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COMMENTARY: By Gerard Otto While Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinian children in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the occupied...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist "Political and ego manoeuvring" is happening behind the scenes at COP30 in Brazil, as Australia and Türkiye wrestle to...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Palau's leader says the world needs to be working toward reducing emissions and "not dropping targets", in response to...

As the world contemplates action over climate crisis at COP30 in Brazil, author Saige England writes that we need to recognise that we don’t...

Asia Pacific Report Greenpeace has heralded the Cook Islands delay on a decision over whether seabed mining can go ahead until at least 2032 as...

UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese talks to journalist Chris Hedges about her new report that examines how 60+ countries are complicit in...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Naïma Moutchou's first visit to New Caledonia is marked by marathon political...

Middle East Monitor Israeli soldiers have revealed that Palestinian civilians were killed inside Gaza in a free-for-all at the wish of army officers amid a...

RNZ Pacific An Israeli minister touring the Pacific to discuss defence and cooperation says Fiji and Papua New Guinea are “great friends”. Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister...

By Vince Angelo Ferreras in Daet, Philippines Several barangays in Camarines Norte were heavily battered by the powerful winds and rains from Typhoon Uwan --...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/bulletin editor, and Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Pacific nations are at the world's biggest climate talks making the familiar...

ANALYSIS: By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News acting political editor As the Iwi Chairs Forum fought fruitlessly to keep Te Pāti Māori together last week, spokesperson...

RNZ Pacific Pacific civil society groups say 2025 has been a big year for the ocean. Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN) representative...

Asia Pacific Report In an open letter released at the Belém Climate Summit, special envoys for strategic regions have expressed their support for the COP30...

Asia Pacific Report A Pacific people's mission to Kanaky New Caledonia was repeatedly confronted with a "profound sense of distrust" in the French state's role...

As the homes of Gaza’s families lie in ruins, its farmlands and water supply now also pose lethal risks in  environmental and health catastrophe. SPECIAL...

Asia Pacific Report New Zealand Pro-Palestine protesters gathered at West Auckland's Te Pai Park today, celebrating successes of the BDS movement against apartheid Israel while...

A Gaza resident tells his story of the struggle to survive in Israel's Gaza genocide today, "ceasefire" or not. SPECIAL REPORT: By Qasem Waleed El-Farra On...

RNZ News The current New Zealand government has a "Trumpian accent" that should be a red flag for the people, one of the world's leading...

By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The parents of conjoined twins in Papua New Guinea have made a desperate global appeal to try to...

Keeping a line of sight to the challenges of both COP30 in Brazil next week and also the subsequent Pacific's COP31. A Pacific perspective. COMMENTARY:...

COMMENTARY: By Bryce Edwards Yesterday’s victory of “democratic socialist” Zohran Mamdani in the race for the New York mayoralty is fuelling debate among progressives around...