By Haya Ahmed In Gaza today, university scholarships have taken on a whole new meaning. No longer are they a step towards self-development, educational attainment...

By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor With all the setbacks of recent years, Vanuatu's citizenship sale schemes should be dead in the water --...

ANALYSIS: By Shailendra B. Singh “You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog.” Although made in an American context, this observation by President Harry...

COMMENTARY: By Chris Hedges The murders of unarmed civilians on the streets of Minneapolis, including the killing of the intensive-care nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti, would...

RNZ Pacific Samoan playwright, author and poet Papali'i Sia Figiel has died in prison, according to local media reports. Local media, citing sources at the country's...

COMMENTARY: By Kalafi Moala, publisher of Talanoa 'o Tonga As a journalist based in Tonga, I have chosen mostly to refrain from giving a view...

ANALYSIS: By Jim Sanday The recent announcement by Fiji’s Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs that Fiji will consider contributing troops to a proposed international...

Reporters Without Borders A decisive hearing before the Israeli Supreme Court on whether the press will have independent access to Gaza is due to take...

Asia Pacific Report Two New Zealand companies were condemned at a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland today  for their alleged complicity in Israel-US military industrial complex...

Asia Pacific Report Israeli President Isaac Herzog faces a legal challenge over his role in alleged war crimes as news media say he will visit...

By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist The parents of rare conjoined twins say doctors in Papua New Guinea told them to take the boys...

By Leon Wystrychowski The internationally recognised Lemkin Institute for the Prevention of Genocide has issued severe criticism of Germany. In a statement dated 13 January 2026,...

ANALYSIS: By Paul Gregoire Australia's two federal combating antisemitism bills, the New South Wales laws providing the means to shutdown street protests and move on...

By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist New Zealand has scrapped a project to build an airport in Tokelau after sinking NZ$3 million into the design...

COMMENTARY: By Giorgio Cafiero US President Donald Trump has faced mounting pressure to respond militarily to Iran’s crackdown on protesters across the country. Although Trump has,...

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone I’ve seen some Australians expressing confusion as to whether or not they can still legally criticise Israel online after new “hate...

By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk The signing of a new agreement on New Caledonia's political and financial future has triggered a...

Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based global media freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the guilty verdict against Filipino journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio whose...

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Australia’s Labor government has successfully passed a “hate speech” bill that’s plainly aimed, at least in part, at suppressing pro-Palestine organizations...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a speech at Davos this week that signals there may still be a leader in...