Asia Pacific Report In the new weekly political podcast, The Bradbury Group, last night presenter Martyn Bradbury talked with visiting Palestinian journalist Dr Yousef Aljamal. They...

ANALYSIS: By Chris Hedges Israel’s weaponisation of starvation is how genocides always end. I covered the insidious effects of orchestrated starvation in the Guatemalan Highlands during...

By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal/RNZ Pacific correspondent in Majuro The Micronesian Islands Forum cranks up with officials meetings this week in Majuro, with...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

By Richard Larsen, RNZ News producer -- 30' with Guyon Espiner The former head of Human Rights Watch -- and son of a Holocaust survivor...

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...

By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist Amid uncertainty in the Middle East, one thing remains clear -- most Pacific governments continue to align themselves with...

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...

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...

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...

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...