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Pro-independence FLNKS ‘unequivocally’ reject latest agreement for New Caledonia
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
The signing of a new agreement on New Caledonia's political and financial future has triggered a...
Australia’s frightening new ‘hate speech’ laws are clearly aimed at pro-Palestine...
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
Australia’s Labor government has successfully passed a “hate speech” bill that’s plainly aimed, at least in part, at suppressing pro-Palestine organizations...
‘We kill enemies’ – spy firm Palantir secures top Australian security...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Stephanie Tran
US cybersecurity company Palantir has received a high-level Australian government security assessment despite concerns about its surveillance and complicity in...
Provocateur attacks Australian Palestine peace activists protesting over Gaza genocide
By Sarah Hathway in Djilang/Geelong
A group of Australian Palestine supporters in the state of Victoria have been attacked as tensions continue over the right...
High Seas Treaty welcome news for SPREP in uncertain times
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor
In an otherwise mixed month for the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP), its leadership is hailing a win...
Jeremy Rose: Mexico – the revolution isn’t being televised
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s support for resettling Palestinian children orphaned by Israel’s genocide in Gaza barely rates a mention, reports Towards Democracy.
COMMENTARY: By Jeremy...
4.87 tonnes of cocaine seized in French Polynesian waters – bound...
RNZ Pacific
France's High Commission in French Polynesia has reported the seizure of 4.87 tonnes of cocaine in its maritime zone.
The armed forces in French...
Eugene Doyle: Look where appeasing a bully has led the West...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
Donald Trump is a classic example of why you don’t let bullies prosper. “Trump is cutting the last threads of the...
New Caledonia’s new Elysée-Oudinot pact signed in Paris – despite boycott
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Caledonia's politicians and French President Emmanuel Macron have signed a new political and financial agreement...
One year into Trump’s second term – repressive US president on...
Reporters Without Borders
After winning re-election in 2024, Donald Trump promised to be a dictator “on day one”.
When it comes to press freedom, he has...
Most UPNG students don’t want independence for Bougainville, new survey shows
ANALYSIS: By Anna Kapil and Stephen Howes
It is well known that the people of Bougainville want independence. In the 2019 referendum, 98.3 percent of...
Pro-France MPs confront Macron over New Caledonia at future talks
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Talks on New Caledonia's political future have been underway in Paris after French President Emmanuel Macron...
Nobel Peace Prize ‘gift’ to Trump slammed as ‘meaningless, pathetic ...
Asia Pacific Report
The Nobel Peace Prize "handover" episode at the White House has sparked shock and criticism in Norway, where the honour is awarded.
Trygve...
A war without headlines: Israel’s shock-and-awe campaign in the West Bank
COMMENTARY: By Ramzy Baroud
A shock and awe. The phrase is apt in describing what Israel has done in the occupied West Bank almost immediately...
Israel accused over ‘shameful whitewashing’ bid to sanitise soldier holidays in...
Asia Pacific Report
A pro-Palestian campaigner today accused the Israeli military forces of "once again trying to sanitise its" image in Aotearoa New Zealand, condemning...
Bonds, blockings and bans – a massive new-year US shakeup for...
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist
From heavy visa bonds to suspended applications to straight-up travel bans, the United States has implemented or announced sweeping...
Israeli society has ‘become completely genocidal’, says B’Tselem head
Team Zeteo
The cost of telling the truth from inside a society that has become “completely genocidal” is very high, says Yuli Novak, executive director...
Eugene Doyle: Iran in the vortex – what’s really going on...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
If you want to understand what’s going on in Iran, abandon what the Persians invented centuries ago: Manichaeism. We use the...
Evening star rising: Girlhood in the Aeta heartlands of the Philippines
SPECIAL REPORT: By Keeara Ofren
The lives of children will always tell the past and future of any community. My colleague Estelle and I will...
FLNKS sends in late request to join Paris talks on New...
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Caledonia's pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) has put in a late request...












































