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Rodrigo Duterte, how the powerful turned powerless – by a target
While Rodrigo Duterte may still command support from his core base in the Philippines, something has clearly shifted. Yet the power he did wield...
100 Christian leaders’ open letter calls for NZ humanitarian visas for...
Asia Pacific Report
An open letter signed by 100 Christian leaders, calling for the granting of humanitarian visas to Aotearoa New Zealand for families of...
NZ Filipino group praises arrest of Duterte over ‘fake drug war’...
Asia Pacific Report
A New Zealand-based Filipino solidarity network has welcomed the arrest of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte by Interpol on charges of crimes...
PSNA open letter calls for NZ to condemn Israel’s ‘weaponisation’ of...
Asia Pacific Report
The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has launched an open letter calling on the Aotearoa New Zealand government to take action on...
Rainbow Warrior back in Marshall Islands on nuclear justice mission
By Reza Azam of Greenpeace
Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior has arrived back in the Marshall Islands yesterday for a six-week mission around the Pacific nation...
How New Zealand is venturing down the road of political upheaval
ANALYSIS: By Peter Davis
With the sudden departure of New Zealand's Reserve Bank Governor, one has to ask whether there is a pattern here --...
Drug war victims’ families celebrate Duterte’s arrest, vow to keep fighting
By Jodesz Gavilan in Manila
Paolo* was just 15 years old when he witnessed the Philippine National Police (PNP) mercilessly kill his father in 2016.
Nearly...
Violent weekend brawl, clashes rock Greater Nouméa area
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
A series of violent incidents and confrontations over the weekend in New Caledonia's capital Nouméa and...
NZ bowel cancer screening changes ‘driven by ideology, not facts’
By Susana Leiataua, RNZ National presenter
The Aotearoa New Zealand government is being accused of sacrificing peoples' lives for ideology by delaying bowel cancer screening...
Hamas accuses Israel of ‘cheap blackmail’ as Gaza electricity cut-off widely...
Asia Pacific Report
Hamas has accused Israel of “cheap and unacceptable blackmail” over its decision to halt the electricity supply to war-ravaged Palestinian enclave of...
Thousands in Melbourne rally for International Women’s Day, Gaza
By Mary Merkenich in Naarm/Melbourne
More than 2000 people -- mostly women and union members -- marked International Women’s Day two days early last week...
Concern US presence could run against Marshall Islands nuclear-free treaty
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer
Marshall Islands defence provisions could "fairly easily" be considered to run against...
Luamanuvao reflects on International Women’s Day and ‘Pacific dreams’
By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager
International Women's Day, March 8, is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women around the world.
Closer to home,...
International Women’s Day activists protest in solidarity with Palestinians
Asia Pacific Report
Activists in Aotearoa New Zealand marked International Women's Day today and the start of Ramadan this week with solidarity rallies across the...
Gallery: NZ women call for long-term peace and justice in Palestine
Asia Pacific Report
Women from Aotearoa, Philippines, Palestine and South Africa today called for justice and peace for the people of Gaza and the West...
Trump has ‘declared war against the American people’, says Ralph Nader
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress in a highly partisan 100-minute speech, the longest presidential address to Congress in...
Gallery: Vanuatu ‘welcomes all’ to rebuilt traditional chiefs’ nakamal meeting house
By Leah Lowonbu
Vanuatu has celebrated the reconstruction of the national council of chiefs meeting house, called the Malvatumauri nakamal, destroyed by fire two years...
Churches push for Cook Islands to be declared a Christian nation...
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Churches in the Cook Islands are pushing for the country to be declared a Christian nation following the discovery...
Seven decades on, Marshall Islands still reeling from nuclear testing legacy
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific Bulletin editor/presenter
The Marshall Islands marked 71 years since the most powerful nuclear weapons tests ever conducted were unleashed over...
Marshall Islands signs treaty banning nuclear weapons in the South Pacific
RNZ Pacific
The Marshall Islands has become the 14th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) member state to join the South Pacific's nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament treaty.
The...
Manurewa’s first Pan-Pacific strategy aims to amplify Pasifika voices
By Mary Afemata, Local Democracy Reporting
The Manurewa Local Board is developing its first Pan-Pacific strategy in Aotearoa New Zealand to amplify Pasifika voices in...
RSF slams ‘horrific conditions’ for journalists in Gaza in wake of...
Pacific Media Watch
The Paris-based global watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has expressed support for Gaza's media professionals and called on Israel to urgently lift...