Monthly Archives: September 2026

RNZ Pacific reporters The president of the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) says journalists need greater protection when reporting on organised crime networks. Speaking at a...

Asia Pacific Report Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned Israeli actions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank in a blistering speech at the...

By Lillian Hanly of RNZ Investigative journalist and author Nicky Hager has released a new book called Dirty Work: The Taxpayers' Union and New Zealand's...

COMMENTARY: By Saige England This is a photo of me in the desert in Saudi Arabia 19 years ago. Was I covered? You bet. I recall...

By Prishanta Sharma in Savusavu Journalists in the Pacific have been encouraged to investigate how climate change funding is managed and whether financial assistance reaches...

Asia Pacific Report A national advocacy group congratulated the Invercargill City Council for voting today to end procurement of goods or services from companies profiting...

RNZ Pacific reporters One of Fiji's most prominent traditional and political figures is warning the country's lawmakers "not to approve" two major bilateral agreements with...

COMMENTARY: By Dr Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat Last Saturday, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto was in the middle of a speech when he stopped talking, wiped his...

COMMENTARY: By GABRIELA Auckland Fifty-four years ago, this very day, martial law was declared across the entire Philippines under then President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. On 21...

RNZ Pacific Concern is mounting among Fiji civil society over signs the government may extend the length of Parliament in order to push through constitutional...

COMMENTARY: By Tracy Campbell There is something grotesque about taking one of the greatest intellectual achievements in human history -- a technology capable of translating...

By Pita Ligaiula in Savusavu Pacific media leaders and journalists from across the region will tackle press freedom, newsroom survival, artificial intelligence, anti-corruption, climate change...

By Coco Lance of RNZ Pacific Over the years, 21-year-old Siaosi (George) Lavelua (Kolomotu'a, Makave) has often made the trip north to the Waitangi Treaty...

During his acceptance speech at the 83rd Venice Film Festival last week, Israeli filmmaker Yuval Abraham challenged audiences -- particularly Israelis and Europeans --...

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Julian Assange is officially back on X/Twitter, restoring to the world an important voice we were robbed of by the US...

Asia Pacific Report Thousands took part in today's Greenpeace-led March for Nature in the heart of Aotearoa New Zealand's Tāmaki Makaurau. Critics of the coalition...

RNZ Thousands of people have marched in central Auckland to protest against the New Zealand coalition government's proposed Conservation Amendment Bill. The bill is intended to...

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, the War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman in New York joined by Democracy Now! cohost Juan...

RNZ Pacific reporters With an election looming and political parties in campaign mode, the Fiji government has hinted that a new constitution could be in...

RNZ Pacific reporters Fiji's Tourism Minister Viliame Gavoka says people travelling to the island for tourism purposes, such as from Australia and New Zealand, know...

Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Forum of New Zealand (PFNZ) has appealed to the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (NZCTU) to...

Right-wing astroturfers were given a platform at the Bondi Royal Commission, their history concealed and their testimony uncontested. Wendy Bacon reveals what the Commissioners...