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RNZ Pacific France's High Commission in French Polynesia has reported the seizure of 4.87 tonnes of cocaine in its maritime zone. The armed forces in French...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Donald Trump is a classic example of why you don’t let bullies prosper. “Trump is cutting the last threads of the...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia's politicians and French President Emmanuel Macron have signed a new political and financial agreement...

ANALYSIS: By Anna Kapil and Stephen Howes It is well known that the people of Bougainville want independence. In the 2019 referendum, 98.3 percent of...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk Talks on New Caledonia's political future have been underway in Paris after French President Emmanuel Macron...

Asia Pacific Report The Nobel Peace Prize "handover" episode at the White House has sparked shock and criticism in Norway, where the honour is awarded. Trygve...

COMMENTARY: By Ramzy Baroud A shock and awe. The phrase is apt in describing what Israel has done in the occupied West Bank almost immediately...

Asia Pacific Report A pro-Palestian campaigner today accused the Israeli military forces of "once again trying to sanitise its" image in Aotearoa New Zealand, condemning...

By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist From heavy visa bonds to suspended applications to straight-up travel bans, the United States has implemented or announced sweeping...

Team Zeteo The cost of telling the truth from inside a society that has become “completely genocidal” is very high, says Yuli Novak, executive director...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle If you want to understand what’s going on in Iran, abandon what the Persians invented centuries ago: Manichaeism. We use the...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Keeara Ofren The lives of children will always tell the past and future of any community. My colleague Estelle and I will...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk New Caledonia's pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS)  has put in a late request...

COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell On 14 December 2025, a father and son, reportedly linked to the ISIS clerical fascist organisation, committed a murderous attack on...

Middle East Monitor Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday that Israel has always tried to draw the US into wars fought “on its...

By Adam Burns, RNZ News reporter There has been mixed reaction in parts of New Zealand's red-and-black country -- Canterbury -- following the shock axing...

Renee Good, like many Palestinians before her, died because authoritarian forces decided she did not deserve to live, and because the entire legal and...

By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist Just over a week after the United States announced its withdrawal from the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) --...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk The Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), one of the main components in New Caledonia's...

ANALYSIS: By Saeid Golkar Iran is living through one of the most dangerous moments in its post-revolutionary history. Nationwide protests have become sustained rather than...

Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan advocacy group has condemned Indonesia over taking up the presidency of the United Nations Human Rights Council, saying it...

By Kim Wingerei and Michael West in Sydney Adelaide Writers' Week, a core part of South Australia’s premier cultural event, the Adelaide Festival, has finally...