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Philippines testimony reveals torture, abuses by police, says Amnesty
Asia Pacific Report
Philippines police unlawfully targeted protesters with unnecessary and excessive force during anti-corruption marches in September, according to harrowing new testimony gathered by...
Chile plans to launch global campaign seeking to expel ‘pariah’ Israel...
Ma'an News Agency in Santiago
Civil society forces in Chile are preparing to launch an international campaign to demand the expulsion of Israel from the...
COP30 ends with ‘extremely weak’ outcomes, says Pacific campaigner
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
The United Nations climate conference in Brazil this month finished with an "extremely weak" outcome, according to one Pacific...
Potential Tonga PM candidate: ‘Low-hanging fruits available’ to improve people’s lives
By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
As Tonga's 26 newly elected representatives turn to choosing a prime minister among them, one potential candidate is...
Showing their aroha for the activist ‘power couple’ of Māngere East
Asia Pacific Report
Māngere East community stalwarts and activists from across Tamaki Makaurau Auckland have gathered at the local Village Green to pay tribute to...
Protesters march to Warehouse in Auckland city, demand halt to Israeli...
Asia Pacific Report
New Zealand pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched peacefully on The Warehouse in downtown Auckland today to protest over the sale of products by the...
‘My mana reignited’: Attendees leave world’s largest Indigenous education conference feeling...
By Coco Lance, RNZ Pacific digital journalist
As the world's largest Indigenous education conference (WIPCE) closed last night in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, a shared sentiment...
Ramzy Baroud: Pathetic attempt to achieve by Gaza decree what US-Israel...
COMMENTARY: By Ramzy Baroud
UNSC Resolution 2803 is unequivocally rejected. It is a direct contravention of international law itself, imposed by the United States with...
Pacific climate leaders ‘deeply disappointed’ as Australia loses bid to host...
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Pacific climate leaders are disappointed that Australia has lost the bid to host the United Nations Climate Conference, COP31,...
New Caledonia’s pro-independence split widens – another party quits FLNKS
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
A rift within New Caledonia's pro-independence movement has further widened after the second component of the...
Tonga election: Two new lords as 9 noble seats decided
By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist in Tonga
Two new noble representatives have been elected in Tonga, according to results announced today in Nuku'alofa.
Lord...
Fiji Business Awards celebrate big achievements from humble beginnings
Asia Pacific Report
Entrepreneurs, professionals, families and community leaders from across Aotearoa New Zealand came together last night for the inaugural Fiji Business Awards NZ,...
Canberra pandering to Prabowo, while ignoring unrest in West Papua
While Indonesians worry about President Prabowo Subianto’s undemocratic moves, the failures of his flagship "breakfast" policy, and a faltering economy, Australia enters into another...
A shameful mandate for force: What the UNSC’s Gaza resolution means...
The UN Security Council passed a regime change resolution against Gaza on Monday, effectively issuing a mandate for an invasion force to enter the...
Minister Moutchou ends New Caledonia visit – political announcements, no new...
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French minister for overseas Naïma Moutchou left New Caledonia at the weekend after a 5-day stay,...
Jacinda Ardern: Why NZ’s tiny group of hysterical haters can’t face...
COMMENTARY: By Gerard Otto
As you know, there's a tiny group of Dame Jacinda Ardern haters in New Zealand who are easily triggered by facts...
IDF failed on battlefield to disarm Hamas, but UN vote gives...
Asia Pacific Report
Israel and the US are now dictating their terms over Palestine, and Hamas and various Arab partners are at the receiving end...
Marilyn Garson: How shall we speak now since the Gaza ‘ceasefire’?
COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson
How shall we speak and act now?
For six years, Alternative Jewish Voices has spoken in an aspirational voice. This is intentional....
World’s largest indigenous education conference kicks off in Auckland
By Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira, RNZ Māori news journalist
The world's largest indigenous education conference has kicked off in Auckland, bringing with it thousands of indigenous educators...
Samoan PM back home as journalist alleges assault outside his residence
RNZ Pacific
Samoan Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt has returned home after an eight-week absence for medical treatment in New Zealand.
La'aulialemalietoa departed Apia for Auckland...
Israeli torture, abuse of Palestinian prisoners, death penalty law – yet...
COMMENTARY: By Gerard Otto
Israeli prison guards punish the prisoners “by breaking their thumbs” said a released detainee as lawyers speak out about torture, abuse,...
Australian author says shadow Gaza transit scheme company is operating ‘disaster...
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian author whose award-winning book about Israel's military and surveillance industry has swept the world is scathing about a controversial Gaza...































































