‘Damage has been done’ – Miss Pacific pageant statement too late,...
By Lagi Keresoma in Apia
The Miss Pacific Islands Pageant (MPIP) Committee has finally issued a statement -- 5 days after damaging social media attacks...
Will New Zealand ‘invade’ the Cook Islands to stop China? Seriously
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
The country’s leading daily newspaper, The New Zealand Herald, screamed out this online headline by a columnist on February 10: “Should...
Civicus Monitor criticises PNG use of cybercrime law to curb free...
Pacific Media Watch
Papua New Guinea’s civic space has been rated as "obstructed" by the Civicus Monitor and the country has been criticised for pushing...
Cook Islands opposition files no-confidence motion against PM
By Melina Etches of the Cook Islands News
A motion of no confidence has been filed against the Prime Minister and his Cabinet following the...
Powerless – another Asia-Pacific angle on the long siege of USAID
COMMENTARY: By Robin Davies
Much has been and much more will be written about the looming abolition of USAID.
It’s “the removal of a huge and...
French Overseas Minister Manuel Valls to visit Nouméa for key political...
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls has announced he will travel to New Caledonia later this month...
Hamas report to mediators accuses Israel of pervasive Gaza ceasefire violations
As Benjamin Netanyahu threatens to resume war, Hamas outlines widespread Israeli ceasefire violations in document sent to the mediators.
By Jeremy Scahill and Sharif Abdel...
Trump’s ‘Riviera’ plan for Gaza heralds an age of naked fascism
COMMENTARY: By Sawsan Madina
I watched US President Donald Trump’s joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week in utter disbelief. Not...
Vanuatu parliament elects Jotham Napat as new prime minister
RNZ Pacific
Jotham Napat has been elected as the new prime minister of Vanuatu.
Napat was elected unopposed in Port Vila today, receiving 50 votes with...
Israeli police cite children’s ‘colouring book’ for Palestinian bookshop raid
Pacific Media Watch
Israeli police have confiscated hundreds of books with Palestinian titles or flags without understanding their contents in a draconian raid on a...
China: Cook Islands’ relationship with Beijing ‘should not be restrained’
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
China and the Cook Islands' relationship "should not be disrupted or restrained by any third party", says Chinese Foreign...
Ōtautahi man says family in Gaza will never leave despite US...
By Rachel Helyer Donaldson, RNZ News journalist
A Palestinian man living in Aotearoa New Zealand who has lost 55 relatives in three Israeli airstrikes on...
Trump’s USAID freeze ‘undermines relationships in Pacific’, says editor
RNZ Pacific
Marshall Islands Journal editor Giff Johnson says US President Donald Trump's decision on aid "is an opening for anybody else who wants to...
Eugene Doyle: Trump and foolish old men who redraw maps
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
It generally ends badly. An old tyrant embarks on an ill-considered project that involves redrawing maps.
They are heedless to wise counsel...
Peters’ refusal to join ICC backers puts NZ in Trump’s ‘lawless...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters’ refusal to join 79 other countries trying to protect the International Criminal Court (ICC) after...
Cook Islands crisis: Haka with the taniwha or dance with the...
The Cook Islands finds itself in a precarious dance -- one between the promises of foreign investments and the integrity of our own sovereignty....
Analyst condemn’s Netanyahu’s ‘crocodile tears’ over captives as ‘beyond absurd’
Asia Pacific Report
Speaking about the frail, disoriented appearance of the three freed Israeli captives yesterday, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara said: “People...
NZ must take robust Gaza stance – ‘stop tip-toeing’ around Trump,...
By Rachel Helyer Donaldson, RNZ News journalist
New Zealand should be robust in its response to the "unacceptable" situation in Gaza but it must also...
Mediawatch: NZ media in the middle of Asia-Pacific diplomatic drama
MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
By the time US President Donald Trump announced tariffs on China and Canada last Monday which could kickstart...
Mark Brown on China deal: ‘No need for NZ to sit...
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says New Zealand is asking for too much oversight over its deal with...