Yearly Archives: 2026

Palestinian media political prisoners

By Layan Bsharat and Mohammad Sio Israel is holding 37 Palestinian journalists in its prisons, including 19 under administrative detention without charge or trial, says...
About 12,000 people are now believed to be living with HIV in Fiji

RNZ Checkpoint A "horrendously high" number of babies in Fiji are dying due to HIV related complications, says a health researcher, as the prevalence of...
Cartoon: © 2026 Malcolm Evans

Asia Pacific Report UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese stated in an interview with The Guardian last week that the 2024 International Court of Justice (ICJ)...
Auckland's Waitematā Station on Monday morning

By Matthew Theunissen and Lucy Xia of RNZ An estimated 72,500 passengers were counted on trains across the Auckland Transport network by 5pm today --...
Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson . . . “Te reo Māori is a taonga."

Te Ao Māori News Te Wiki o te Reo Māori has begun with an election promise from the Green Party to invest an additional $200...
The Vanuatu ferry MV Matui

RNZ Pacific reporters An Australian pilot who helped locate survivors after a ferry disaster in Vanuatu says: "it is a miracle anyone survived". After the ferry...
The Panguna mine arson attack

RNZ Pacific reporters Reports from Bougainville say heavy machinery and vehicles belonging to a foreign mining company were destroyed in an arson attack at the...
A banner at today's rally in Auckland's Te Komititanga Square

Asia Pacific Report A pioneer of Palestine protest in Aotearoa New Zealand today warned against the IDF slaughter “obscenity” becoming accepted as normal in the...
Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis

Power expected fear, expense and exhaustion to silence one journalist. Mary Kostakidis stood her ground, and an important piece of the wall gave way....
Witness Papali'i Mele Maualaivao

By Susana Suisuiki of RNZ Pacific The 9/11 attacks on the United States claimed thousands of lives, stunned the world, and triggered responses that continue...
Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis outside federal court in Adelaide in July 2025

The Zionist Federation of Australia has withdrawn its case of "racial hatred" against Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis, who called it a victory for free...
NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (left) and Foreign Minister Winston Peters

By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific Foreign Minister Winston Peters says he was under no obligation to consult with Cabinet before making an offer to...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The Israeli press has published three significant revelations about the Gaza holocaust, reporting (1) that Benjamin Netanyahu concealed advanced knowledge of...
"Affirmed, noted, endorsed" at the 55th Pacific Islands Forum leaders summit media conference in Koror

ANALYSIS: By Tess Newton Cain and Stefan Armbruster With a Chinese ballistic missile test in July as prelude, the familiar China-Taiwan tensions and preparations for...
Thai protesters gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok condemn the behaviour of Israeli tourists

By Wan Taufiq in Bangkok Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok yesterday to decry the behaviour of Israeli tourists and declare...
Vandalised Nikao Cemetery

By Susana Suisuiki of RNZ Pacific A historic cemetery in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, has been vandalised devastating families and local community members. An Australian-based researcher, who...
TSIMA reporting from Palau - today's story in the Torres News

By Stefan Armbruster and Jennifer Enosa for the Torres News Australia is seeking observer status at the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) but has not committed...
Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (left) with Naoero's Vice-President Lionel Aingimea in Suva earlier this year

By RNZ Pacific reporters Naoero, formerly known as Nauru, has opened its embassy in Jerusalem, becoming the third Pacific Island nation to do so. Naoero's Vice-President...

Te Ao Māori News A delegation of Māori leaders visiting Israel under the banner of "business and innovation" faces public criticism over its timing and...
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese

ANALYSIS: By Teuila Fuatai of RNZ Pacific On the second day of the Pacific Islands Forum leaders' meeting in Palau, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese...
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka

By Rashika Kumar in Suva Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is calling on Fijians to use their freedom of expression responsibly, stressing that people can disagree...
An United Israel Appeal tour

Australia's Labor and the Coalition have voted down a Greens amendment to strip tax breaks from charities funding illegal Israeli settlements and the IDF....