Yearly Archives: 2026

By Tiana Haxton of RNZ Pacific Preliminary results are starting to come in for the Cook Islands general election. As of 10pm local time, preliminary results...

Pacific Media Watch A court struggle featuring Daily Blog editor and media freedom defender Martyn Bradbury has taken a surprise turn, with Free Speech Union...

By Tiana Haxton of RNZ Pacific Polling is open in the Cook Islands where 11,000 registered voters will elect their leaders for the next four...

Asia Pacific Report Lawyers for two Palestinian advocates with strong family ties to the Nakba in Gaza and a Māori medical doctor critical of the...

How Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese built an unelected censorship apparatus for Jillian Segal without a vote, a bill or a debate, while the...

RNZ Pacific reporters Tributes have flowed in for the renowned Solomon Islands journalist George Atkin, who has died. As well as being a former correspondent for...

By Tiana Haxton of RNZ Pacific The Cook Islands goes to the polls this week for its four-yearly general election. Like all countries in the region,...

While the public is encouraged to blame immigrants, Muslims, the left, or "Israel haters", the UK state is racing to erect a scaffolding of...

By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has sought further dialogue with the United States over its new visa...

By Rashneel Kumar, editor of the Cook Islands News An exclusive poll reveals a tight election with no clear winner, as the surging Cook Islands...

Jillian Segal holds power over what Australians may say, teach, report and believe. No election gave it to her. No Parliament ratified it. Nothing...

Jubi News The environmental and human rights documentary Pesta Babi (Pig Feast): Colonialism in Our Time has been awarded both the 2026 Udin and Tasrif...

Asia Pacific Report The Free Palestine Party is now an official list party and will be on every ballot paper for New Zealand's general election...

Special Correspondent When you hear "Iran" and "Strait of Hormuz" in the same sentence, what comes to mind? Tensions? Threats? Chaos? ...That’s exactly what the MSM...

RNZ Pacific reporters Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale has announced that a review of his country's security agreement with China has begun. Wale has said...

COMMENTARY: By Ashneel Jaynesh Prasad There are some conversations a nation keeps postponing because they are uncomfortable. Changing Fiji’s flag is one of them. We came...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle United States unilateral sanctions, the kind being imposed on Cuba today, are deadlier for children than war according to a major...

COMMENTARY: By Joel Jenkins Of late, Australia's public broadcaster ABC has been altering the way it sees the world around it. Bound by a national...

Asia Pacific Report "Triple-tap" attacks by Israeli and US forces against Palestine, Iran and Lebanon were condemned today at a Stop Wars Aotearoa rally against...

By Michael West NSW Police have dropped charges against the remaining climate protesters from Rising Tide’s 2024 People’s Blockade of Newcastle Harbour -- the site...

By Susana Suisuiki of RNZ Pacific Disagreement from some China-aligned Pacific Islands countries has prevented regional countries within the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) issuing a...

“Australians are not being investigated for hating Jews. They are being investigated for objecting to a genocide.” Michael West Media's coverage of the Royal...