Peters urges France to keep ‘open mind’ on new path for...
By Russell Palmer, RNZ News political reporter
New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters has used a speech in Paris to urge France to keep an...
Mixed reactions to Tjibaou’s election to key Kanak pro-independence party
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
The election of Emmanuel Tjibaou as the new president of New Caledonia's main pro-independence party, the...
2 out 3 of Fiji women experience domestic violence, says Reverend...
By Mosese Raqio in Suva
Two out of three women in every church in Fiji experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime -- and...
Lack of Gaza aid, Israeli impunity puts Palestinians at risk over...
Asia Pacific Report
An aid agency is warning that a lack of aid reaching Gaza is forcing Palestinians to search through destroyed buildings for basic...
COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’
RNZ Pacific
The United Nations climate change summit COP29 has "once again ignored" the Pacific Islands, a group of regional climate advocacy organisations say.
The Pacific...
COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...
By Kate Green , RNZ News reporter
A new carbon credit trading deal reached in the final hours of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, has been...
Protest photographer John Miller records Hīkoi mō te Tiriti with his...
RNZ News
For almost six decades photographer John Miller (Ngāpuhi) has been a protest photographer in Aotearoa New Zealand.
From his first photographs of an anti-Vietnam...
Six Israeli soldiers die by suicide – thousands get mental health...
Asia Pacific Report
At least six Israeli soldiers have taken their own lives in recent months, the major Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth has revealed, citing...
Fiji’s Immigration Minister steps down temporarily over ‘unauthorised’ passports for cult...
RNZ Pacific
Fiji's Home Affairs and Immigration Minister Pio Tikoduadua has ordered an inquiry into the "possible unauthorised issuance of passports" by immigration staff and...
ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders ‘wake up call’ for NZ,...
Asia Pacific Report
A national New Zealand solidarity movement for Palestine has welcomed the International Criminal Court's move to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime...
Sanders praises arrest warrants for Israeli leaders and warns against ‘further...
Asia Pacific Report
Independent US Senator Bernie Sanders says he supports the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Defence...
‘Wanted’ for war crimes over Gaza: Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant face ICC...
Democracy Now!
NERMEEN SHAIKH: In The Hague, the International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister...
Kia kaha Lebanon: NZ media only tell half your story of...
The United States has vetoed a UN Security Council ceasefire resolution -- for the fourth time -- in Israel’s war on Gaza, while Hezbollah...
NZ’s leading newspaper defends young MP’s Parliament ‘shining light’ haka
Pacific Media Watch
New Zealand’s leading daily newspaper has joined the debate about the haka that stunned Parliament and the nation last week, defending the...
Why NZ is protesting over colonial-era treaty bill – a global...
An overview for our international readers of Asia Pacific Report.
BACKGROUNDER: By Sarah Shamim
A fight for Māori indigenous rights drew more than 50,000 protesters to...
Bill would ‘render the treaty worthless’ – world reacts to national...
RNZ News
International media coverage of Aotearoa New Zealand's national Hīkoi to Parliament has largely focused on the historic size of the turnout in Wellington...
‘What’s good for Māori is good for everyone’ – Hīkoi ends...
By Ashleigh McCaull, RNZ News journalist
Aotearoa New Zealand's capital Wellington Pōneke turned into a sea of black, white and red today, as more than...
Kiwi pilot kidnapping in West Papua leads to police raids in...
By Duncan Graham
An alleged plot involving firearms and threatening the life of New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens when held hostage in Papua this year...
Hīkoi day 9: 35,000 join as Treaty Principles Bill protest reaches...
RNZ News
More than 35,000 people today gathered as Aotearoa New Zealand's Hīkoi mō te Tiriti overflowed from Parliament's grounds and onto nearby streets in...
‘It’s a complete and total nightmare’ – aid worker speaks about...
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman.
We turn to Israel’s war on Gaza. A special UN...