COMMENTARY: By Nuri Vitacchi The US on Wednesday night destroyed civilian water utilities serving 20,000 Iranian people. “The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian...

COMMENTARY: By Alifereti Sakiasi in Suva The contest for influence in the Pacific is no longer confined to diplomacy, aid projects or infrastructure. Increasingly, it is...

By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific New Caledonia's political parties are now in marching order to contest the upcoming local provincial elections scheduled to be...

Amnesty International What is happening right now is erasure of humans, trees and stones, and anything that is Palestinian, by settlers under the support...

By Stephanie Westbrook of PACBI As FIFA Men’s World Cup begins, millions around the world gather to cheer for their favorite teams. Let’s use the occasion...

In the great expanse of oceans, a number of small, remote islands are having their moment in the spotlight. From the Chagos islands to...

By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific A recent ruling by a French court to drop all charges against pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin and 13...

COMMENTARY: By Mark Naglazas Trying to get my head around Pete Hegseth’s bonkers, deeply offensive D-Day memorial speech in which the US Secretary of War...

By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific Warning: This story contains detailed accounts of alleged police and military brutality, including torture and sexual assault. The Fiji Police...

Asia Pacific Report A New Zealand policy research and advocacy group released a detailed blueprint today for a fresh "independent" Te Tiriti and Pacific-based approach...

COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean In 1904, a British geographer named Halford Mackinder stood before the Royal Geographical Society in London and delivered what would become...

COMMENTARY: Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa Today the US and/or Israel have been attacking Iran, Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen and Venezuela. The US is also strangling Cuba with...

May Pik is a Jewish woman now living in Aotearoa. She gave this perspective on growing up in Israel and why she moved to...

By RNZ Pacific reporters and Mark Rabago The US Tsunami Warning Centre has issued advisories for parts of the Pacific following a massive earthquake off...

COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Germany learnt to its huge cost and embarrassment last week that supporting Israel’s genocidal operations in Gaza and elsewhere in the...

Asia Pacific Report A South Auckland-based cultural studio founded by Fijian artist-curator Vasemaca (FKA Ema) Tavola has hit back at a spate of pro-Israeli propaganda...

By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific A court in Paris has dropped all charges against pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin and 13 others in their...

After years away, I have finally returned to Palestine, not just to visit but to reconnect with the land, the people, the memories, and...

By Jake Wise in Suva Fiji will not be "militarily involved" in any of the conflicts currently involving the State of Israel, says the country's...

Asia Pacific Report Indonesia has kidnapped and threatened Mama Yasinta Moiwend (Mama Sinta), one of the Marind tribe women featured in the controversial documentary Pesta...