Yearly Archives: 2026

RNZ News New Zealand's Finance Minister says she has "never felt so dependent on the actions and feelings of one administration and its leaders", as...

The war in Iran is in its second month. A war started by a criminal defendant, a convicted felon, and a blackmail network that...

Asia Pacific Report Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has appealed to Foreign Minister Winston Peters to stress to the Palestine genocide "open wound" in his meeting...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A rift within French Polynesia's ruling party Tavini Huiraatira deepened during Easter weekend with a mass...

RNZ Pacific Reports from West Papua say as many as five people have been shot dead in Dogiyai regency in an alleged retaliatory attack after...

COMMENTARY: By Richard David Hames An Easter message. There's no mystery about why wars start. They happen because someone, somewhere, decides that negotiation is more...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle In the coming years, if Iran survives as a sovereign state and retains control over the Strait of Hormuz, countries like...

Asia Pacific Report As tensions rose ahead of Easter, US President Donald Trump publicly criticised Pope Leo XIV, accusing the pontiff of “interfering in political...

Asia Pacific Report New Zealand’s government was taken to task today for its lack of a principled stand against Israel’s Gaza genocide and the illegal...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A Constitutional Reform Bill dedicated to New Caledonia was rejected on Thursday by the French National...

COMMENTARY: By Robert Reich Mr Trump, may I have a word? Bad enough for you to insist -- in the face of all evidence to the...

Al Mayadeen English An Iranian government spokesperson, Fatemeh Mohajerani, has declared that the attacked "bridges and the Pasteur Institute are symbols of Iran’s scientific strength"...

By Lillian Hanly, RNZ News political reporter New Zealand has joined Australia, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom in expressing "deep concern" about an...

By Ali Hashem in Tehran This is a war of narratives with the United States administration trying to push forward its narrative of "victory" while...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Thousands took to the streets of the capital Nouméa on Tuesday -- hours ahead of a...

By Russel Norman One day in October 2023 I was walking down the supermarket aisle when I saw greenwashing in plain sight. Fonterra’s Anchor butter was...

COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean US President Donald Trump has been obsessed with seizing Iran's Kharg Island for more than 35 years -- way before he...

COMMENTARY: By Audrey van Ryn Museums around the world present the story of war in different ways. The Imperial War Museum in London includes military...

By Pokere Paewai, RNZ Māori issues reporter New Zealand's national Māori radio network, Te Whakaruruhau o Ngā Reo Irirangi Māori o Aotearoa, is considering litigation...

By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Fiji's Health Minister Dr Ratu Antonio Lalabalavu has defended the government's handling of the country's HIV crisis. HIV is...

By Minnah Arshad of Zeteo Israel’s Parliament has approved a one-sided death penalty measure to execute Palestinians. It is one of the most extreme laws in...

ANALYSIS: By Ronny P. Sasmita The skies over Tehran and Natanz may still carry the lingering haze of joint US-Israeli bombing operations. Yet the world, filtered...