Trita Parsi: Is Trump poised to restart the Iran war?
Tehran believes Trump will attack in the next 48 hours -- and is ready to counter-escalate, writes US-Iran affairs analyst Trita Parsi.
ANALYSIS: By Trita...
Israel becomes world’s most disliked country, global survey finds
Middle East Monitor
Israel is now perceived more negatively than any other country in the world, according to new global polling published by Nira Data...
Thom Beanal – saluting a human rights legacy for Papua’s ‘father’
ANALYSIS: By Laurens Ikinia in Jakarta
The eighth floor of the Tempo building in Jakarta became the setting for a gathering rich with meaning.
What brought...
Strait of Hormuz ‘open’ except for enemies, as new Iran insurance...
Asia Pacific Report
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz is "open to all except its adversaries", and any passage through the trajectory of this...
Palestine on patrol – how a flag-dress caused a writers’ stir...
COMMENTARY: By Kathrine Ross
What a blast at the Auckland Writers Festival today, I had tickets for Marika and I to attend Palestinian writer Tareq...
‘They’re wiping us out’ – church leader warns about young West...
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
A West Papuan church leader has warned that ongoing killings of young Papuans allegedly by Indonesian security forces...
Close vote sees Niue’s Dalton Tagelagi back in as prime minister
By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor
Niue's assembly has re-elected Dalton Tagelagi as its prime minister, continuing his leadership for the next three years.
Tagelagi,...
New chapter for Hapi Isles – Matthew Wale takes the helm...
PROFILE: By Campion Ohasio
The Solomon Islands has entered a new political era. In a historic morning at Parliament House yesterday, Matthew Cooper Wale was...
Improvements in Pacific media freedom, but a shameful silence on Gaza...
ANALYSIS: By David Robie, Pacific Media Watch
When the Paris-based global watchdog Reporters Without Borders released their annual World Press Freedom Index dossier online three...
Fiji’s journalists celebrate belated World Press Freedom Day – but warn...
Fijian Media Association
Fiji’s media workers finally got to celebrate their World Press Freedom Day this week 11 days late -- on Thursday, May 14.
The...
Media miss: The questions never asked behind the US-Israel war on...
ANALYSIS: By Alison Broinowski of Declassified Australia
Most of the Western media refuse to join the dots and explain Israel’s decades-long obsession with defanging Tehran.
The...
Palestine Forum slams NZDF share in military exercises with ‘genocidal’ Israel
Asia Pacific Report
The Palestine Forum of New Zealand has criticised plans for the country taking part in next month's military exercises with Israel and...
Defending NZ values in a volatile world – but in what...
COMMENTARY: By Frances Palmer
While appreciating certain points in Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s speech "Securing NZ’s Future in a more Volatile World" on current challenges...
‘Arrest wanted Filipino former police chief’ call by Amnesty after escape
Asia Pacific Report
Amnesty International says it is "deeply alarmed" over the obstruction of justice and chaotic scenes -- including gunfire -- witnessed at the...
NSW antisemitism hearings ‘drowned’ in the Bondi Royal Commission
The NSW Parliament’s antisemitism report was folded into the Bondi Royal Commission, missing the airing of contesting views and rigorous questioning, reports Michael West...
Palestinian photojournalist wins Pulitzer for breaking news photography
By Kim Wingerei
Saher Alghorra, a Palestinian photojournalist, has won the Pulitzer Prize for a series of photographs published in The New York Times. What’s...
Two years after New Caledonia’s violent uprising, tensions remain high
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
As New Caledonia marks the second anniversary of a spate of unrest and riots that...
Papuan women ‘living in fear’ condemn military violence
By Aida Ulim in Jayapura
Papuan women attending a free speech forum organised by the Dogiyai Student Association in Jayapura have condemned what they describe...
Opposition MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman ‘hounded’ into...
By Lillian Hanly, RNZ News political reporter
Opposition New Zealand MPs say former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman was "hounded" into resigning, after a "witch...
Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat
By Atereano Mateariki, RNZ Pacific journalist
Previously it was reporting on governments or politics that brought trouble for Tonga's journalists -- now it's reporting on...









































