‘We’re under attack!’ – the night the Israelis struck the Global...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Eugene Doyle
New Zealander Jay O’Connor had finished a long but satisfying day as a crew member aboard Eros 1, one of...
Iran war almost over . . . and the end...
COMMENTARY: By Prince Taofeek Ajibade
The signals are now coming from both sides of the negotiating table. American sources confirm it. Pakistani mediators confirm it.
The...
Does abolishing the BSA mean the end of NZ’s enforceable media...
ANALYSIS: By Peter Thompson
The announcement by New Zealand's Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith that the government was abolishing the Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA)...
UN commissioner condemns Israeli kidnapping, detention of Brazilian flotilla activist
By Jamil Chade
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has condemned Israel, saying it has no right to detain Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila and...
New Caledonia suspends trade cooperation with Vanuatu in row over FLNKS...
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Caledonia's government says it has suspended all trade cooperation with Vanuatu after the Vanuatu government...
Israel’s kidnapping of two important pro-Palestine global activists reaffirms persecution
COMMENTARY: By Chris Hedges
Nothing illustrates the inversion of the international and moral order more than the genocide in Gaza and the shipment of tens...
Manele calls parliament for Thursday to face no confidence motion
RNZ Pacific
The Solomon Islands Parliament will convene tomorrow -- Thursday, May 7 -- to consider a motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Jeremiah...
NZ govt must rebuke Israeli envoy over beating of citizens, says...
Asia Pacific Report
The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has called on the New Zealand government to follow through on its demands that Israel complies...
Media programmes at USP, FNU join forces for World Press Freedom...
Wansolwara News
The University of the South Pacific (USP) Journalism Programme has marked the 2026 World Press Freedom Day this year in partnership with the...
Tongan police investigate journalist threatened at gunpoint after gang-related report
RNZ Pacific
A female journalist in Tonga has been threatened at gunpoint following the broadcast of a news story about an Australian criminal deportee serving...
Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats...
By Khalia Strong of PMN News
Fiji has shot up the world rankings for press freedom but the victory feels hollow as journalists across the...
Blame the NZ govt for ‘selective’ human rights morality, not activists
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
Forough Amin in her opinion piece “The consequences of selective morality” (The Press, 28 April 2026) argues that the Palestine solidarity...
Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal...
POLITICAL CARTOONS: By Campion Ohasio
My name is Campion Ohasio, and I am currently the only political cartoonist in Solomon Islands.
In recent weeks, I have...
After Israel’s brutal attack on Kiwis the NZ government does nothing
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
Kiwi Julien Blondel’s face may be bloodied but it is unbowed. So far the New Zealand government has done nothing after...
Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index
By Stefan Armbruster of Pasifika TV
Fiji has recorded a dramatic jump in its media freedom rating to be in the top 25 nations globally...
Gaza flotilla organisers subjected to ‘extreme brutality’ in illegal Israeli detention
By Charlotte England of Novara Media
Israeli soldiers beat and tortured flotilla organisers Saif Abukeshek and Thiago Ávila after abducting them in international waters near...
Fiji climbs to 24th in World Press Freedom Index, biggest gain...
RNZ Pacific
Fiji has recorded the biggest improvement in the Pacific in the 2026 World Press Freedom Index, rising to 24th out of 180 countries.
The...
FMA praises Fiji media workers for press freedom climb but warns...
Fijian Media Association
Three years after the lifting of draconian media laws under which Fiji’s media industry operated, and even with significant improvements in the...
Global Sumud Flotilla calls on NZ govt to intervene after Israeli...
RNZ News
The Global Sumud Flotilla is demanding the New Zealand government intervene to uphold international law, after being intercepted by Israel.
It said 22 boats...
Political reforms drive Fiji’s big press freedom gains, says RSF
By Anish Chand in Suva
Fiji’s rise in the latest global press freedom rankings is being credited to improved media conditions following key political and...





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