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John Minto: A prime minister with Gaza ‘blood on his hands’
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
Aotearoa New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is correct to condemn Hamas killing Israeli civilians in its attacks on Israel this...
NZ election 2023: National’s support ‘overstated’ in close race, says ...
RNZ News
Labour leader Chris Hipkins says support for National in the polls for the Aotearoa New Zealand election next Saturday is "well and truly...
Gaza blockade: Hamas’s tragic attack a response to longterm and escalating,...
COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson, Fred Albert, Sue Berman and Justine Sachs of the Alternative Jewish Voices (NZ)
Hamas has responded to Israel’s escalating violence with...
Palestine solidarity group calls on NZ to end ‘blind eye’ policy...
Asia Pacific Report
The New Zealand government bears heavy responsibility for loss of life of Palestinians and Israelis in the latest fighting in Israel/Palestine and...
Charlot Salwai elected 4th prime minister of Vanuatu in three years
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor, and Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Vanuatu's Prime Minister Sato Kilman has been voted out through a motion-of-no-confidence...
Crackdown on activists, free expression in Papua as Indonesia eyes UN...
Asia Pacific Report
The state of civic space in Indonesia has been rated as "obstructed" in the latest CIVICUS Monitor report.
The civic space watchdog said...
Marape seeks help from Australia, Singapore to fight PNG corruption
By Jeffrey Elapa in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's government has appealed to the Australian Federal Police and the Singapore Police to assist PNG police...
Ahmed Zaoui detained in Algeria for democracy statements, lawyer says
RNZ News
The Algerian democracy advocate Ahmed Zaoui, a New Zealand citizen, has been arrested by Algerian security forces after commenting on human rights violations...
France ends 10-year UN ’empty chair’ decolonisation snub over Polynesia
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific French desk correspondent
After 10 years of non-attendance, France turned up to this week's French Polynesia sitting of the...
After more than 30 years fighting Dawn Raids practices, Soane Foliaki...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
A Tongan RSE worker, whose case sparked an independent review of Immigration New Zealand's "out-of-hours compliance visit" practices, is...
West Papuan, Indonesian youth protest over ‘illegal’ 1962 Rome Agreement
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
The Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) and the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) have denounced the Rome Agreement of...
Chinese ‘miracle water’ grifters infiltrated UN, bribed politicians to build Pacific...
By Aubrey Belford, Kevin G. Hall and Martin Young
A pair of Chinese scam artists wanted to turn a radiation-soaked Pacific atoll into a future...
PNG police chief warns protesters on water, power ‘domestic terrorism’
PNG Post-Courier in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning has warned protesters against "domestic terrorism" -- when their actions place the safety...
John Minto: NZ’s Labour refuses to recognise Palestine – even after...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) supporters are livid Labour is refusing to recognise the state of Palestine a full 104 years...
Vanuatu PM Kilman loses majority and faces defeat in Friday vote
By Hilaire Bule in Port Vila
Power has transitioned from Vanuatu's government to the opposition in Parliament during the Fifth Extraordinary Session convened to debate...
Researchers call for urgent emissions cuts as Antarctic sea ice ‘drops...
By Eloise Gibson, RNZ climate change correspondent
Scientists studying dramatic Antarctic sea ice loss have called for urgent reductions to greenhouse gases to keep the...
France to host Pacific defence ministers in New Caledonia ‘hub’ meeting
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ French Pacific correspondent
Defence ministers from several Asian and Pacific states are scheduled to meet in New Caledonia for two days...
NZ election 2023: ‘Too cavalier’ – scientists call out Peters over...
By Anneke Smith, RNZ News political reporter
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has been spreading misleading climate information at public meetings during the Aotearoa...
NZ climate satirist sentenced to 125 hours of community work for...
By Tess Brunton, RNZ News reporter
A Dunedin climate activist has been sentenced to 125 hours of community work after writing a fake email saying...
NZ election 2023: Labour’s disconnect with the electorate – and with...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
There is a sea change happening in the wider electorate in Aotearoa New Zealand which is counter intuitive to what the...
Ponsonby march highlights Dawn Raids pain and overstayer uncertainty
By Khalia Strong of Pacific Media Network
Dozens of Pacific Islanders and Palagi defied the bitterly cold wind and rain for a peaceful "remember the...
Papuan ‘women’s forest party’ boosts culture in mangrove haven
Jubi News in Jayapura
The Indonesia Art Movement has collaborated with the Monj Hen Wani Community and environmental advocates in Papua to organise the "Arumbay...



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