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...
NZer in flotilla intercepted by Israel has concussion and possible broken...
RNZ News
The wife of one of the New Zealanders in the flotilla intercepted by Israel in international waters says he has a concussion and...
Former Greek minister slams ‘Western complicity’ over brutal Israeli kidnap...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Brett Wilkins
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has slammed European leaders -- and the West at large -- for what he...
West Papua: The unhealed wounds and sorrow run deep in Puncak
ANALYSIS: By Laurens Ikinia in Jakarta
In middle of this month, two regencies in Papua again became epicentres of grief and national controversy.
Puncak Regency in...
Wenda calls on Indonesia to halt crackdown on peaceful Papua protests
Asia Pacific Report
A leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on Indonesian security forces to halt their crackdown on...
‘Self-defence’ and the contradictions of Western exceptionalism in our media
COMMENTARY: By Jason Brooke
1news tonight featured a report on the War in Ukraine. The reporter, a foreign war correspondent, explained to viewers how Ukrainian...
Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel
By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor
A woman whose great-grandparents -- all eight of them -- were Girmitiya labourers has put their stories into...
As Trump’s narrative on negotiations flails, Iran is setting its own...
ANALYSIS: By Jeremy Scahill
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has been on a strategic tour to prepare for two dramatically different paths that could unfold...
Fiji PM Rabuka gives govt support for controversial waste-to-energy project
RNZ Pacific
The Fiji Prime Minister has thrown his government's support behind a controversial waste-to-energy project at Vuda Point in the country's Western Division despite...
Martyn Bradbury: Why Iran is winning and will continue to win
COMMENTARY: By Martyn Bradbury
How insane is it that, a Theocracy is winning the propaganda war against a Democracy?
How badly has Trump screwed up when...
Starlink set to return to PNG after court quashes ban, clearing...
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor
A Papua New Guinea National Court ruling to overturn a ban on Starlink has been widely welcomed, fresh...











































