Pacific children as young as 6 adopted, made to work as...
By Gill Bonnett, RNZ immigration reporter
This story discusses graphic details of slavery, sexual abuse and violence
Pacific children as young as six are being adopted...
Australia launches ‘landmark’ UN police peacekeeping course for Pacific region
RNZ Pacific
Australia has launched the world's first UN Police Peacekeeping Training course tailored specifically for the Pacific region.
The five-week programme, hosted by the Australian...
Seven European nations jointly call for urgent action over Israel’s starvation...
Asia Pacific Report
Seven European nations have called on Israel to "immediately reverse" its military operations against Gaza and lift the food and water blockade...
‘Cracks are opening up’ in Western complicity over Gaza genocide, says...
Asia Pacific Report
About 2000 New Zealand protesters marched through the heart of Auckland city today chanting "no justice, no peace" and many other calls...
Fiji rights coalition slams ‘betrayal’ of West Papua for Indonesian benefits
By Anish Chand in Suva
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Fiji's coalition government are "detached from the values that Fijians hold dear", says the NGO...
A life of service: celebrating the career of Luamanuvao Dame Winnie...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Moera Tuilaepa-Taylor, RNZ Pacific manager
At this year's May graduation ceremony, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University's Luamanuvao Dame Winnie Laban, was awarded...
Time for NZ media to ditch the propaganda and stand against...
COMMENTARY: By Saige England in Ōtautahi Christchurch
"RNZ is failing in its duty to inform the public of an entirely preventable humanitarian catastrophe."
Tautoko to Jeremy...
Indigenous Papuans accuse Indonesian government of ‘land grabbing’ for food security...
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
West Papuans in Merauke claim the Indonesian government is stealing land to build its global "food barn" and feed...
Media Council makes ‘stop Telikom PNG silencing journalists’ plea to PM...
RNZ News
The Media Council of Papua New Guinea (MCPNG) has called on Prime Minister James Marape to stop Telikom PNG silencing and suppressing media...
As Trump basks in Gulf Arab applause, Israel massacres children in...
Nakba Day today marks 15 May 1948 -- the day after the declaration of the State of Israel -- when the Palestinian society and...
Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior to return for 40th anniversary of French...
By Russel Norman
The iconic Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior will return to Aotearoa this year to mark the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the...
Fiji Indians in NZ ‘not giving up’ on Pasifika classification struggle
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer, and Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor
The co-founder of Auckland's Fiji Centre is concerned that Indo-Fijians are...
PNG police authorised to use lethal force with ‘domestic terrorist’ kidnappers...
RNZ Pacific
An escape of a 13-year-old girl from a hostage crisis on the border of Papua New Guinea's Western and Hela provinces has boosted...
NZ celebrates Rotuman as part of Pacific Language Week series
By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist
Aotearoa celebrates Rotuman language as part of the Ministry for Pacific Peoples' Pacific Language Week series this week.
Rotuman is...
Israeli attack on hospital to kill Gaza journalist condemned as ‘heinous’
Pacific Media Watch
Israel’s military has admitted attacking the Nasser Medical Complex in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing Palestinian journalist Hassan...
New Caledonia riots one year on: ‘Like the country was at...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/bulletin editor
Stuck in a state of disbelief for months, journalist Coralie Cochin was one of many media...
AWPA calls on Albanese to raise West Papuan human rights with...
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian solidarity group for West Papuan self-determination has called on Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to raise the human rights crisis...
Indigenous Kanaks support New Caledonia’s 50-year ban on seabed mining
By Andrew Mathieson
New Caledonia has imposed a 50-year ban on deep-sea mining across its entire maritime zone in a rare and sweeping move that...
Pope Leo XIV expresses solidarity for ‘persecuted’ journalists seeking truth, calls...
By Devin Watkins of Vatican News
Only four days have passed since his election to the papacy, and Pope Leo XIV has made it a...
Otago academics plan declaration on Palestine to ‘face daily horrors’
Asia Pacific Report
A group of New Zealand academics at Otago University have drawn up a "Declaration on Palestine" against genocide, apartheid and scholasticide of...