Yearly Archives: 2026

RNZ Pacific The Indonesian government has dismissed a claim that its military has been bombing villages in West Papua. The United Liberation Movement for West Papua...

Israel’s President Herzog has departed Australia, leaving less "social cohesion", while politicians, justices and NSW police have many questions to answer. Wendy Bacon reports...

ANALYSIS: By Bryce Edwards Politicians are under fire overseas. But New Zealand should take note too. The US Justice Department's release of more than three million...

Asia Pacific Report The issue of Australians -- and New Zealanders as well -- serving in the Israeli military has sparked growing debate as the...

ANALYSIS: By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific journalist A preliminary check of the latest Jeffrey Epstein files released by the US Department of Justice identifies several...

Asia Pacific Report Protesters have condemned Indonesia's plan to take part in the International Stabilisaton Force for Gaza as Israel continues to violate the ceasefire...

While the world has focused on the atrocities in Gaza, Israel continues its support of illegal settlements, hostility and apartheid in the West Bank....

COMMENTARY: By Maher Nazzal The Epstein Files were never just about one man. Jeffrey Epstein didn’t operate in a vacuum. His crimes were grotesque, systematic, and,...

Asia Pacific Report New Zealand protesters have again spotlighted the country’s stake in US space militarisation today and speakers branded Rocket Lab as an alleged...

COMMENTARY: By Stuart Rees The violence surrounding protests against the visit of Israel’s president was not an accident of crowd control. It reflects a deeper...

By Zein Khalil Retired Israeli Major-General Itzhak Brik has warned that Israel could collapse before reaching the 100th anniversary of its founding in 2048, citing...

Asia Pacific Report Amnesty International Australia has condemned the "unnecessary and disproportionate" and "shocking" use of force by the NSW police against peaceful protesters demonstrating...

COMMENTARY: By Saige England Citizen journalists bring to our attention the truths that we need to know. Being a witness to such truths is different...

OPEN LETTER: By James Ricketson Dear Premier Chris Minns I was arrested outside the Sydney Town Hall on Monday evening charged with assaulting a police officer. During...

RNZ Pacific The United States has designated two high-profile public office holders from Palau and the Marshall Islands for "significant corruption", the US Department of...

By Pip Hinman in Gadigal Country/Sydney NSW Premier Chris Minns is sounding even more defensive after videos of NSW police violence towards peaceful protesters in...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Michael West and Stephanie Tran Amid revelations of Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s association with Jeffrey Epstein, the Australian government and media have...

By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent More than 11,000 km separate the Northern Mariana Islands from Gaza and Israel. But the...

Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has called on the New Zealand government to condemn Israel’s desecration of its war graves in...

By Wendy Bacon On the eve of his Australian tour, Israel’s President Isaac Herzog faces huge opposition to his visit. In a “National Day of Protest”,...

COMMENTARY: By Jim Sanday When peace is being designed, Fiji is not invited into the room. When peace needs enforcing, Fiji is asked to send soldiers. That...

Writing in The Guardian on Thursday, UN Commissioner Chris Sidoti laid out the reasons Israeli President Isaac Herzog should not be welcome in Australia,...