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Fiji human rights coalition challenges Rabuka over decolonisation ‘unfinished business’
Asia Pacific Report
The NGO Coalition on Human Rights in Fiji (NGOCHR) has called on Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka as the new chair of the...
Fiji’s Dr Prasad unveils $4.8b budget as deficit widens
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist
The Fiji government is spending big on this year's budget.
The country's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Biman...
Tahiti prepares for its first Matari’i public holiday
RNZ Te Manu Korihi
Tahiti will mark Matari'i as a national public holiday for the first time in November, following in the footsteps of Matariki...
Clark warns in new Pacific book renewed nuclear tensions pose ‘existential...
Asia Pacific Report
Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has warned the country needs to maintain its nuclear-free policy as a “fundamental tenet” of...
‘Bridge for peace – not more bombs,’ say CNMI Gaza protesters
By Bryan Manabat in Saipan
Advocacy groups in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) disrupted the US Department of Defense's public meeting this...
Why manufacturing consent for war with Iran failed this time
COMMENTARY: By Ahmad Ibsais
On June 22, American warplanes crossed into Iranian airspace and dropped 14 massive bombs.
The attack was not in response to a...
Eugene Doyle: Why Asia-Pacific should be cheering for Iran and not...
ANALYSIS: By Eugene Doyle
Setting aside any thoughts I may have about theocratic rulers (whether they be in Tel Aviv or Tehran), I am personally...
Talks result in PNG and Bougainville signing ‘Melanesian Agreement’
RNZ Pacific
The leaders of Bougainville and Papua New Guinea have signed a deal that may bring the autonomous region's quest for independence closer.
Called "Melanesian...
Israeli soldiers ‘ordered’ to fire at Gaza aid seekers – 70...
The New Arab
Israeli soldiers have said that they were ordered to open fire at unarmed Palestinian civilians desperately seeking aid at designated distribution sites...
Antoinette Lattouf win against ABC a victory for all truth-tellers
By Isaac Nellist of Green Left Magazine
Australian-Lebanese journalist and commentator Antoinette Lattouf’s unfair dismissal case win against the public broadcaster ABC in the Federal...
The ‘Godfather of Human Rights’ Ken Roth on genocide, Trump and...
By Richard Larsen, RNZ News producer -- 30' with Guyon Espiner
The former head of Human Rights Watch -- and son of a Holocaust survivor...
‘Don’t surrender’ to Indonesian pressure over West Papua, Bomanak warns MSG
Asia Pacific Report
A West Papuan independence movement leader has warned the Melanesian Spearhead Group after its 23rd leaders summit in Suva, Fiji, to not...
Why most Pacific governments stand with Israel in spite of UN...
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist
Amid uncertainty in the Middle East, one thing remains clear -- most Pacific governments continue to align themselves with...
Papua New Guinea police blame overrun system for prison breakouts
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Police in Papua New Guinea say the country's overrun courts and prisons are behind mass breakouts from police...
Iran accuses US over ‘torpedoed diplomacy’ – passes bill to halt...
BEARING WITNESS: By Cole Martin in occupied Bethlehem
Kia ora koutou,
I’m a Kiwi journo in occupied Bethlehem, here’s a brief summary of today’s events across...
Macron invites all New Caledonia stakeholders for Paris talks
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French President Emmanuel Macron has sent a formal invitation to "all New Caledonia stakeholders" for talks...
Nearly half of Kiwis oppose automatic citizenship for Cook Islands, says...
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
A new poll by the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union shows that almost half of respondents oppose the Cook Islands...
Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders discuss Middle East conflict before ceasefire
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says the Middle East conflict was one of the discussions of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG)...
Fiji advocacy group slams Indonesian role in MSG as a ‘disgrace’
Asia Pacific Report
A Fiji-based advocacy group has condemned the participation of Indonesia in the Melanesian Spearhead Group which is meeting in Suva this week,...
Ramzy Baroud: The fallout – winners and losers from the Israeli...
COMMENTARY: By Ramzy Baroud, editor of The Palestinian Chronicle
The conflict between Israel and Iran over the past 12 days has redefined the regional chessboard....