Amnesty slams global impunity fueling Israel’s illegal West Bank annexation measures
Amnesty International
Amnesty International has condemned Israeli authorities over unleashing a series of unlawful measures deliberately designed to dispossess Palestinians in the occupied West Bank...
Duterte’s ICC pre-trial in The Hague: What prosecution, victims, defence say...
Did ex-president Rodrigo Duterte’s actions merit an ICC trial? Here is how the prosecution, the victims’ representatives, and the defence are presenting their cases...
Inmates in critical condition after alleged attack by PNG corrections officers
By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
A number of remand prisoners at Papua New Guinea's Bomana Prison have been injured in a confrontation with...
Fiji critic’s whistleblower case escalates anti-corruption crisis
By Christine Rovoi of PMN News
The arrest and charging of British-Fijian publisher Charlie Charters has pushed Fiji’s anti-corruption watchdog into fresh controversy.
Charters' arrest by...
French Senate vote endorses New Caledonia’s future status
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French Senators have endorsed a Constitutional amendment text regarding New Caledonia's future political status.
Two-hundred and fifteen...
The Palestine Chronicle: Roger Fowler’s legacy – a Palestinian tribute
The Palestine Chronicle
New Zealand activist Roger Fowler, a longtime Gaza solidarity organiser and Palestine Chronicle contributor, who died last Saturday, leaves a legacy of...
West Papuan filmmakers expose Merauke rainforest destruction in ‘siege’ doco
Pacific Media Watch
A world premiere of a new documentary revealing the devastation of rainforest in the southeastern part of West Papua is one of...
Fiji PM Rabuka stands by anti-corruption body after arrest of critic
RNZ Pacific
Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says his government will not interfere with the work of the country's anti-corruption body following the latest turn...
Roger Fowler’s legacy – and the Polynesian Panthers connection
Polynesian Panther Party Legacy Trust
The Polynesian Panthers met Roger Fowler in the early 1970s when Ponsonby was home to the largest urban Pacific population...
How a US-Israeli attack on Iran could crash UK, German, NZ...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
If Israel and the US attack Iran, the cosy worlds of Europe, Australia and New Zealand could be swept up in...
Arrest and charges against British-Fijian national spark free speech concerns
RNZ Pacific
The arrest and detention of a dual Fijian and British national by Fiji's anti-corruption agency over the weekend has sparked concerns about freedom...
Roger Fowler, a legend of the Aotearoa solidarity movement, dies at...
OBITUARY: By David Robie
Roger Norman Fowler: 12 September 1948 – 21 February 2026
Roger Fowler, an activist legend of social justice solidarity movements from Bastion...
Climate-related migration: Is New Zealand living up to the ‘Pacific family’...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Coco Lance, RNZ Pacific digital journalist
Last week, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters said Aotearoa's immigration settings were "no way to...
Activists tell of ‘apocalyptic’ ecocide on top of Israel’s Gaza genocide...
Asia Pacific Report
Two Extinction Rebellion activists joined the speakers today at an Auckland protest over Israel’s genocide and ecocide in Gaza and occupied Palestine,...
Indonesia’s human rights law being revised under a global spotlight
ANAYSIS: By Laurens Ikinia in Jakarta
The global human rights landscape has witnessed a significant diplomatic milestone.
Indonesia, for the first time since the body's establishment...
Palau court denies Senate bid to stop US deportee deal
RNZ Pacific
Palau's Supreme Court has denied an application by the Senate for a stay order on the government's plan to take third country nationals...
Moana Maniapoto: The day we met Jesse Jackson – and why...
COMMENTARY: By Moana Maniapoto
Known globally as one of America's most prominent and inspiring civil rights leaders, Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr twice ran for US...
‘We returned from hell’ – CPJ’s report on Palestinian journalists tortured...
Pacific Media Watch
Palestinian journalist Ahmed Abdel Aal remembers the moment the ear-splitting music started. For five days, he said, he was held blindfolded in...
Papuan activist leader Wenda accuses Jakarta of ‘lying’ over shot down...
Asia Pacific Report
A West Papuan leader has accused the Indonesian government of lying over its operations and "masking" the military role of some civilian...
PSNA calls on NZ government to punish Kiwi soldiers taking part...
Asia Pacific Report
A key Palestinian solidarity movement is urging the New Zealand government to step in and punish New Zealanders breaching international law by...











































