At least five Papuans reported dead as violence explodes in Dogiyai
RNZ Pacific
Reports from West Papua say as many as five people have been shot dead in Dogiyai regency in an alleged retaliatory attack after...
Richard David Hames: When will we make war untenable for...
COMMENTARY: By Richard David Hames
An Easter message. There's no mystery about why wars start. They happen because someone, somewhere, decides that negotiation is more...
Eugene Doyle: Who will pay billions in reparations to Iran? We...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
In the coming years, if Iran survives as a sovereign state and retains control over the Strait of Hormuz, countries like...
Pope’s message for peace: ‘The Church cannot remain silent when power...
Asia Pacific Report
As tensions rose ahead of Easter, US President Donald Trump publicly criticised Pope Leo XIV, accusing the pontiff of “interfering in political...
Protesters condemn Luxon govt for failing to condemn illegal war on...
Asia Pacific Report
New Zealand’s government was taken to task today for its lack of a principled stand against Israel’s Gaza genocide and the illegal...
French National Assembly rejects New Caledonia’s constitutional reform
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
A Constitutional Reform Bill dedicated to New Caledonia was rejected on Thursday by the French National...
President Trump, don’t listen to your sycophants on Iran, this isn’t...
COMMENTARY: By Robert Reich
Mr Trump, may I have a word?
Bad enough for you to insist -- in the face of all evidence to the...
US bombing targets bridges and Pasteur Institute – ‘symbols of Iran’s...
Al Mayadeen English
An Iranian government spokesperson, Fatemeh Mohajerani, has declared that the attacked "bridges and the Pasteur Institute are symbols of Iran’s scientific strength"...
NZ, allies express ‘deep concern’ about Israeli death penalty bill for...
By Lillian Hanly, RNZ News political reporter
New Zealand has joined Australia, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom in expressing "deep concern" about an...
Iranian president calls on American public to challenge US war motives
By Ali Hashem in Tehran
This is a war of narratives with the United States administration trying to push forward its narrative of "victory" while...
Thousands take to Nouméa streets ahead of French Parliament debate on...
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Thousands took to the streets of the capital Nouméa on Tuesday -- hours ahead of a...
The supermarket trip that led to Fonterra admitting its ‘100% New...
By Russel Norman
One day in October 2023 I was walking down the supermarket aisle when I saw greenwashing in plain sight.
Fonterra’s Anchor butter was...
Why Trump’s ‘fantasy’ obsession with Kharg Island may lead to disaster
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean
US President Donald Trump has been obsessed with seizing Iran's Kharg Island for more than 35 years -- way before he...
How museums can remember war while honouring civilian trauma and resistance
COMMENTARY: By Audrey van Ryn
Museums around the world present the story of war in different ways. The Imperial War Museum in London includes military...
Māori radio network says funding cuts threaten survival of iwi stations
By Pokere Paewai, RNZ Māori issues reporter
New Zealand's national Māori radio network, Te Whakaruruhau o Ngā Reo Irirangi Māori o Aotearoa, is considering litigation...
‘We’re doing something about it’ – Fiji’s health minister defends HIV...
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Fiji's Health Minister Dr Ratu Antonio Lalabalavu has defended the government's handling of the country's HIV crisis.
HIV is...
Israel passes extreme death penalty law targeting only Palestinians
By Minnah Arshad of Zeteo
Israel’s Parliament has approved a one-sided death penalty measure to execute Palestinians.
It is one of the most extreme laws in...
Deafening silence about the Israeli Dimona nuclear double standard
ANALYSIS: By Ronny P. Sasmita
The skies over Tehran and Natanz may still carry the lingering haze of joint US-Israeli bombing operations.
Yet the world, filtered...
‘No kings’: What Americans can learn from other nonviolent civil activism...
ANALYSIS: Introduced by Robert Reich
From time to time, I post transcripts I’ve come across of particularly insightful conversations. Here’s one that’s particularly relevant to...
USP academic calls for better press freedom protections in face of...
By Cheerieann Wilson in Suva
Public trust in Fiji’s mainstream media has significantly declined, a journalism academic has told the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, citing...









































