APR editor
Israel’s endgame for tormented Gaza is political and physical erasure
COMMENTARY: By Nour Odeh
There was faint hope that efforts to achieve a ceasefire deal in Gaza would succeed. That hope is now all but...
Trump signs ‘deeply dangerous’ order to fast-track deep sea mining
RNZ Pacific
An ocean conservation non-profit has condemned the United States President's latest executive order aimed at boosting the deep sea mining industry.
President Donald Trump...
The fall of Saigon 1975 – The Quiet Mutiny and US...
Part Two of the three-part Solidarity's Vietnam War series: The folly of imperial war
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
Vietnam is a lesson we should have...
Why special measures to boost Fiji women’s political representation remain a...
RNZ Pacific
Despite calls from women's groups urging the government to implement policies to address the underrepresentation of women in politics, the introduction of temporary...
Bougainville takes the initiative in mediation over independence
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
In recent weeks, Bougainville has taken the initiative, boldly stating that it expects to be independent by 1...
Pope Francis has died, aged 88. These were his greatest reforms...
ANALYSIS: By Joel Hodge, Australian Catholic University and Antonia Pizzey, Australian Catholic University
Pope Francis has died on Easter Monday, aged 88, the Vatican announced....
PSNA calls on NZ govt to initiate global plea for ‘no...
Asia Pacific Report
The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has appealed to Foreign Minister Winston Peters askingto New Zealand initiate a call for an internationally enforced...
Pope Francis dies one day after first post-hospital public appearance and...
Asia Pacific Report
Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of the world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics, has died aged 88 a day after he made his...
The fall of Saigon 1975: Fifty years of repeating what was...
Part one of a three-part series: On the courage to remember
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
The first demonstration I ever went on was at the age...
Gaza had educational justice. Now the genocide has wiped that out,...
COMMENTARY: By Refaat Ibrahim
Palestinians have always been passionate about learning. During the Ottoman era, Palestinian students travelled to Istanbul, Cairo, and Beirut to pursue...
Palestinian solidarity vigil at Easter in NZ as Israeli bombing rages...
Asia Pacific Report
Peaceful protesters in Aotearoa New Zealand's largest city Auckland held an Easter prayer vigil honouring Palestinian political prisoners and the sacrifice of...
Did Australia back the wrong war in the 1960s? Now Putin’s...
ANALYSIS: By Ben Bohane
This week Cambodia marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh to the murderous Khmer Rouge, and Vietnam celebrates...
Trump executive orders roll back ocean fisheries protections in Pacific
By Gujari Singh in Washington
The Trump administration has issued a new executive order opening up vast swathes of protected ocean to commercial exploitation, including...
What was HMNZS Manawanui doing before it sank? Calls for greater...
By Susana Leiataua, RNZ National presenter
There are calls for greater transparency about what the HMNZS Manawanui was doing before it sank in Samoa last...
Why NZ govt should back Greens’ sanctions bill on Israel over...
COMMENTARY: By John Hobbs
In the absence of any measures taken by the New Zealand government to respond to the genocide being committed by Israel...
Israeli prison system designed to crush Palestinian resilience, says ex-detainee
Asia Pacific Report
A researcher says the Israeli prison system aims to subjugate the Palestinian people as rallies across the West Bank marked Prisoners' Day...
Fiji defence minister draws flak for six-week trip to meet peacekeepers
RNZ Pacific
Fiji's Minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs is facing a backlash after announcing that he was undertaking a multi-country, six-week "official travel overseas"...
NZ’s Palestine Forum calls on Luxon to take ‘firm stand’ over...
Asia Pacific Report
A Palestinian advocacy group has called on NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters to take a firm stand...
PNG’s ‘chief servant’ James Marape defeats no-confidence vote
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has survived a motion of no confidence against him in Parliament.
During the...
Obama praises Harvard for ‘setting example’ to universities resisting Trump
Asia Pacific Report
Former US President Barack Obama has taken to social media to praise Harvard’s decision to stand up for academic freedom by rebuffing...
Peters emphasises growing importance of NZ’s Pacific ties with the United...
By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist in Hawai'i
New Zealand's Pacific connection with the United States is "more important than ever", says Foreign Affairs Minister...
Israeli military reservists court Australian universities amid ‘hypocrisy’ over anti-war protests
Hundreds of university staff and students in Melbourne and Sydney called on their vice-chancellors to cancel pro-Israel events earlier this month, write Michael West...