Vanuatu quake: Services still down nearly 24 hours after Port Vila...
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
World Vision's Vanuatu country director says electricity and water are still affected in the capital Port Vila and strategic...
Vanuatu quake: State of emergency declared, Fiji’s Rabuka offers help
By Monika Singh of Wansolwara
Vanuatu is now in a state of emergency with at least 14 confirmed deaths following a 7.3 magnitude earthquake that...
Civil society groups call on NZ to bar new Israeli envoy...
Asia Pacific Report
A broad coalition of civil society organisations in Aotearoa New Zealand have signed an open letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters...
Vanuatu quake: Death toll rises – 14 dead, hundreds hurt in...
RNZ News
The death toll from Vanuatu's 7.3 earthquake is expected to rise because concrete buildings have collapsed with people inside in the capital Port...
Buildings ‘pancaked’ in Vanuatu as 7.3 magnitude quake strikes off capital...
By Stefan Armbruster and Harry Pearl of BenarNews
A strong 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Vanuatu today, US geologists said, severely damaging...
Powerful 7.3 magnitude quake strikes Vanuatu – serious damage in Vila
RNZ Pacific
A large 7.3 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Vanuatu's capital Port Vila , shortly after 3pm NZT today.
The US Geological...
Superpower rivalry makes Pacific aid a bargaining chip – vulnerable nations...
ANALYSIS: By Sione Tekiteki, Auckland University of Technology
The A$140 million aid agreement between Australia and Nauru signed last week is a prime example of...
US on target in Guam with first Marine redeployment and missile...
By Mar-Vic Cagurangan in Hagatna, Guam
The United States is advancing the fortification of its territory closest to China with the arrival of the first...
Al Jazeera cameraman third journalist killed by Israel in Gaza in...
Pacific Media Watch
An Israeli air strike has killed Palestinian photojournalist Ahmed Al-Louh and five Palestinian Civil Defence workers in central Gaza’s Nuseirat camp as...
Global watchdog condemns Fiji for ‘blocking’ protest marches over Gaza genocide
Asia Pacific Report
A global civil society watchdog has condemned Fiji for blocking protest marches over the Palestine genocide by Israel and clamping down on...
Fiji resort guests reported to be stable following suspected alcohol poisoning
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
The seven people hospitalised in Fiji with suspected severe alcohol poisoning are reported to be in a stable condition,...
Seven foreigners in Fiji suspected alcohol poisoning case now in Lautoka...
By Anish Chand in Lautoka
Fiji's Ministry of Health has confirmed all seven foreigners who had consumed a cocktail at the Warwick Resort on the...
RNZ Mediawatch: Under the sinking lid from offshore tech companies
By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
This week, Minister of Racing Winston Peters announced the end of greyhound racing in the interests of animal welfare.
Soon...
Australia denies some Israeli soldiers visas over war crimes – PSNA...
Asia Pacific Report
Israeli soldiers have been denied visas to enter Australia over war crime concerns -- and the New Zealand government is now being...
Why is Israel bombing Syria? – ‘because it can get away...
Asia Pacific Report
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's senior political analyst, has condemned Israel's extensive airstrikes on Syrian installations -- reportedly almost 500 times in 72...
Damascus and Gaza prisoners: Syrians and Palestinians search for ‘disappeared’ loved...
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show in Syria, where tens of thousands of people gathered at the Great Mosque of Damascus for the...
RSF says global attacks on journalists ‘alarming’, Gaza ‘most dangerous’ and...
Pacific Media Watch
The global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has revealed an "alarming intensification of attacks on journalists" in its 2024 annual...
Te Tiriti: The history and implications of the Treaty Principles Bill
By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News
Activist/educator Tina Ngata (Ngati Porou) has warned proposed changes to Aotearoa New Zealand's Treaty of Waitangi...
Money link to illegal Israeli settlements ignites divestment battle in NZ...
By Craig Ashworth, Local Democracy Reporter
New Plymouth has admitted it has investments in companies active in illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land, contrary...
Cook Islands govt fends off cyberattacks, passes bill to strengthen financial...
By Losirene Lacanivalu of the Cook Islands News
Significant attempts were made from overseas to hack into the government's central network a few weeks ago,...