Yearly Archives: 2026

"Either the Iran death toll is massively inflated, or the Gaza death toll is a massive underestimate

COMMENTARY: By Jonathan Cook Here is another example of utterly irresponsible journalism from the BBC on News at Ten. Diplomatic correspondent Caroline Hawley starts the Thursday...
Step back from your stupidity. Submit your claims to scrutiny

COMMENTARY: By Richard David Hames Dear warmongers: You are sleepwalking towards a war in the Middle East that could set the whole world ablaze. Do not...
UpScrolled . . . the Palestinian-Australian "free speech" platform

By Agnese Boffano in London As Meta, TikTok, Instagram and X continue to dominate online social spaces, a new platform called UpScrolled has entered the...
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Nadi, Fiji

COMMENTARY: By Ro Naulu Mataitini An invitation from a distant warzone landed in Suva earlier this month. The United States, with Israel’s endorsement, has asked...

COMMENTARY: By Viet Thanh Nguyen Is this the IDF in Gaza or the West Bank, or the US military in Afghanistan or Iraq, or ICE...
Invitation to Israeli President Isaac Herzog (inset)

Asia Pacific Report Australia’s decision to host Israeli President Isaac Herzog next month has sparked criticism and a wave of planned protests, as Israel remains...
Toasting the Jewish New Year with IDF lone soldiers

SPECIAL REPORT: By Stephanie Tran Since 2013, more than $400 million in tax-deductible donations have flowed through an Australian charity, including direct to IDF soldiers. United...
Researcher Dr Sanimere Boladuadua

By Khalia Strong of PMN News A new paper by women scholars warns colonial power structures are still shaping health systems across the Pacific region. They...
PSNA co-chair Maher Nazzal

Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has asked for an urgent meeting with Police Commissioner Richard Chambers and is calling for "cohesive...

By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent Pacific delegates in the United States Congress are warning efforts to fast-track deep-seabed mining...
The author, Laurens Ikinia, with a well-preserved mummy from the Hubula tribe in Wamena

ANALYSIS: By Laurens Ikinia in Jakarta The logbook of presidential flights in Indonesia reveals an unusual pattern -- from the Merdeka Palace to the Land...
Israeli influencer Sammy Yahood

Pacific Media Watch Australia has canceled the visa of an Israeli influencer over his controversial verbal attacks against Islam, report news media. Home Affairs Minister Tony...
A foreign university scholarship has become a lifeline

By Haya Ahmed In Gaza today, university scholarships have taken on a whole new meaning. No longer are they a step towards self-development, educational attainment...
A Vanuatu passport

By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor With all the setbacks of recent years, Vanuatu's citizenship sale schemes should be dead in the water --...
Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs Chairman Ratu Viliame Seruvakula and Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

ANALYSIS: By Shailendra B. Singh “You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.” Although made in an American context, this observation by President Harry...
"It would not come as a shock to any of the students I teach in prison. Militarised police in poor urban neighborhoods kick down doors without warrants and kill with the same impunity and lack of accountability"

COMMENTARY: By Chris Hedges The murders of unarmed civilians on the streets of Minneapolis, including the killing of the intensive-care nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti, would...
Samoan author and playwright Papali'i Sia Figiel

RNZ Pacific Samoan playwright, author and poet Papali'i Sia Figiel has died in prison, according to local media reports. Local media, citing sources at the country's...
US President Donald Trump

COMMENTARY: By Kalafi Moala, publisher of Talanoa 'o Tonga As a journalist based in Tonga, I have chosen mostly to refrain from giving a view...
"Fiji’s peacekeepers have historically operated where communities accepted their role"

ANALYSIS: By Jim Sanday The recent announcement by Fiji’s Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs that Fiji will consider contributing troops to a proposed international...
For more than two years, free movement in and out of Gaza has been prohibited

Reporters Without Borders A decisive hearing before the Israeli Supreme Court on whether the press will have independent access to Gaza is due to take...
PSNA activist Brendan Corbett

Asia Pacific Report Two New Zealand companies were condemned at a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland today  for their alleged complicity in Israel-US military industrial complex...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog

Asia Pacific Report Israeli President Isaac Herzog faces a legal challenge over his role in alleged war crimes as news media say he will visit...