APR editor
West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak
ANALYSIS: By Laurens Ikinia in Jakarta
In middle of this month, two regencies in Papua again became epicentres of grief and national controversy.
Puncak Regency in...
Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests
Asia Pacific Report
A leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on Indonesian security forces to halt their crackdown on...
‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media
COMMENTARY: By Jason Brooke
1news tonight featured a report on the War in Ukraine. The reporter, a foreign war correspondent, explained to viewers how Ukrainian...
Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel
By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor
A woman whose great-grandparents -- all eight of them -- were Girmitiya labourers has put their stories into...
As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...
ANALYSIS: By Jeremy Scahill
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has been on a strategic tour to prepare for two dramatically different paths that could unfold...
Fiji PM Rabuka gives govt support for controversial waste-to-energy project
RNZ Pacific
The Fiji Prime Minister has thrown his government's support behind a controversial waste-to-energy project at Vuda Point in the country's Western Division despite...
Starlink set to return to PNG after court quashes ban, clearing...
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor
A Papua New Guinea National Court ruling to overturn a ban on Starlink has been widely welcomed, fresh...
Eugene Doyle: Iran demands hundreds of billions in reparations for being...
ANALYSIS: By Eugene Doyle
If Iran succeeds in extracting reparations for the damage done to it in the US-Israeli war, it will be a world...
Injured Fiji police officer in checkpoint incident ‘is my daughter’, says...
By Anish Chand in Suva
Fiji Minister for Defence and Veterans Affairs Pio Tikoduadua has confirmed that a police officer seriously injured during a checkpoint...
PSNA calls on McKee to condemn Israel’s bulldozing of NZ war...
Asia Pacific Report
The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has appealed to ACT MP Nicole McKee to condemn Israel's deliberate bulldozing of New Zealand war...
Public praise for High Court ruling on NZ Superfund policies on...
Asia Pacific Report
An official of the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) praised this month's High Court judicial ruling over New Zealand Superfund "unreasonable and...
Bougainville advocate among all-women lineup winning Goldman Environmental prize
By Coco Lance, RNZ Pacific digital journalist
For the first time in history, the Goldman Environmental Prize -- often dubbed the "Green Nobel" --...
Stop selling arms to Indonesia, West Papuans urge Netherlands
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the Netherlands to stop selling arms to...
Chris Hedges: The political dysfunction of Trump as God
Trump’s portrayal of himself as Jesus, or anointed by Jesus, is typical of cult leaders, writes Chris Hedges.
ANALYSIS: By Chris Hedges
During the two years...
‘His life mattered’: Family of man who died in Fiji military...
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Jone Vakarisi was heard screaming and begging before he was "brutalised to death" in Fiji military custody last...
Solomon Islands opposition alleges ‘millions’ offered by govt lobbyists to buy...
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor
A coalition of political parties opposing the Solomon Islands prime minister has accused government lobbyists of trying to woo...
No wonder Iran went cold on sham talks, considering the lying...
COMMENTARY: By Tim O'Shea
I don't blame Iran for going cold on another sham negotiation session with the US.
After all, why would they take the...
Amnesty slams Netanyahu, Putin, Trump as ‘voracious predators’
By Anealla Safdar in London
The heads of Israel, Russia and the United States are leading the destruction of global human rights, says Amnesty International,...
Indonesia’s human rights body to investigate deaths of 12 Papuans in...
RNZ Pacific
Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights says it is investigating deaths of a dozen West Papuans in a military operation.
The commission, known as...
Who is breaking international law in the Strait of Hormuz? It’s...
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, I’m Amy Goodman.
As we continue to look at the US and Israeli war on Iran, we’re joined...
Fiji police confirm murder probe launched into death of man in...
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
The Fiji Police Force has launched a murder investigation following the death of wellknown drug pusher Jone Vakarisi,...
Fiji defends its isolated UN stance supporting Israel
By Anish Chand in Suva
Fiji’s Ambassador to Israel, Jesoni Vitusagavulu, has defended his country’s voting record at the United Nations, saying it is guided...





















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