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By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor The Trump administration's decision to eliminate more than 90 percent of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) funding...

By Kate Green , RNZ News reporter Protesters have scaled the building of an international weapons company in Rolleston, Christchurch, in resistance to it establishing...

Asia Pacific Report The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has accused Israel of "blackmail" over aid for Gaza and urged the US government to act more...

ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin Last week, on 26 February 2025, President Prabowo Subianto officially launched Indonesia’s first bullion banks, marking a significant shift in the...

Asia Pacific Report The State of Palestine has submitted a written plea to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) asking it for an advisory opinion...

Asia Pacific Report In the year marking 40 years since the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior by French secret agents and 71 years since the...

By Khalia Strong of Pacific Media Network Tongan community leaders and artists in New Zealand have criticised the Treaty Principles Bill while highlighting the ongoing...

By Talaia Mika of the Cook Islands News As concerns continue to emerge over China's "unusual" naval exercises in the Tasman Sea, raising eyebrows from...

By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The family of a Papua New Guinea police constable, killed in an ambush last month, has blocked a...

RNZ Pacific Prime Minister Mark Brown has survived a motion in the Cook Islands Parliament aimed at ousting his government, the second Pacific Island leader...

Asia Pacific Report An independent Jewish body has condemned the move by Australia’s 39 universities to endorse a "dangerous and politicised" definition of antisemitism which...

A rally on the steps of the Victorian Parliament under the banner of Jews for a Free Palestine was arranged for Sunday, February 9....

RNZ Pacific The Papua New Guinea government wants to have everyone on their National Identity (NID) card system by the country's 50th anniversary on 16...

Asia Pacific Report Israel has now banned another European Union parliamentarian from entering the country, reports Al Jazeera. The government gave no reasons why Lynn Boylan,...

By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has survived a vote of no confidence after weeks of political turmoil. In...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls' first two days in New Caledonia have been marred by...

PNG Post-Courier Prime Minister James Marape has issued a strong appeal to all young men and boys in Papua New Guinea -- stop abusing girls,...

Asia Pacific Report Hamas stages elaborate ceremonies for the release of Israeli captives in Gaza in a bid to signal they are responsible stakeholders by...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk As French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls lands in New Caledonia tomorrow to pursue talks on...

RNZ Pacific Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's announcement this week that the island nation will open a diplomatic mission in Jerusalem has been labelled "an...

By Anish Chand in Suva Palestine has strongly condemned Fiji’s decision to open a Fiji embassy in Jerusalem, calling it a violation of international law...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist, in Avarua, Rarotonga More than 400 people have taken to the streets to protest against Cook Islands Prime Minister...