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By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist, in Avarua, Rarotonga More than 400 people have taken to the streets to protest against Cook Islands Prime Minister...

Asia Pacific Report Two Palestinian resistance groups have condemned “the brutal assault” on prisoners at Ofer Prison, saying it was “barbaric criminal behaviour that reflects...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist in Avarua, Rarotonga Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown hopes to have "an opportunity to talk" with the New...

Asia Pacific Report Two independent Jewish Voices groups in Aotearoa New Zealand have written an open letter to the government condemning the Zionist "colonisation" project...

COMMENTARY: By Paul G Buchanan Here is a scenario, but first a broad brush-painted historical parallel. Hitler and the Nazis could well have accomplished everything that...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark maintains that Cook Islands, a realm of New Zealand, should have...

Asia Pacific Report Analysts and commentators have described how images of the hundreds of Palestinian detainees and prisoners have "dehumanised" them and revealed their...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says the deal with China "complements, not replaces" the relationship with New Zealand...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific Presenter/Bulletin editor France's top diplomat in the Pacific region says talks around the "unfreezing" of New Caledonia's highly controversial electoral...

The issue is no longer a hypothetical one. US President Donald Trump will not explicitly suggest death camps, but he has already consented to Israel's...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist in Avarua, Rarotonga China has confirmed details of its meeting with Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown for the...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle The country’s leading daily newspaper, The New Zealand Herald, screamed out this online headline by a columnist on February 10: “Should...

By Melina Etches of the Cook Islands News A motion of no confidence has been filed against the Prime Minister and his Cabinet following the...

COMMENTARY: By Robin Davies Much has been and much more will be written about the looming abolition of USAID. It’s “the removal of a huge and...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls has announced he will travel to New Caledonia later this month...

As Benjamin Netanyahu threatens to resume war, Hamas outlines widespread Israeli ceasefire violations in document sent to the mediators. By Jeremy Scahill and Sharif Abdel...

COMMENTARY: By Sawsan Madina I watched US President Donald Trump’s joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week in utter disbelief. Not...

RNZ Pacific Jotham Napat has been elected as the new prime minister of Vanuatu. Napat was elected unopposed in Port Vila today, receiving 50 votes with...

By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist China and the Cook Islands' relationship "should not be disrupted or restrained by any third party", says Chinese Foreign...

By Rachel Helyer Donaldson, RNZ News journalist A Palestinian man living in Aotearoa New Zealand who has lost 55 relatives in three Israeli airstrikes on...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle It generally ends badly.  An old tyrant embarks on an ill-considered project that involves redrawing maps. They are heedless to wise counsel...

COMMENTARY: By John Minto New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ refusal to join 79 other countries trying to protect the International Criminal Court (ICC) after...