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Australia’s Wong condemns ‘abhorrent, outrageous’ Israeli comments over blocked aid
Asia Pacific Report
Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has released a statement saying “the Israeli government cannot allow the suffering to continue” after the UN’s...
The West v China: Fight for the Pacific – Episode 1:...
Al Jazeera
How global power struggles are impacting in local communities, culture and sovereignty in Kanaky, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and Samoa.
In episode one,...
New Caledonia, French Polynesia at UN decolonisation seminar in Dili
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Caledonia and French Polynesia have sent strong delegations this week to the United Nations Pacific...
Gordon Campbell: NZ’s silence over Gaza genocide, ethnic cleansing
COMMENTARY: By Gordon Campbell
Since last Thursday, intensified Israeli air strikes on Gaza have killed more than 500 Palestinians, and a prolonged Israeli aid blockade...
NZ ‘running out of patience’ – Peters lashes Israel over Gaza...
RNZ News
New Zealand has joined 23 other countries calling out Israel and demanding a full supply of foreign aid be allowed into the territory.
Foreign...
Starvation of Gaza – a distressing continuation of a decades-old plan
SPECIAL REPORT: By Jeremy Rose
Reading an NBC News report a couple of days ago about a Trump administration plan to relocate 1 million Gazans...
Health chief ‘conductor of an orchestra who’s never played an instrument’
ANALYSIS: By Ian Powell
In February 2025, Dr Diana Sarfati resigned, not unexpectedly, as Director-General of Health after only two years into her five-year term.
As...
NZ joins call for Israel to allow full resumption of aid...
RNZ News
New Zealand has joined 22 other countries and the European Union in calling for Israel to allow a full resumption of aid into...
Speight’s Fiji coup had more to do with power, greed than...
By Vijay Narayan, news editor of Fijivillage News
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the May 19, 2000, coup led by renegade businessman George Speight.
The...
Former Canberra diplomat Ali Kuzak dies on the way to Palestine
Ali Kazak: born Haifa, 1947; died May 17 2025, Thailand
By Helen Musa in Canberra
Former Palestinian diplomat and long-time Canberra identity Ali Kazak died on...
Environmentalists question Henry Puna’s role in deep sea mining firm
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Environmentalists in the Cook Islands have criticised former Prime Minister and Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) head Henry Puna for...
Pacific children as young as 6 adopted, made to work as...
By Gill Bonnett, RNZ immigration reporter
This story discusses graphic details of slavery, sexual abuse and violence
Pacific children as young as six are being adopted...
Australia launches ‘landmark’ UN police peacekeeping course for Pacific region
RNZ Pacific
Australia has launched the world's first UN Police Peacekeeping Training course tailored specifically for the Pacific region.
The five-week programme, hosted by the Australian...
Seven European nations jointly call for urgent action over Israel’s starvation...
Asia Pacific Report
Seven European nations have called on Israel to "immediately reverse" its military operations against Gaza and lift the food and water blockade...
‘Cracks are opening up’ in Western complicity over Gaza genocide, says...
Asia Pacific Report
About 2000 New Zealand protesters marched through the heart of Auckland city today chanting "no justice, no peace" and many other calls...
Fiji rights coalition slams ‘betrayal’ of West Papua for Indonesian benefits
By Anish Chand in Suva
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Fiji's coalition government are "detached from the values that Fijians hold dear", says the NGO...
A life of service: celebrating the career of Luamanuvao Dame Winnie...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager
At this year's May graduation ceremony, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University's Luamanuvao Dame Winnie Laban, was awarded...
Indigenous Papuans accuse Indonesian government of ‘land grabbing’ for food security...
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
West Papuans in Merauke claim the Indonesian government is stealing land to build its global "food barn" and feed...
As Trump basks in Gulf Arab applause, Israel massacres children in...
Nakba Day today marks 15 May 1948 -- the day after the declaration of the State of Israel -- when the Palestinian society and...
Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior to return for 40th anniversary of French...
By Russel Norman
The iconic Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior will return to Aotearoa this year to mark the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the...
Fiji Indians in NZ ‘not giving up’ on Pasifika classification struggle
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer, and Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor
The co-founder of Auckland's Fiji Centre is concerned that Indo-Fijians are...
PNG police authorised to use lethal force with ‘domestic terrorist’ kidnappers...
RNZ Pacific
An escape of a 13-year-old girl from a hostage crisis on the border of Papua New Guinea's Western and Hela provinces has boosted...