2026

The tide has turned a little at Australia's Royal Commission into Antisemitism with a second Jewish witness breaking from the Israel narrative. Michael West...

By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific The Papua New Guinea Correctional Service (PNGCS) has confirmed three prisoners have been killed in the Western Highlands Province...

COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean The United States went to war to stop Iran charging tolls in the Strait of Hormuz. It has now imposed a...

OBITUARY: By Mohammad Mansour Following the passing of Qatar’s Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani at 74 on Sunday, his solidarity with the...

COMMENTARY: By Saige England I loathe hypocrisy. I am sure you do too. So let's state this plainly. The genociders have employed hypocrisy as a...

RNZ Digital reporters Sam Neill was New Zealand's biggest international film star, yet was a modest man who shied from the media spotlight. He has...

OBITUARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The only positive thing about the Iran war heating up again is that Lindsey Graham won’t be around to enjoy it. The...

Australian Special Envoy Jillian Segal has slammed public broadcasters ABC and SBS at the Royal Commission into Antisemitism for "anti-Israel bias" and called for...

By Margot Staunton of RNZ Pacific Samoa's opposition leader Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi claims government plans to investigate him and two senior members of Parliament for...

RNZ Morning Report The outcome of the US and Israel war against Iran looks likely to come down to a test of wills, says a...

COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Forty-eight hours ago, I wrote: “Iran doesn't need to close the strait. It needs only to demonstrate, periodically, that it can.” Today,...

As Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal denied the undeniable at the Bondi Royal Commission this week, not much is changing in...

COMMENTARY: By Andy Worthington On October 9, 2023, just after the State of Israel began its ongoing genocidal assault on the Gaza Strip, Sarah Cotte,...

By Margot Staunton of RNZ Pacific George Speight -- a former coup frontman in Fiji -- is calling on the perpetrators of the country's past...

By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific Pro-France Virginie Ruffenach has been elected as the new New Caledonia Congress President (Speaker) under a "governance" coalition struck...

Pacific Media Watch A "lock out" incident in Honiara last year barring Pacific journalists from an Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese press conference is among...

ANALYSIS: By Lim Tean Former US Vice-President Mike Pence wants Donald Trump to "finish the job" in the Strait of Hormuz. After 130 days of war...

Mānawatia a Matariki! Flashback 41 years on: One year ago marking the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior, Te Aniwaniwa Paterson wrote...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Despite advice from wiser heads, US President Donald Trump and his Secretary of War Pete Hegseth swallowed the bait from Israeli...

COMMENTARY:  By Eugene Doyle “They’re scum … they’re led by sick people and they’re vicious, violent people. There’s something wrong with them. They’re cuckoo. As far...

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jr says countries of the wider Pacific region need to work together to reduce geopolitical...

COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Last night, America bombed Iran. Again. Dozens of strikes -- four to five times heavier than the last round -- against radar...