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COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell "Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu has 'lost the plot' and has condemned attacks on Gaza. "It is...

Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan independence advocate has accused Indonesia of "continuing to murder children" while escalating its military operations across the Melanesian region. United...

By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific reporter in Apia, Samoa Voting commenced in Samoa's general election today, with more than 100,000 eligible voters heading to the...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific Correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls has ended an extended seven-day visit to New Caledonia with...

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The President of Bougainville, Ishmael Toroama, says he is not feeling the pressure as he seeks a second...

By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RZ Pacific reporter in Apia, Samoa Pre-polling has kicked off in Samoa today, with around 1700 people expected to cast their votes...

Asia Pacific Report The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has challenged the New Zealand government to support a move by Türkiye to vote to suspend Israeli...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Prime Minister François Bayrou's surprise announcement yesterday that he will call for a parliamentary confidence...

RNZ Pacific Fire engulfed the Marshall Islands Nitijela (Parliament building) just after midnight on last night with firefighters risking their lives as they battled the...

COMMENTARY: By Greg Barns If it were China or Russia, the imposition of sanctions and threats of harm to prosecutors and judges of the International...

COMMENTARY: By Asofou So'o Although seven political parties have officially registered to contest Samoa’s general election this Friday, three have been politically visible through their...

RNZ News Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is condemning Israel's E1 settlement plan for the occupied West Bank, despite New Zealand not signing a joint statement...

By Pip Hinman and Alex Bainbridge of Green Left More than 200,000 people took the streets across Australia on Saturday in a national day of...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk A newly established "drafting committee" held its inaugural meeting in Nouméa this week, aiming to translate...

Two New Zealand Palestinians, Rana Hamida and Youssef Sammour, left Auckland today to join the massive new Global Sumud Flotilla determined to break Israel's...

COMMENTARY: By Richard David Hames So here we are, 2025, and Israel has finally achieved what no terrorist group, no hostile neighbour, no antisemitic tyrant...

RNZ Pacific New Zealand's police commissioner says he understands the potential impact the country's criminal deportees have on smaller Pacific Island nations. Commissioner Richard Chambers' comments...

Asia Pacific Report The advocacy and protest group Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has condemned New Zealand's "deliberate distraction" over sanctions against Israel and has vowed...

ANALYSIS: By Treasa Dunworth, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau It’s now more than a week since Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced his government had...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls is once again in New Caledonia for a four-day visit...

COMMENTARY: By Saige England I unequivocally support Irish author Sally Rooney with all my heart and soul. The author risks imprisonment for donating funds from...

Why the recognition of the State of Palestine by Australia is an important development. Meanwhile, New Zealand still dithers. This article unpacks the hypocrisy...