Palestine supporters stage pickets in 3 cities in Fiji, NZ protesting...
Asia Pacific Report
Pro-Palestine protesters in Fiji and Aotearoa New Zealand staged pickets in three cities today in protest against Israel opening its first embassy...
Fiji police question protesters over picket against opening of Israel embassy
Fijivillage News
A protest led by the Fiji Women's Crisis Centre was held at their office today -- located opposite FHL Tower where the new...
Non-negotiable: Christopher Luxon says NZ’s nuclear-free stance not changing
RNZ Morning Report
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon insists the government is not going to review New Zealand's nuclear-free stance, and doing so would be detrimental...
Israeli claims about an Iran ‘threat’ were always a lie. Now...
It isn't Tehran led by unhinged, genocidal megalomaniacs threatening the security of the region and the world. It is Tel Aviv and Washington, writes...
Pro-Palestinian activists plan protest against ‘Israeli pond’ diplomacy push in Pacific
Asia Pacific Report
Israel is working with US Christian Zionists to make the Pacific "an Israeli pond" to help deliver votes in the United Nations,...
NZ King’s Birthday Honours 2026: Pasifika people among those recognised
By Tiana Haxton, RNZ Pacific
Twelve Pasifika people in New Zealand received awards in this year's King's Birthday Honours.
The New Zealand Royal Honours acknowledges people...
French Constitutional Council approves changes to New Caledonia’s electoral roll
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
The French Constitutional Council has validated an adjustment to New Caledonia's restrictions for their forthcoming provincial...
Cry, my beloved New Zealand. Another Kiwi abandoned to the IDF
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
There was only one moment when I was interviewing him last week that Mousa Taher broke down and cried. It was...
Pro-Palestine groups plan coordinated protests in Fiji and NZ over Israel’s...
Asia Pacific Report
Pro-Palestine activist groups plan to simultaneously protest against the opening of the first Pacific embassy by Israel with pickets in the Fiji...
‘He’s Māori!’ Hāhona Ormsby – a New Zealander in the Israeli...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Eugene Doyle
I interviewed several of the New Zealanders who, as members of the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza, were taken hostage...
Chris Hedges: Gaza and Iran – the rise of the Global...
COMMENTARY: By Chris Hedges
The humiliating defeat of Israel and the United States in their war on Iran, along with the savagery of the ongoing...
How the Israeli military is illegally grabbing land ‘everywhere’
Jewish Voice for Peace
The Israeli military is illegally grabbing land across Gaza, Lebanon and Syria -- with roughly 1000 sq km under their control,...
Samoan nationals could face death penalty over ‘Coconut Cartel’ killing in...
By RNZ Morning Report and Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
The bank accounts of two New Zealanders have been frozen as police probe an...
Palestinian journalists from Gaza ‘treated inhumanely’ by Israeli army and Shin...
Pacific Media Watch
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has accused the Israeli army and internal security agency Shin Bet of repeatedly perpetrating inhumane acts against Palestinian...
NZ Budget 2026 boosts Pacific aid, defence spending amid security concerns
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist
New Zealand's Budget 2026 will see more foreign aid to the Pacific region, while defence and customs spending rises...
Why the Middle East needs a strong Iran-Turkey alliance to foil...
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean
In my view, the greatest source of instability in the Middle East today is the increasingly aggressive and expansionary posture of...
Samoan police investigate after pair admit killing ‘Coconut Cartel’ ringleader in...
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Samoa police have launched an investigation into a bizarre international case involving two Samoan men who have appeared...
Australia’s Combat Antisemitism Movement keeps slaying social cohesion
As the Bondi Royal Commission continues, one major campaigner against antisemitism demonstrates its vehement opposition to social cohesion. Wendy Bacon reports for Michael West...
US-built ‘torture ship’ and US funding played role in kidnapping, torture...
ANALYSIS: Global Sumud Flotilla
As testimonies from the 428 participants illegally kidnapped by the Israeli regime continue to surface, the United States critical role in...
‘Digital colonisation’ – West Papuan activist targeted in fake AI-generated reel
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
A West Papuan independence activist says AI-generated fake footage of her and her words has been used to...








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