Cook Islands ‘not qualified’ for UN membership, says prime minister
By Talaia Mika of the Cook Islands News
The Cook Islands will not pursue membership in the United Nations and the Commonwealth due to its...
The Palestine tragedy – why it should matter to you and...
COMMENTARY: By Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab
As 2024 came to a close and we have stepped into a new year overshadowed by ongoing atrocities, have you stopped...
Pryde ‘may have to wait’ over tribunal report, says Fiji President’s...
By Cheerieann Wilson in Suva
Fiji's Office of the President has confirmed that the Tribunal’s report on allegations of misconduct against suspended Director of Public...
Virgin Australia confirms ‘serious security incident’ with crew in Fiji
By Anish Chand in Suva
Virgin Australia has confirmed a “serious security incident” with its flight crew members who were in Fiji on New Year's...
CPJ condemns ban on Al Jazeera – network decries bid to...
Pacific Media Watch
The New York-based global media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned a decision by the Palestinian Authority to suspend Al Jazeera’s...
New Caledonia political crisis costs one third of multi-million French package
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
An emergency 231 million euro (NZ$428 million) French aid package for New Caledonia has been reduced...
A ‘genocidal project’ – Dr Abu-Sittah on Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s...
Democracy Now!
Gaza’s Health Ministry has confirmed that close to 46,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel’s ongoing assault, but Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah estimates the...
Pacific leaders remember Jimmy Carter’s ‘pivotal role’ for CNMI
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent
The Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas has paid tribute to former...
Palestine protest group condemns NZ’s ‘normalisation of apartheid’ – Israeli tennis...
Asia Pacific Report
A Palestine solidarity group has protested over the participation of Israeli tennis player Lina Glushko in New Zealand's ASB Tennis Classic in...
Hui, protests, kotahitanga, and a new Kuini – a historic year...
By Ella Stewart, (Ngāpuhi, Te Māhurehure, Ngāti Manu), RNZ longform journalist, Te Ao Māori
On a sticky day in January, dozens of nannies and aunties...
Valls hopes to tackle New Caledonia in Rocard-style ‘spirit of dialogue’
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Overseas Minister Manuel Valls, who was appointed yesterday as part of the new French government...
Killing of five Gaza journalists by Israel strike highlights weak NZ...
By David Robie, convenor of Pacific Media Watch
My message today is really simple but brutal.
Israel kills the journalists deliberately. This is unprecedented. The Western...
Fiji’s PM dismisses Tabuya as Minister for Women and Children
RNZ Pacific
Fiji MP Lynda Tabuya has been dismissed as the country's Minister for Women, Children and Social Protection.
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said in a...
‘Bloc’ resignation over riots recovery plan topples New Caledonia’s government
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent, French Pacific desk
New Caledonia's territorial government has been toppled on Christmas Eve, due to a mass resignation within...
Five journalists killed by Israeli air strike near hospital – media...
Pacific Media Watch
Five Palestinian journalists have been killed in a new Israeli strike near a hospital in central Gaza after four reporters were killed...
Cardinal David slams Israel, says Jesus would have been born in...
By Victor Barreiro Jr in Manila
Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, bishop of Kalookan, has condemned the state of Israel on Christmas Eve for its relentless...
Publisher tells of storytelling and its role in shaping Fiji’s identity
By Cheerieann Wilson in Suva
Veteran journalist and editor Stanley Simpson has spoken about the enduring power of storytelling and its role in shaping Fiji’s...
Gaza Christians pray for end of Israeli war’s ‘death and destruction’
Asia Pacific Report
Silent Night is a well-known Christmas carol that tells of a peaceful and silent night in Bethlehem, referring to the first Christmas...
Moana Maniapoto on the sound of the 80s to world-class journalism
By Emma Andrews, Henare te Ua Māori journalism intern at RNZ News
From being the headline to creating them, Moana Maniapoto has walked a rather...
Rabuka reveals details of 1987 coup navy ‘secret weapons mission’
By Litia Cava, FBC News multimedia journalist
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has revealed how arms and ammunition used to conduct the 1987 military coup...