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France plans to deploy flagship carrier Charles de Gaulle to Pacific...
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
France's naval flagship, the 261m aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, is to be deployed to the...
Palestinian solidarity activists call for ‘action’ in BDS boycott over Gaza
Asia Pacific Report
A Palestine solidarity advocate today appealed to New Zealanders to shed their feelings of powerlessness over the Gaza genocide and "take action"...
Vanuatu election 2025: Earthquake aftershocks expose high cost of democracy
COMMENTARY: By Anna Naupa
Out of the rubble of last year's 7.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Vanuatu’s capital Port Vila on December 17 and the...
Solomon Islands tops passport index for region’s global rankings
RNZ Pacific
Solomon Islands has the highest-ranked passport of Pacific Island nations, at 37th equal globally.
This is according to the Henley Passport Index.
The index, organised...
Weaponising antisemitism – BDS, antisemitism and the silencing of criticism of...
COMMENTARY: By Cathy Peters
To be Jewish does not mean an automatic identification with the rogue state of Israel. Nor does it mean that Jews...
Descendants of NZ’s Waitangi Treaty translators speak out against bill
RNZ News
A descendant of one of the original translators of New Zealand's Treaty of Waitangi says the guarantees of the Treaty have not been...
Pro-France Alcide Ponga elected as New Caledonia’s new president
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Caledonia's newly-installed government has elected pro-France Alcide Ponga as territorial President.
Ponga, 49, is also the...
An indictment of NZ’s settler colonial and ‘Five Eyes’ spy paranoia...
REVIEW: By David Robie
Four months ago, a group of lawyers in Aotearoa New Zealand called for a little reported inquiry into New Zealand spy...
Young Israelis ‘don’t want peace’, warns former Israeli top diplomat
Asia Pacific Report
A former director general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Alon Liel, has warned over a "dangerous" attitude of younger generations in Israel...
Fourth death from Hawai’i fireworks explosion highlights illegal trade
RNZ Pacific
Honolulu police have announced the death of a fourth person due to the New Year's Eve fireworks explosion in Aliamanu, Hawai'i -- a...
‘Ghost of Suharto’ marks Prabowo’s new phase in West Papua occupation
SPECIAL REPORT: By Paul Gregoire
United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) provisional government interim president Benny Wenda has warned that since Indonesian President Prabowo...
Abducted Gaza doctor’s life in danger due to torture – call...
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
The fate of Palestinian Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, who was "arrested" by Israeli...
Israel orders patients, staff to ‘evacuate’ last two hospitals in northern...
Asia Pacific Report
Israel is forcing two hospitals in northern Gaza to evacuate under threat of attack as its ethnic cleansing campaign continues.
Israeli forces have...
Fiji police charge man with rape and sexual assault of Virgin...
Fijivillage News
A man has been charged with the rape and sexual assault of one of the Virgin Australia crew members in the early hours...
Pacific 2025: Vanuatu quake, Tongan and Kanaky shakeups, Trump questions set...
Navigating the shared challenges of climate change, geostrategic tensions, political upheaval, disaster recovery and decolonisation plus a 50th birthday party, reports a BenarNews contributor's...
‘Suspend Israel ties’ plea to global medical professionals – Auckland hospital...
Asia Pacific Report
The UN’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, has called on “medical professionals worldwide” to suspend...
Five Pacific region geopolitical ‘betrayals’ in 2024
COMMENTARY: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
With the door now shut on 2024, many will heave a sigh of relief and hope...
Cook Islands ‘not qualified’ for UN membership, says prime minister
By Talaia Mika of the Cook Islands News
The Cook Islands will not pursue membership in the United Nations and the Commonwealth due to its...
The Palestine tragedy – why it should matter to you and...
COMMENTARY: By Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab
As 2024 came to a close and we have stepped into a new year overshadowed by ongoing atrocities, have you stopped...
Pryde ‘may have to wait’ over tribunal report, says Fiji President’s...
By Cheerieann Wilson in Suva
Fiji's Office of the President has confirmed that the Tribunal’s report on allegations of misconduct against suspended Director of Public...
Virgin Australia confirms ‘serious security incident’ with crew in Fiji
By Anish Chand in Suva
Virgin Australia has confirmed a “serious security incident” with its flight crew members who were in Fiji on New Year's...
New Caledonia political crisis costs one third of multi-million French package
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
An emergency 231 million euro (NZ$428 million) French aid package for New Caledonia has been reduced...