APR editor
US travel ban on Pacific 3 – countries have right to...
RNZ Pacific
New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters says countries have the right to choose who enters their borders in response to reports that the...
‘Be brave’ warning to nations against deepsea mining from UNOC
By Laura Bergamo in Nice, France
The UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) concluded today with significant progress made towards the ratification of the High Seas Treaty...
Israelis ‘now realise’ what Palestinians and Lebanese have been suffering, says...
Asia Pacific Report
A Paris-based military and political analyst, Elijah Magnier, says he believes the hostilities between Israel and Iran will only get worse, but...
Samoan fashion designer fatally shot at Salt Lake City ‘no kings’...
RNZ Pacific
A renowned Samoan fashion designer was fatally shot at the "No Kings" protest in Salt Lake City on Saturday, the Salt Lake City...
Issa Amro: Youth Against Settlements – ‘life is very hard, the...
RNZ News
Palestinian advocate Issa Amro has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize this year for his decades of work advocating for peaceful resistance...
Vehicle issued to Fiji assistant minister involved in fatal accident –...
By Anish Chand in Suva
The son of the driver assigned to a Fiji assistant minister is under investigation for allegedly driving a government vehicle...
Is genocide the new normal? Could Israel and the US destroy...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
"Just do it, before it is too late," US President Donald Trump said.
The Western media described Trump’s and Israeli Prime Minister...
NZ’s Islamic Council calls on Luxon to condemn Israel over ‘unprovoked’...
Asia Pacific Report
The Islamic Council of New Zealand (ICONZ) has protested over Israel's "unprovoked military strikes" against Iran, killing at least 80 people --...
Twyford condemns weak action by NZ over Israel’s ‘ruthless’ apartheid
Asia Pacific Report
Labour MP for Te Atatu Phil Twyford criticised the New Zealand government today for failing to take stronger action against Israel over...
Fijian in Abu Dhabi worried about Pacific communities in Middle East
By Susana Suisuiki, Presenter/producer of RNZ Pacific Waves
Fiji's Embassy in Abu Dhabi says it is closely monitoring the situation in Iran and Israel as...
Eugene Doyle: Team Genocide and the West’s war on Iran
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
I have visited Iran twice. Once in June 1980 to witness an unprecedented event: the world’s first Islamic Revolution. It was...
Greta Thunberg tried to shame Western leaders – and found they...
ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook in Middle East Eye
If you imagined Western politicians and media were finally showing signs of waking up to Israel’s genocide...
Bougainville legal dept looking towards sorcery violence policy
RNZ Pacific
The Department of Justice and Legal Services in Bougainville is aiming to craft a government policy to deal with violence related to sorcery...
Progress reported out of Bougainville independence talks at Burnham
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Reports in Papua New Guinea say the governments of Bougainville and PNG have agreed to table the 2019...
New Zealand’s ‘symbolic’ sanctions on Israel too little, too late, say...
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter
Opposition parties say Aotearoa New Zealand's government should be going much further, much faster in sanctioning Israel.
Foreign Minister...
More deaths reported out of Sugapa in West Papua clashes with...
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Further reports of civilian casualties are coming out of West Papua, while clashes between Indonesia's military and the armed...
US criticises allies as NZ bans two top far-right Israeli ministers
RNZ News
The United States has denounced sanctions by Britain and allies -- including New Zealand and Australia -- against Israeli far-right ministers, saying they...
‘Gutting the Ponsonby community’: Locals say post office should stay open
By Aisha Campbell, RNZ News intern
Ponsonby's post office is shutting shop next month despite push back from the local community.
A sign on the storefront,...
French Polynesia president announces huge highly protected marine area
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's president has announced his administration will establish one of the world's largest networks of highly protected marine areas (MPAs).
The highly protected...
Te Pāti Māori condemns Israel for Gaza ‘horrific violence’ over Madleen...
Asia Pacific Report
Aotearoa New Zealand's Te Pāti Māori has condemned the Israeli navy’s armed interception of the Madleen, a civilian aid vessel attempting...
Amnesty slams Israel for flouting international law with ‘chilling contempt’ over...
Asia Pacific Report
Amnesty International secretary-general Agnès Callamard has condemned Israel's interception and detention of the 12 crew members aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla’s humanitarian...
Pacific civil society groups challenge France over hosting UN oceans event...
Asia Pacific Report
Pacific advocacy movements and civil society organisations have challenged French credentials in hosting a global ocean conference, saying that unless France is...


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