Yearly Archives: 2026

Witness Papali'i Mele Maualaivao

By Susana Suisuiki of RNZ Pacific The 9/11 attacks on the United States claimed thousands of lives, stunned the world, and triggered responses that continue...
Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis outside federal court in Adelaide in July 2025

The Zionist Federation of Australia has withdrawn its case of "racial hatred" against Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis, who called it a victory for free...
NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (left) and Foreign Minister Winston Peters

By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific Foreign Minister Winston Peters says he was under no obligation to consult with Cabinet before making an offer to...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The Israeli press has published three significant revelations about the Gaza holocaust, reporting (1) that Benjamin Netanyahu concealed advanced knowledge of...
"Affirmed, noted, endorsed" at the 55th Pacific Islands Forum leaders summit media conference in Koror

ANALYSIS: By Tess Newton Cain and Stefan Armbruster With a Chinese ballistic missile test in July as prelude, the familiar China-Taiwan tensions and preparations for...
Thai protesters gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok condemn the behaviour of Israeli tourists

By Wan Taufiq in Bangkok Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok yesterday to decry the behaviour of Israeli tourists and declare...
Vandalised Nikao Cemetery

By Susana Suisuiki of RNZ Pacific A historic cemetery in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, has been vandalised devastating families and local community members. An Australian-based researcher, who...
TSIMA reporting from Palau - today's story in the Torres News

By Stefan Armbruster and Jennifer Enosa for the Torres News Australia is seeking observer status at the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) but has not committed...
Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (left) with Naoero's Vice-President Lionel Aingimea in Suva earlier this year

By RNZ Pacific reporters Naoero, formerly known as Nauru, has opened its embassy in Jerusalem, becoming the third Pacific Island nation to do so. Naoero's Vice-President...

Te Ao Māori News A delegation of Māori leaders visiting Israel under the banner of "business and innovation" faces public criticism over its timing and...
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

ANALYSIS: By Teuila Fuatai of RNZ Pacific On the second day of the Pacific Islands Forum leaders' meeting in Palau, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese...
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

By Rashika Kumar in Suva Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is calling on Fijians to use their freedom of expression responsibly, stressing that people can disagree...
An United Israel Appeal tour

Australia's Labor and the Coalition have voted down a Greens amendment to strip tax breaks from charities funding illegal Israeli settlements and the IDF....
NZ Labour leader Chris Hipkins

By Russell Palmer of RNZ Labour is calling the government's stance on Israel an "embarrassment" to the country, and says it is failing to meet...
The United Kingdom, France and Canada announced they would ban imports of Israeli products which originated from the illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank

Asia Pacific Report A pro-Palestine national advocacy and protest group has accused New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs as being "derelict in its duties" if...
Maltese authorities must implement the long overdue measures protecting journalists and media freedom

Pacific Media Watch Angered by the lack of full justice nearly a decade after the assassination of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, Reporters Without...
Australian Green Senator David Shoebridge seeking information from the Department of Home Affairs

By Kaya Selby and Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific An Australian senator says the release of terms for a controversial deportation deal between Australia and...
Gaza and West Bank atrocities by Israel

Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Forum of New Zealand has called on the New Zealand government to follow France, the UK, Canada and nine other...
NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters

RNZ News Foreign Minister Winston Peters says New Zealand joins its international partners calling on Israel to end the expansion of illegal settlements in the...
An idyllic scene at Taga Beach, Tinian, in the Northern Marianas

ANALYSIS: By Jacqueline Peel and Wesley Morgan For more than a decade, the world has been trying to limit global warming to 1.5°C. That’s no longer...
Islanders in outrigger canoes selling tropical fruits off Dobu in the Solomon Sea

ANALYSIS: By Antonia Bhagwan in Suva The Pacific may have moved beyond the worst of the covid-19 pandemic, but its economic consequences continue to weigh...
Pro-Palestine protesters at a rally in Auckland last weekend

Asia Pacific Report A national pro-Palestine solidarity movement has condemned a spate of "radicalised" tyre slashing vandalism and other violent attacks by Israeli supporters. The most...