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Asia Pacific Report A leading New Zealand advocacy group for Palestine has demanded immediate reinstatement of NZ funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency...

By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific Republican candidates have performed strongly in preliminary midterm election results in American territories, despite the expected anti-Trump swing on...

By Anish Chand in Suva Prominent Suva lawyer Richard Naidu says removing immunity provisions for coup perpetrators from Fiji’s Constitution may not necessarily result in...

RNZ Pacific reporters A former Fiji ethno-nationalist coup leader who spent more than two decades in prison for treason and was pardoned in 2024 has...

By Nuevaterra Mambor in Jayapura The families of three residents shot in Nduga Regency, Highland Papua Province, last month have asked the Papua Legal Aid...

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific The head of Fiji's military says its duty to serve the people of the country means it opposes new...

RNZ Pacific reporters Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale's coalition is preparing to undertake a major constitutional reform initiative, including introducing "anti-defection measures" to create...

By Coco Lance of RNZ Pacific Aotearoa New Zealand will decide its next government on Saturday, November 7. But for many voters, the choice comes...

By Kelvin Anthony of RNZ Pacific Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has given in to public pressure and decided to extend the timeline for a...

By Kelvin Anthony of RNZ Pacific Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's coalition government is falling apart ahead of the crucial third reading of a major...

Asia Pacific Report A prominent Palestinian advocate has praised a new book launched last week investigating the history, human consequences and international failures over Israel's...

By Repeka Nasiko in Suva Republic of the Fiji Military Forces Commander Major-General Ro Jone Kalouniwai has called for a Truth, Accountability and Reconciliation Commission...

Asia Pacific Report Speakers at a pro-Palestine rally in Auckland’s downtown Te Komititanga Square today recalled the 1917 colonial “Balfour betrayal” and condemned it for...

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: Israel is continuing to commit genocide in Gaza long past the so-called ceasefire agreement. That’s according to a new report out...

RNZ Pacific reporters World Rugby has confirmed that the Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (SASNOC) will now oversee the high-performance rugby programme...

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific The chair of the Pacific Elders' Voice (PEV) says the argument that religious affinity justifies the Pacific Islands Forum's...

By Layla Bailey-McDowell of RNZ and RNZ Digital reporters Seven political parties have gone head to head in TVNZ's Kaupapa Māori Debate, clashing over Te...

COMMENTARY: By Tracy Campbell Palestinian-Israelis are entitled to vote -- sort of. Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right coalition partners apparently considered this an alarming development. So alarming,...

Asia Pacific Report A new human rights report has rated civic space in Indonesia under President Prabowo Subianto rated as "obstructed". Human rights groups have documented...

RNZ Pacific reporters The Pacific Elders' Voice has called for the Pacific Islands Forum to review and reverse its partnership agreement with Israel. The group of...

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea's West New Britain province Governor Sasindran Muthuvel says the public is deeply frustrated with repeated armed...

COMMENTARY: By Mohamad Kadan For the majority of Israelis, the general election today is a choice between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the forces that...