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From nuclear to climate crisis survivors: unfinished business in the Pacific
COMMENTARY: By David Robie, author of Eyes of Fire
Climate crisis concerns shouldn’t overshadow the legacy of nuclear testing in the Pacific, where there are...
‘Maniacal tyrant’ Trump and Iran trade threats to energy infrastructure over...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Jessica Corbett
Democrats in Congress have sounded the alarm over US President Donald Trump pledging to commit more war crimes in Iran...
Prime Minister Manele holds firm as opposition claims majority in Solomon...
RNZ Pacific
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has doubled down on his decision not to convene Parliament as he hangs on to power leading...
‘From the river to the sea’ – swimming against the Queensland...
A CAUTIONARY TALE: By Jim Dowling
Both my son Franz and I have been arrested, separately, for suspected thought crimes relating to Palestine and Israel.
We...
No bigger hypocrisy in the world than Israel complaining about Iran’s...
COMMENTARY: By Sarah Leah Whitson
In recent days, Israel and the United States have expressed outrage over the deliberate and indiscriminate targeting of civilians and...
Eugene Doyle: Trump celebrates Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
You can’t make this stuff up. The President of the United States, while sitting next to the Japanese Prime Minister in...
Marshall Islands govt slashes income tax as living costs skyrocket
By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent
The Marshall Islands Parliament this week endorsed legislation reducing income taxes for all working people in...
End of the petrodollar? How Iran war is reshaping the global...
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh.
NERMEEN SHAIKH: Global oil and natural gas prices are soaring after Israel...
Wenda condemns ‘cruel’ arbitrary arrests of West Papuans in Tambrauw
Asia Pacific Report
An exiled leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has condemned Indonesia's "cruel and humiliating" arbitrary arrest of 12...
Israel – the parasite state sabotaging peace in the Middle East
COMMENTARY: By Marcus Alexander
In a stunning resignation that has sent shockwaves through Washington, former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent has exposed what many...
Northern Mariana Islands’ security and stability vital for US, say military...
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent
The Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands' (CNMI) economic struggles are not just a local...
Ian Powell: Iran, US imperialism and the New Zealand lapdog
COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell
When Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, was assassinated in the opening stages of the US-Israeli war against Iran, I...
Fiji set to host Israel and UAE embassies in Suva to...
RNZ Pacific
High-ranking Fiji government ministers have formally approved plans for the establishment of resident embassies for Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in...
Australian charities funding Israel’s illegal settlements ‘untouchable’, says Labor govt
The Labor government has told the Senate that Australian charities don’t have to comply with international law, nor will they be compelled. Michael West...
China’s growing grip on the fragile Solomon Islands media sector
SPECIAL REPORT: Reporters Without Borders
Since the Solomon Islands established diplomatic relations with China in 2019, the Pacific country has become a strategic arena for...
Activists plan ‘largest flotilla yet’ to break Israel’s siege of Gaza
By Joshua Carroll
A global coalition of activists is preparing to launch the largest ever flotilla of aid ships aimed at breaking Israel’s illegal blockade...
Solomons PM refuses to convene parliament amid political crisis
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
The Solomon Islands Prime Minister is refusing to convene Parliament next week amid a takeover bid by government...
Iran’s ‘Samson option’ : Deterrence restored or nothing – the logic...
ANALYSIS: By Kevork Almassian
When the Strait of Hormuz closes, you don’t need to be a military analyst to understand what just happened. You only...
Thousands urge NZ prime minister Luxon to condemn illegal US-Israeli war...
Greenpeace Aotearoa
Thousands of people have signed a petition demanding New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon stand up and condemn the illegal attacks on Iran...
Project Vault: Peace in the moana or military outpost?
COMMENTARY: By Niamh O'Flynn
To most of us in Aotearoa, the current illegal war in Iran feels distant. We see it in our news feeds,...













































