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PSNA’s Minto hits back at Gaza ‘genocide hotline’ critics, insists NZ...
Asia Pacific Report
A national Palestine advocacy group has hit back at critics of its "genocide hotline" campaign against soldiers involved in Israel's war against...
Deep freeze: Pacific ‘alarm’ as Trump leaves US diplomats with little...
COMMENTARY: By Tess Newton Cain
It didn’t come as a surprise to see President Donald Trump sign executive orders to again pull out of the...
Trump 2.0 chaos and destruction — what it means Down Under
What will happen to Australia -- and New Zealand -- once the superpower that has been followed into endless battles, the United States, finally...
‘Turn it into a retirement village’: Inside the war of words...
After lengthy, torrid and emotional debate a critical decision for the future of Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau is being made in March. One party will...
NZ-Kiribati fallout: Maamau govt minister says ‘impacts to be felt by...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific Bulletin editor/presenter
Kiribati President Taneti Maamau was unable to meet New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters because he had "a...
Trump’s ‘ethnic cleansing’ Gaza idea dismissed by analysts – rejected by...
Asia Pacific Report
UN President Donald Trump's idea of mass expulsion of Palestinians in Gaza to Jordan and Egypt has been dismissed by analysts as...
NZ aid for Kiribati under review after meeting cancelled with Peters
RNZ Pacific
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has confirmed New Zealand's aid for Kiribati is being reviewed after its President and Foreign Minister cancelled a meeting...
Support for changing date of Australia Day softens, but remains strong...
ANALYSIS: By David Lowe, Deakin University; Andrew Singleton, Deakin University, and Joanna Cruickshank, Deakin University
After many years of heated debate over whether January 26...
NZ Palestinian network advocate Janfrie Wakim praises ‘heroic Gaza’, calls for...
Asia Pacific Report
One of the key early leaders of a national Palestinian solidarity network in Aotearoa New Zealand today praised the "heroic" resilience and...
Vanuatu AG condemns Trump’s Paris climate treaty exit as ‘troubling precedent’
By Harry Pearl of BenarNews
Vanuatu’s top lawyer has called out the United States for “bad behavior” after newly inaugurated President Donald Trump withdrew the...
Mars, watch out — President Trump’s coming for you too
COMMENTARY: By Belén Fernández
It was a cold day in Washington, DC, on Tuesday when Donald Trump was sworn in for his second stint as...
Fiji solidarity network welcomes Gaza ceasefire but calls for ‘justice, accountability’
Asia Pacific Report
The Fijians for Palestine Solidarity Network (FPSN) and its allies have called for "justice and accountability" over Israel's 15 months of genocide...
‘Entire Pacific region at risk’, says UNAIDS on Fiji HIV outbreak
RNZ Pacific
Fiji's Minister for Health and Medical Services has declared an HIV outbreak.
Dr Ratu Atonio Rabici Lalabalavu announced 1093 new HIV cases from the...
Standing for decency: The sermon the President didn’t want to hear
COMMENTARY: By Nick Rockel
People get ready
There's a train a-coming
You don't need no baggage
You just get on board
All you need is faith
To hear the diesels...
Northern Mariana Islands advocates hit back at Trump diversity directives
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent
Two LGBTQIA+ advocates in the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) are up in arms over...
Climate crisis: The carbon footprint of the Gaza genocide
SPECIAL REPORT: By Jeremy Rose
The International Court of Justice heard last month that after reconstruction is factored in Israel’s war on Gaza will have...
‘Decolonise’ aid urgent call from Fiji’s Prasad to face Pacific climate...
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Fiji's Deputy Prime Minister Biman Prasad has told an international conference in Bangkok that some of the most...
Israel has ramped up West Bank raids to ‘distract’ from ceasefire,...
Asia Pacific Report
Israeli forces have been ramping up operations in the occupied West Bank-- mainly the Jenin refugee camp – to “distract” from the...
Samoa political update: Fiame prevails in leadership crisis
SPECIAL REPORT: By Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson and Lilomaiava Maina Vai
The Speaker of the House, Papali’i Li’o Taeu Masipau, decisively addressed a letter from FAST,...
Friend or foe? How Trump’s threats against ‘free-riding’ allies could backfire
ANALYSIS: By Nicholas Khoo, University of Otago
Donald Trump is an unusual United States President in that he may be the first to strike greater...
Ethnic community leaders slam Lee’s removal from diversity portfolio
By Gaurav Sharma, RNZ IndoNZ senior journalist
Community leaders surprised by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's removal of Melissa Lee from the ethnic communities' portfolio are...
Marwan Barghouti – the world’s most important hostage – must be...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
A litmus test of Israel’s commitment to abandon genocide and start down the road towards lasting peace is whether they choose...