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Vanuatu election: Preparation almost complete for snap ballot
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Port Vila
The electoral commission in Vanuatu is trying its best to clear up some confusion with the...
Why the draft ‘foreign interference’ bill is so dangerous for Aotearoa
COMMENTARY: By Maire Leadbeater
Aotearoa New Zealand's coalition government has introduced a bill to criminalise "improper conduct for or on behalf of a foreign power"...
‘Humiliated, attacked, beaten’: How Palestinian Authority assaults West Bank refugee camp...
While mediator Qatar says a Gaza ceasefire deal is at the closest point it has been in the past few months -- adding that...
Indonesia joins BRICS: What now for West Papuan goal of independence?
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin
Indonesia officially joined the BRICS -- Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa -- consortium last week marking a significant milestone in...
‘In my early days, I was reckless,’ says Pultizer winner Manny...
By Ria de Borja in Manila
For 30 years, Filipino journalist Manny “Bok” Mogato covered the police and defence rounds, and everything from politics to...
Mothballed northern New Caledonia nickel company appoints new chair
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Caledonia's mothballed northern nickel plant, Koniambo Nickel (KNS), has appointed a new chairman to steer...
Why Jimmy Carter’s opposition to Israeli apartheid failed to secure peace
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! As we continue our discussion of President Jimmy Carter’s legacy, we look at his policies in the...
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...
An open letter to Mark Zuckerberg from the world’s fact-checkers –...
An open letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in response to the social media giant's decision to abandon its fact-checking regime protection in 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...