Yearly Archives: 2026
‘The school that became a grave’ – Jeremy Scahill on US bombing of Minab,...
Democracy Now!
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The Pentagon is sending...
Media demand answers after Samoan PM’s security reportedly deletes journalist’s photos
RNZ
The Journalists Association of Samoa (JAWS) is demanding answers over the removal of a journalist's camera and the deletion of photographs taken while she...
Police arrest two as protesters accused of blocking NZ aerospace summit
Asia Pacific Report
Pro-Palestine protesters targeted Christchurch’s Te Pae Convention Centre yesterday to highlight the National Aerospace Summit's alleged ties with Israeli military.
The protesters from...
Fiji approves ‘lifeline’ needle exchange law to combat HIV emergency
RNZ Pacific reporters
Fiji's lawmakers have passed legislation allowing the rollout of a needle exchange programme aimed at containing the rapid rise of HIV from...
Palestinian-led parties in Israel face ‘institutional discrimination’, says lawyer
Asia Pacific Report
Palestinian lawyer Muhammad Dahleh says moves to exclude Palestinian-led parties and candidates from Israel’s elections this month amount to “institutional discrimination,” arguing...
American Samoa environmental group sues US govt over deep sea mining plans
By Susana Suisuiki of RNZ Pacific
An environmental group in American Samoa is taking legal action against the United States government over its plans for...
Tuvalu appoints first woman governor-general ahead of 48th Independence Day
RNZ Pacific reporters
Temukisa Auina Penehuro Hauma, 71, has become the first woman to be appointed the Governor-General of one of the world's smallest nations.
Tuvalu...
From Resistance to the Ponsonby People’s Union, a courageous tale of struggle for justice
REVIEW: By David Robie
The seeds of resistance and later community empowerment began in Tāmaki Makaurau in a humble but lively bookshop in a rundown...
New PINA president pledges to strengthen Pacific newsrooms
By Tiana Haxton of RNZ Pacific
The new president of the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) wants to strengthen the region's newsrooms.
Neville Choi, who is...
Pacific leaders urge Jakarta to allow UN rights visit to West Papua
RNZ Pacific reporters
Pacific Islands leaders have used their addresses to the United Nations General Assembly to urge Indonesia to allow the UN human rights...
Mother rescued after triplets die in remote PNG community
By Scott Waide of RNZ Pacific
A young mother who gave birth to triplets in a remote part of Papua New Guinea was successfully evacuated,...
Dirty Work – shining a light on the machinery of NZ’s conservative politics
The strength of Dirty Work is that it pulls back the curtain to reveal those who prefer to operate in the shadows. And now...
Greenpeace seabed mining activists protest on board NZ research vessel Tangaroa
By Ellen O'Dwyer of RNZ and RNZ Digital reporters
Police are considering charges against Greenpeace protesters who occupied a state-owned ship in protest at seabed...
‘Stop empty promises’ – Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands leaders demand climate action
RNZ Pacific reporters
The leaders of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands have issued a strong call to action to industrial nations and the...
Al Jazeera rejects Netanyahu’s attack on journalists in UN speech
Pacific Media Watch
Al Jazeera has rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attack against the network during a speech at the United Nations General Assembly,...
‘Baseless lies meant to sanitise his genocide’ – Mayor Mamdani hits back after Netanyahu’s...
COMMENTARY: By Brett Wilkins
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has hit back after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the UN General Assembly...
‘They just have to get out’ – civilians pay the price for West Papua...
By Tiana Haxton of RNZ Pacific
More than 125,000 people are reported to have been displaced in West Papua as armed conflict escalates, but the...
Selling the Iran war: Purges, polygraphs and propaganda
Pacific Media Watch
With the US midterm elections just weeks away, US President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to put a positive spin on a...
Pacific media must bring remote communities into the conversation, says Rabuka
By Prishanta Sharma in Savusavu
Reaching communities beyond Pacific capitals must remain at the heart of journalism as technology creates new ways for the region...
Seasonal weather chaos just part of picture of Pacific maritime tragedies, says climatologist
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
As the Pacific Islands region reels from a series of recent maritime tragedies, a regional climatologist says it is...
Pezeshkian speaks from the heart, but with legal, moral and strategic clarity
COMMENTARY: By Reza Nasri
President Masoud Pezeshkian came to New York with a written text. After hearing US President Donald Trump at the same rostrum...
Rabuka urges Pacific media to verify facts, warns over rise of AI
By Nacanieli Tuilevuka in Savusavu
Fiji Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has urged Pacific journalists to check and verify information before disseminated it to the public, warning...



































