Asia Pacific Report Amnesty International secretary-general Agnès Callamard has condemned Israel's interception and detention of the 12 crew members aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla’s humanitarian...

Asia Pacific Report Pacific advocacy movements and civil society organisations have challenged French credentials in hosting a global ocean conference, saying that unless France is...

COMMENTARY: By Cole Martin in Occupied Bethlehem Many people have been closely following the journey this week of the Madleen, a small humanitarian yacht seeking...

Asia Pacific Report Israel's military attack and boarding of the humanitarian boat Madleen attempting to deliver food and medical aid to the besieged people of...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Palau's president says the US order to fast-track deep sea mining is not a good idea. Deep sea mining frontrunner...

Pacific Media Watch Contact has been lost with the Gaza Freedom Flotilla humanitarian aid boat Madleen after Israeli commandos intercepted it in international waters. The commandos...

COMMENTARY: By John Hobbs It is difficult to understand what sits behind the New Zealand government’s unwillingness to sanction, or threaten to sanction, the Israeli...

Pacific Media Watch More than 150 press freedom advocacy groups and international newsrooms have joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists...

ANALYSIS: By Anna-Karina Hermkens, Macquarie University Bougainville, an autonomous archipelago currently part of Papua New Guinea, is determined to become the world’s newest country. To support...

Asia Pacific Report The community is up in arms over another local post office in Aotearoa New Zealand about to be closed down, this time...

Pacific Media Watch One of the 12 activists on board the Gaza Freedom Flotilla aid vessel Madleen has posted an update on their progress, saying...

By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal, and RNZ Pacific correspondent A new report on the United States nuclear weapons testing legacy in the Marshall...

COMMENTARY: By Daniel Lindley As I sit down to write this article, I’m reading another update on the Israeli army killing 27 more starving Palestinian...

By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor Fiji's Minister for Health and Medical Services has revealed the latest HIV numbers in the country to a...

RNZ News Aotearoa New Zealand's Parliament has confirmed the unprecedented punishments proposed for opposition indigenous Te Pāti Māori MPs who performed a haka in protest...

Asia Pacific Report Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst, Marwan Bishara, has highlighted the growing isolation of the United States at the United Nations over its...

By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Three staffers from Papua New Guinea's peak anti-corruption body are embroiled in a standoff that has brought into...

By Ben McKay America's retreat from foreign aid is being felt deeply in Pacific media, where pivotal outlets are being shuttered and journalists work unpaid. The...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk One of seven people transferred to mainland France almost a year ago, following the May 2024...

RNZ Pacific Fiji's Maritime Safety Authority has launched an investigation into Goundar Shipping Limited following two incidents involving its vessels. Late last month, one vessel ran...