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PNG defence minister steps aside amid army recruitment controversy
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor
Papua New Guinea's Defence Minister Dr Billy Joseph has stepped aside to allow investigations into allegations he interfered...
What on earth just happened? Trump, Iran, and the unlikely ceasefire
COMMENTARY: By Trita Parsi
Yesterday began with Donald Trump issuing genocidal threats against Iran on social media and ended -- just ten hours later --...
How Trump’s White House demands as prerequisites for stopping bombings bit...
COMMENTARY: By Yanis Varoufakis
Having launched an illegal, destructive war that brutally struck the entire planet’s economy (and confirmed once again Europe’s combination of irrelevance...
Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived
There is a bitter truth that must be spoken before we can talk honestly about what is happening to us now. Michael West Media...
‘Someone, everyone, stop them’ – and now Trump has pulled back...
COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson, of Sh'ma Koleinu - Alternative Jewish Voices
Vietnam survived Nixon’s madman theory and the world survived the era of mutually assured...
This isn’t journalism – Australia’s Bowen beat-up and the Iran war
The Murdoch press runs cover for an illegal war by blaming the wrong man entirely, instead of informing the public of facts. Michael West...
Open letter to Peters: We fought fascism. Why are we silent...
OPEN LETTER: By Nureddin Abdurahman to NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters
Minister,
You are about to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a time...
Eugene Doyle: Saudi Arabia’s ‘Nordstream’ pipeline is waiting to be hit
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
If the US-Israelis escalate, the Saudis should fear for the future of the Yanbu pipeline.
So should we -- even if you...
Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise to join Global Sumud Flotilla mission to Gaza
By Brett Wilkins
Greenpeace International has announced that the MY Arctic Sunrise -- one of its largest vessels -- will be taking part in the...
‘Never have I felt so dependent on … feelings of one...
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...
Monsters of war – the men who have put the world...
The war in Iran is in its second month. A war started by a criminal defendant, a convicted felon, and a blackmail network that...
NZ’s Peters called on to stress Palestine ‘open wound’ with Rubio
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...
Mass Easter resignations within Tahiti’s pro-independence ruling party
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...
At least five Papuans reported dead as violence explodes in Dogiyai
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...
Richard David Hames: When will we make war untenable for...
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...
Eugene Doyle: Who will pay billions in reparations to Iran? We...
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...
Pope’s message for peace: ‘The Church cannot remain silent when power...
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...
Protesters condemn Luxon govt for failing to condemn illegal war on...
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...
French National Assembly rejects New Caledonia’s constitutional reform
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...
President Trump, don’t listen to your sycophants on Iran, this isn’t...
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...
US bombing targets bridges and Pasteur Institute – ‘symbols of Iran’s...
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"...
NZ, allies express ‘deep concern’ about Israeli death penalty bill for...
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...




























































