Yearly Archives: 2026
NZ govt says it had no influence over $200,000 doco ahead of Fiji election
By Russell Palmer of RNZ
The government says it had no influence over $200,000 in funding for a documentary ahead of Fiji's election about a...
‘Intolerable pressure’ – inside the Israel lobby campaign to coerce regulators on antisemitism
Australia's health regulator AHPRA was “forced into a massive capitulation” to adopt the hardcore IHRA definition of antisemitism. Michael West Media investigates.
INVESTIGATION: By Wendy...
Has the Pacific’s Ocean of Peace concept been hijacked?
ANALYSIS: By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
As geopolitical tensions increase in the Pacific region and numerous security alliances are rapidly forged, questions are being...
It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous...
ANALYSIS: By Peter Greste
One of the oldest tropes in journalism is that it should be balanced; that journalists have a responsibility to present all...
‘Race was used as a weapon’ – Fiji coup frontman urged to reveal backers
By Margot Staunton of RNZ Pacific
Mahendra Chaudhry -- a former Fiji prime minister removed from power and held hostage during the 2000 coup --...
Jeremy Rose: New Zealand joins the arms race to climate calamity
COMMENTARY: By Jeremy Rose
Late last year, the British government suppressed a report that contained warnings from its intelligence agencies that climate change could drive...
The toll-keeper of Hormuz – how the US just buried its own ‘freedom of...
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean
The most important response to Trump’s Hormuz announcement did not come from Beijing, Brussels or the United Nations. It came from...
Vanuatu to take decades-long dispute with France to international court
By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific
Vanuatu will escalate a decades-long dispute with France over two uninhabited islands to international arbitrators.
Talks between the two countries...
NZ’s Pacific Islands Forum budget could face a $10m squeeze, OIA reveals
By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific
Cash set aside to host the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in New Zealand next year may fall short of...
How Tehran turned Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral into a media event
Pacific Media Watch
Once again, the Strait of Hormuz is at the centre of the latest escalation in the war between Iran, the United States...
Antisemitic, really? Jewish leader speaks out on Australia’s Royal Commission hypocrisy
The tide has turned a little at Australia's Royal Commission into Antisemitism with a second Jewish witness breaking from the Israel narrative. Michael West...
Dilapidated infrastructure blamed for fatal PNG prison escape attempt
By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific
The Papua New Guinea Correctional Service (PNGCS) has confirmed three prisoners have been killed in the Western Highlands Province...
Lim Tean: The Hormuz ‘guardian’ turns pirate – 20% for tribute
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean
The United States went to war to stop Iran charging tolls in the Strait of Hormuz. It has now imposed a...
Sheikh Hamad: The Arab leader who broke Israel’s siege on Gaza
OBITUARY: By Mohammad Mansour
Following the passing of Qatar’s Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani at 74 on Sunday, his solidarity with the...
Saige England: Call out the Zionist hypocrisy – genociders are settler colonialists on steroids
COMMENTARY: By Saige England
I loathe hypocrisy. I am sure you do too. So let's state this plainly. The genociders have employed hypocrisy as a...
Sam Neill: NZ’s biggest but modest movie star dies at 78
RNZ Digital reporters
Sam Neill was New Zealand's biggest international film star, yet was a modest man who shied from the media spotlight. He has...
Caitlin Johnstone: Well, at least Lindsey Graham is dead
OBITUARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
The only positive thing about the Iran war heating up again is that Lindsey Graham won’t be around to enjoy it.
The...
Antisemitism envoy Segal slams ABC, SBS ‘Israel bias’, wants to vet media
Australian Special Envoy Jillian Segal has slammed public broadcasters ABC and SBS at the Royal Commission into Antisemitism for "anti-Israel bias" and called for...
Samoa opposition leader says treason inquiry delayed over lack of evidence
By Margot Staunton of RNZ Pacific
Samoa's opposition leader Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi claims government plans to investigate him and two senior members of Parliament for...
‘Profound strategic misjudgment’ – why Iran may have upper hand in war with US
RNZ Morning Report
The outcome of the US and Israel war against Iran looks likely to come down to a test of wills, says a...
The Gulf tollbooth that demands real recognition – Iran closes the Strait on cue
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean
Forty-eight hours ago, I wrote: “Iran doesn't need to close the strait. It needs only to demonstrate, periodically, that it can.”
Today,...
What ceasefire? People still being killed and Gaza still under siege
As Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal denied the undeniable at the Bondi Royal Commission this week, not much is changing in...
