Papua in the Pacific mirror: A path to recognition and reconciliation
Indonesia needs a fundamental shift in perspective: seeing Papuans not as a problem to be managed, but as equal partners and full subjects of...
CNMI leaders warn economic slide could affect US strategic presence in...
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent
Leaders in the Northern Marianas have warned that a deepening economic crisis in the...
Mixed reactions over Samoan PM’s proposal to ban non-Christian religions
RNZ Pacific
A proposal by Sāmoa's Prime Minister to ban all non-Christian religions from the country is being met with mixed reactions.
The Samoa Observer reported...
Australia’s ‘antisemitism crisis’ – examining what’s real and what isn’t
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last week announced a Royal Commission into the Bondi Beach Attack and antisemitism. Andrew Brown weighs the evidence on...
Sāmoa set to become third Pacific nation to open Jerusalem embassy
RNZ Pacific
Sāmoa is set to become the third Pacific nation to have an embassy in Jerusalem.
Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Polataivao Schmidt told a gathering of...
Clark condemns US withdrawal as ‘assault on international system of cooperation’
By Pretoria Gordon, RNZ News journalist
A former head of the United Nations Development Programme is concerned that US President Donald Trump may set a...
NGOs warn of catastrophic impact in Gaza – Penny Wong doesn’t...
The Australian government remains silent on Israel banning 37 international aid organisations in Gaza, despite warnings from humanitarian groups. Stephanie Tran reports.
By Stephanie Tran...
Popular Auckland hot springs gets name change to Kaipātiki
By Pokere Paewai, RNZ Māori issues reporter
As 2025 ticked over into 2026, New Zealand's popular Parakai Springs near Helensville officially became Kaipātiki Hot Springs,...
Ian Powell: The Nicolás Maduro kidnapping, US imperialist expansion and implications...
ANALYSIS: By Ian Powell
There is much to understand from the dramatic kidnapping -- abduction is perhaps a better word -- of Venezuelan President Nicolás...
Albanese bows to relentless pressure for Bondi royal commission but scepticism...
SPECIAL REPORT: By David Robie
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has finally bowed to pressure from the Murdoch News Corp's relentless media campaign and advocacy...
Former NZ mayoral hopeful arrested at Venezuela solidarity protest
RNZ News
Three people, including former Wellington mayoral hopeful Graham Bloxham, have been arrested at a Venezuela solidarity protest in New Zealand's capital.
Around 100 people...
Former French Foreign Legion soldier key suspect in Vanuatu VT49m heist
By Doddy Morris in Port Vila
The Vanuatu Police Force (VPF) has confirmed that the prime suspect in a Port Vila armed robbery is a...
PNG’s lethal Tsak Valley raid and deeper crisis over guns, policing,...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
A Papua New Guinea police operation in Tsak Valley, Enga Province, in the early hours of...
Jonathan Cook: From Gaza to Venezuela, the US has been unmasked...
The path to Caracas -- and potentially next to Colombia, Cuba and Greenland, other targets of Donald Trump’s colonial greed-- was paved in Gaza,...
‘An extraordinary, charismatic man’: Sir Tim Shadbolt dies at 78
RNZ News
New Zealand former Invercargill and Waitematā mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt died today. He was 78.
Sir Tim, who was awarded the Knight Companion of...
Photos of attack on Palestine activist’s property ‘censored’ by Facebook
COMMENTARY: By Saige England
What happened at New Zealand human rights campaigner John Minto's home? Let me tell you.
Let me tell you that he wrote...
‘Straight-up piracy and extortion’: Trump says he will control money from...
By Jake Johnson
US President Donald Trump has claimed that Venezuela’s interim leadership will turn over to the United States as many as 50 million...
Sanctioned oil tanker falsely using Cook Islands flag, authority says
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist
The Cook Islands Maritime Authority says a US-sanctioned oil tanker is falsely using Cook Islands identifiers to evade capture.
The...
Bryce Edwards: NZ’s craven stance on the US invasion of Venezuela
ANALYSIS: By Bryce Edwards
When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, New Zealand responded with unusual speed. Sanctions followed. Condemnations were issued. The language was unambiguous.
We...
Malcolm Evans: What have we become that we accept such brigandry?
COMMENTARY: By Malcolm Evans
What have we become if to survive in our so-called “free world” we must turn a blind eye to cold-blooded genocide,...









































