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New head of UN deep-sea mining regulator vows to restore neutrality
SPECIAL REPORT: By Stephen Wright of BenarNews
Promises of "accountability and transparency" in deep-sea mining has seen a tsunami-size vote by nations on Friday for...
Israel accused of being a ‘rogue state’ trying to destabilise Middle...
Asia Pacific Report
Hanan Ashrawi, a Palestinian political leader and a former member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Executive Committee, says Israel’s “gangster style...
Turkey-based Freedom Flotilla aid ships put ‘on hold’ but Handala still...
Asia Pacific Report
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition has told supporters that the "Break the Siege" aid project for besieged Gaza from Turkey has been put...
Promoting peace and stability in the Middle East by unconditionally backing...
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
President Biden — if you feel like pretending Biden is still serving as President and still making the decisions in the White House — has...
Lawsuit promises justice for Rio Tinto’s mining disaster in Bougainville –...
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: By Aubrey Belford of the OCCRP
High in the forested mountains of Papua New Guinea's Bougainville Island lies an abandoned, kilometer-wide crater cut...
Nations join ranks to delay deep-sea mining approval by UN regulator
SPECIAL REPORT: By Stephen Wright in Kingston, Jamaica
The obscure UN organisation attempting to set rules for the exploitation of deep-sea metals is facing a...
Why Israel assassinated Haniyeh – desperation over Gaza failure
ANALYSIS: By Ramzy Baroud
Israel’s assassination of the head of Hamas’ political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran, on yesterday is part of Tel Aviv’s...
NZME cops criticism after using AI to write rugby editorial
RNZ News
Media publisher NZME has come under fire for admitting it used artificial intelligence to create editorials that ran in the Weekend Herald and...
Kanak great chief resigns from New Caledonia’s customary Senate
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
A Kanak great chief has announced his resignation from New Caledonia's customary Senate.
Hippolyte Sinewami Htamumu once...
Tuvalu joins growing Pacific tide of opposition to deep-sea mining
Asia Pacific Report
Tuvalu has added its voice to the growing tide in the Pacific against deep sea mining, highlighting the momentum against this destructive...
Assassinated – Ismail Haniyeh, the Palestinian refugee who became the political...
The Palestine Chronicle
Ismail Haniyeh, a prominent Palestinian political leader and the head of Hamas’ political bureau, has been assassinated today in an Israeli airstrike...
From bows and arrows to assault rifles: How the rules of...
Warning: This report discusses graphic details of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea.
SPECIAL REPORT: By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
The nauseating stench of...
‘Hit by tidal wave’ – remote FSM atoll calls for seawall
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific Journalist
The Chief Administrator of the Federated States of Micronesia's most remote island is calling on senators in the Congress...
Vanuatu fights for marine protection at key UN deep-sea mining summit
By Stephen Wright in Kingston, Jamaica
Vanuatu has taken a leading role in a bloc of nations fighting to keep marine environment protection on the...
Five arrested in connection with deadly Papua New Guinea massacre
By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist
Papua New Guinea police have arrested five people in connection with the brutal attacks in Angoram district that left...
Trailblazer of Fijian Drua Media: How Kara Ravulo sailed unforeseen waters
By Paige Schouw, Queensland University of Technology
Kara Ravulo was halfway through her university studies when her father became sick, ultimately leading her to defer...
New Caledonia’s mothballed nickel plant starts mass sackings process
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Caledonia's mothballed nickel plant in Koniambo (north of the main island of Grande Terre) has...
Paris Olympics: Fijiana sevens on thin ice after losing two games
By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific senior sports journalist
The Fijiana women's sevens rugby team have lost both pool matches at the Paris Olympics today and...
A Wall of Shame – but do Pacific Islanders even notice...
The fifth report in a five-part series focused on the 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women that took place in the Marshall Islands last...
Labour’s Parker critical of weak NZ response to ICJ ruling against...
By David Robie
Former New Zealand attorney-general David Parker spoke on day 295 of Israel' genocidal war on Gaza in Auckland today, condemning the National-led...
‘We can’t solve the climate crisis without gender equality’, says...
The fourth report in a five-part series focused on the 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women taking place in the Marshall Islands this week.
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Fiji falls short as Dupont rallies France to claim Olympics rugby...
By Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific senior sports journalist in Paris
France has claimed their first Olympic Games sevens rugby gold medal with a 28-7 win...
