‘They brought me here to kill me’ – NZ media slammed...
Pacific Media Watch
“This is the last time you’ll see me… they brought me here to kill me.”
These chilling words by detained and tortured Palestinian...
Saige England: A tale of power being taken from the people...
COMMENTARY: By Saige England
Last night I attended a packed meeting in Lyttelton against the takeover attempt by DP World of the Lyttelton Port. This...
Caitlin Johnstone: They’re launching a new COINTELPRO for the 21st century
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
The Trump administration has announced a renewed crusade against “far-left terrorism,” which sounds okay if you don’t know that the word...
NZ govt says it had no influence over $200,000 doco ahead...
By Russell Palmer of RNZ
The government says it had no influence over $200,000 in funding for a documentary ahead of Fiji's election about a...
‘Intolerable pressure’ – inside the Israel lobby campaign to coerce regulators...
Australia's health regulator AHPRA was “forced into a massive capitulation” to adopt the hardcore IHRA definition of antisemitism. Michael West Media investigates.
INVESTIGATION: By Wendy...
Has the Pacific’s Ocean of Peace concept been hijacked?
ANALYSIS: By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
As geopolitical tensions increase in the Pacific region and numerous security alliances are rapidly forged, questions are being...
It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to...
ANALYSIS: By Peter Greste
One of the oldest tropes in journalism is that it should be balanced; that journalists have a responsibility to present all...
‘Race was used as a weapon’ – Fiji coup frontman urged...
By Margot Staunton of RNZ Pacific
Mahendra Chaudhry -- a former Fiji prime minister removed from power and held hostage during the 2000 coup --...
Jeremy Rose: New Zealand joins the arms race to climate calamity
COMMENTARY: By Jeremy Rose
Late last year, the British government suppressed a report that contained warnings from its intelligence agencies that climate change could drive...
The toll-keeper of Hormuz – how the US just buried its...
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean
The most important response to Trump’s Hormuz announcement did not come from Beijing, Brussels or the United Nations. It came from...
Vanuatu to take decades-long dispute with France to international court
By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific
Vanuatu will escalate a decades-long dispute with France over two uninhabited islands to international arbitrators.
Talks between the two countries...
NZ’s Pacific Islands Forum budget could face a $10m squeeze, OIA...
By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific
Cash set aside to host the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in New Zealand next year may fall short of...
How Tehran turned Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral into a media event
Pacific Media Watch
Once again, the Strait of Hormuz is at the centre of the latest escalation in the war between Iran, the United States...
Antisemitic, really? Jewish leader speaks out on Australia’s Royal Commission hypocrisy
The tide has turned a little at Australia's Royal Commission into Antisemitism with a second Jewish witness breaking from the Israel narrative. Michael West...
Dilapidated infrastructure blamed for fatal PNG prison escape attempt
By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific
The Papua New Guinea Correctional Service (PNGCS) has confirmed three prisoners have been killed in the Western Highlands Province...
Lim Tean: The Hormuz ‘guardian’ turns pirate – 20% for tribute
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean
The United States went to war to stop Iran charging tolls in the Strait of Hormuz. It has now imposed a...
Sheikh Hamad: The Arab leader who broke Israel’s siege on Gaza
OBITUARY: By Mohammad Mansour
Following the passing of Qatar’s Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani at 74 on Sunday, his solidarity with the...
Saige England: Call out the Zionist hypocrisy – genociders are settler...
COMMENTARY: By Saige England
I loathe hypocrisy. I am sure you do too. So let's state this plainly. The genociders have employed hypocrisy as a...
Sam Neill: NZ’s biggest but modest movie star dies at 78
RNZ Digital reporters
Sam Neill was New Zealand's biggest international film star, yet was a modest man who shied from the media spotlight. He has...
Caitlin Johnstone: Well, at least Lindsey Graham is dead
OBITUARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
The only positive thing about the Iran war heating up again is that Lindsey Graham won’t be around to enjoy it.
The...









































