Yearly Archives: 2026
Trump’s naval blockade of Strait of Hormuz actually targets China
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean
Most of Iranian oil -- 96.7 percent -- is destined for China. If you note this figure, you will realise that...
Solomon Islands PM challenges court order to face no-confidence vote within days
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
The Solomon Islands' Attorney-General is challenging a ruling by the Chief Justice in favour of a new coalition...
Divide and rule – how UAE is Israel’s ‘Trojan horse’ in the Gulf
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
Without understanding the astonishing network of power exercised by the United Arab Emirates you would have no idea why the UAE...
Iran trolls Trump with AI-generated LEGO video – now ‘banned’
Pacific Media Watch
The war on Iran is not only being fought on the battlefield, reports France24 -- it is also playing out online.
Iran’s state...
Gallery: Standing up for the people of Iran . . . and Palestine, Lebanon,...
Asia Pacific Report
A massive Stop Wars Aotearoa coalition rally and march on the US Consulate took place in Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau last Saturday, 11...
Fiji military puts public ‘on notice’ citing national security threats
RNZ Pacific
The Fiji military has warned that individuals responsible for "any attempt to destabilise national security" and those who aid "individuals engaged in criminal...
Auckland Council committee votes to review illegal Israeli settlement policies
Asia Pacific Report
The planning and policy committee of New Zealand's largest city today voted decisively to review its procurement policies to ensure it is...
Why Iran will never break – and Iranians will decide their own future
COMMENTARY: By Kaveh
As an Iranian living in New Zealand, I wake up every morning to the quiet green hills and the calm sea, but...
Why Trump’s naval blockade to ‘strangle’ Iran is a joke
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean
This US naval blockade is meant to strangle the Iranian economy by preventing it from exporting oil -- the economic lifeline...
Iran threatens retaliation over Gulf ‘piracy’ in Trump’s naval blockade
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: Ship traffic has halted again in the Strait of Hormuz after President Trump ordered the US military to begin a naval...
Global Sumud Flotilla heads from Barcelona to break Gaza blockade
Asia Pacific Report
A group of 39 boats known as the Global Sumud Flotilla has set sail from Barcelona to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza,...
French Polynesia’s legislature shows new shape, more divisions
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
The Territorial Assembly of French Polynesia has for the first time shown a new configuration during...
What I would do if I was Mojtaba Khamenei – a Kenyan perspective
COMMENTARY: By Bonface Chisutia
On the night of February 28, the Israel-US airstrike killed his father, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, his wife, his brother-in-law...
Why Vance couldn’t stop the Trump train wreck – an Iranian perspective
IRNA News Agency
When news reports first indicated that US Vice-President JD Vance was going to lead the Americans in the negotiations with Iran, the...
Ten dead in Bougainville amid Cyclone Maila aftermath
RNZ Pacific
Cyclone Maila has been downgraded to a tropical low but has caused widespread damage in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.
Ten people were...
Iranian envoy slams ‘rule of the jungle’ in criticism of NZ diplomacy
Pacific Media Watch
Iran's ambassador has criticised New Zealand's failure to condemn the US and Israeli strikes on Iran as damaging the relationship between the...
Cyclone Vaianu: Damaging winds, heavy rain hit NZ’s North Island
RNZ News
Weather warnings in New Zealand's North Island are starting to lift, as Tropical Cyclone Vaianu tracks away from the country.
Red and orange wind...
Protesters rally across Aotearoa in condemnation of Israel, US ‘warmongering’ and ‘shameful’ NZ
Asia Pacific Report
Thousands of protesters took part in the “Stop Wars Aotearoa” rallies across New Zealand today, calling for an end to the illegal...
‘Ten minutes of terror’ – Lebanon death toll tops 300 from Israel’s ‘Black Wednesday’
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: As the US and Iran prepared to hold ceasefire talks in Pakistan today, Israel is continuing to bomb Lebanon.
The death...
Ending Israel’s war on peace – Iran’s 10-point proposal is serious
To make lasting peace in the Middle East, the US must end its blank cheque to Israel’s perpetual wars and join with the rest...
Cyclone Vaianu: First impacts could be felt Saturday amid severe NZ warnings
RNZ News
Severe weather warnings are set to come into place this weekend as Cyclone Vaianu bears down on New Zealand.
Coromandel and parts of the...
Robert Reich: Lessons on how to defeat Donald Trump every time
COMMENTARY: By Robert Reich
An hour before Trump said he’d cause the death of a “whole civilisation” if Iran didn’t open the strait of Hormuz,...
