Yearly Archives: 2026
‘Not sorry’ – will international pressure mean justice for Zomi Frankcom?
Will a global human rights declaration help pave the way for Australian Zomi Frankcom’s Israeli killers to be held accountable for her death? Human...
PSNA raps NZ govt over ‘haphazard’ foreign policy and mixed messages
Asia Pacific Report
New Zealand signed an international letter criticising Israel which foreshadows sanctions but a pro-Palestine advocacy group has rapped the government over its...
US expected to announce major fuel security deal at Pacific Islands Forum
By Teuila Fuatai of RNZ Pacific in Koror, Palau
The United States is set to announce a fuel security deal worth US$60 million for the...
Pacific leaders urged to be united behind 2050 climate action vision
By L.N. Reklai in Koror, Palau
Pacific Islands Forum leaders are being urged to strengthen regional unity and ensure the Forum remains firmly Pacific-led as...
How Free Palestine party plans to pressure NZ govt over its ‘failures’ on Gaza...
Asia Pacific Report
The Free Palestine Party was presented at a solidarity rally at the weekend as the new political group contesting the New Zealand...
US pushes critical minerals agenda in Cook Islands with Penrhyn ‘lifeline’
By Teuila Fuatai of RNZ Pacific in Koror, Palau
The United States and New Zealand will co-fund a new "lifeline" port with the Cook Islands...
Peters blasts Solomon Islands cabinet ministers for move against PM Wale
By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters has blasted Solomon Islands cabinet ministers who moved against their leader on the...
West Papuan leader calls on Pacific Forum to ‘break its silence’ and denounce Indonesian...
Asia Pacific Report
An exiled West Papuan leader living in Australia is calling on Oceania leaders at the Pacific Island Forum meeting in Palau this...
Solomon Islands ‘dangles over the edge of political instability’ as three ministers quit
RNZ Pacific reporters
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale's Government for Reform, Empowerment, Accountability and Transformation (GREAT) coalition appears headed for a major test after...
Missing leaders won’t derail Pacific Islands Forum outcomes, says secretariat
By Teuila Fuatai of RNZ Pacific in Koror, Palau
With the final list of leaders attending the 55th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Meeting in...
Vanuatu special envoy calls for PIF to ‘reopen’ issue of Pacific access to West...
By Ezra Toara in Port Vila
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) should revisit a proposal for an independent regional delegation to visit West Papua and...
Solomon Islands PM Wale rushes home from Palau after confidence challenge launched
RNZ Pacific reporters
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale made an emergency trip back to Honiara on Sunday morning from Palau after a motion of...
PSNA slams NZ’s ‘uncaring’ lack of signature on global Israeli settlements censure
Asia Pacific Report
A national pro-Palestine advocacy group has criticised the "absence of signature" by the New Zealand government on a 22-member joint statement condemning...
Notable absences loom ahead of PIF leaders’ meeting in Palau
By Teuila Fuatai of RNZ Pacific in Koror, Palau
The 55th Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting officially kicks off tonight in Koror, Palau.
The runway leading...
NZ left parties condemn Luxon govt on lack of humanity, ‘complicity’ over Gaza genocide
Asia Pacific Report
Four opposition party spokespeople today condemned the New Zealand coalition government’s Palestine policies and called on voters to oust it and elect...
Palestine Action activists face ‘terror’ charges over Trump golf resort spray-painting
Pacific Media Watch
Palestine Action activists accused of vandalising a Scottish golf course owned by United States President Donald Trump have been accused of “terrorism”...
New Zealand says its ties with its Realm countries remain strong and stable
By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific
New Zealand says its connections to its Realm countries remain strong and stable, after the first of a series...
Alumni revolt over Israel: 450 Sydney Uni staff, graduates accuse university of ‘profound moral...
Deepcut News
More than 450 University of Sydney (USyd) alumni and current staff have signed a letter calling for a mass meeting to discuss the...
Six months on, Iran is still standing but survival is becoming more costly
ANALYSIS: By Mahjoob Zweiri
It has been six months since the United States and Israel launched their coordinated military campaign against Iran on February 28....
PNG’s parliament Bougainville vote still many months away
By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
After an historic day in which the result of Bougainville's independence referendum was finally tabled in Papua New Guinea's...
Caitlin Johnstone: All it takes is one crack in the lie we’ve been sold
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
I saw a clip going around from the Netflix series “1899” where a woman discovers a crack in the screen of...
Comedian’s Australian visa sabotaged, war crimes suspects cheered through
The Israel lobby has tried to sabotage comic Bassem Youssef from entering Australia while the government gives a free pass to IDF soldiers suspected...



































