By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist Further reports of civilian casualties are coming out of West Papua, while clashes between Indonesia's military and the armed...

COMMENTARY: By Steven Cowan, editor of Against The Current The New Zealand Foreign Minster's decision to issue a travel ban against two Israeli far-right politicians...

RNZ News The United States has denounced sanctions by Britain and allies -- including New Zealand and Australia -- against Israeli far-right ministers, saying they...

By Aisha Campbell, RNZ News intern Ponsonby's post office is shutting shop next month despite push back from the local community. A sign on the storefront,...

RNZ Pacific French Polynesia's president has announced his administration will establish one of the world's largest networks of highly protected marine areas (MPAs). The highly protected...

Asia Pacific Report Aotearoa New Zealand's Te Pāti Māori has condemned the Israeli navy’s armed interception of the Madleen, a civilian aid vessel attempting...

Asia Pacific Report Amnesty International secretary-general Agnès Callamard has condemned Israel's interception and detention of the 12 crew members aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla’s humanitarian...

Asia Pacific Report Pacific advocacy movements and civil society organisations have challenged French credentials in hosting a global ocean conference, saying that unless France is...

COMMENTARY: By Cole Martin in Occupied Bethlehem Many people have been closely following the journey this week of the Madleen, a small humanitarian yacht seeking...

Asia Pacific Report Israel's military attack and boarding of the humanitarian boat Madleen attempting to deliver food and medical aid to the besieged people of...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist Palau's president says the US order to fast-track deep sea mining is not a good idea. Deep sea mining frontrunner...

Pacific Media Watch Contact has been lost with the Gaza Freedom Flotilla humanitarian aid boat Madleen after Israeli commandos intercepted it in international waters. The commandos...

COMMENTARY: By John Hobbs It is difficult to understand what sits behind the New Zealand government’s unwillingness to sanction, or threaten to sanction, the Israeli...

Pacific Media Watch More than 150 press freedom advocacy groups and international newsrooms have joined Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists...

ANALYSIS: By Anna-Karina Hermkens, Macquarie University Bougainville, an autonomous archipelago currently part of Papua New Guinea, is determined to become the world’s newest country. To support...

Asia Pacific Report The community is up in arms over another local post office in Aotearoa New Zealand about to be closed down, this time...

Pacific Media Watch One of the 12 activists on board the Gaza Freedom Flotilla aid vessel Madleen has posted an update on their progress, saying...

By Giff Johnson, editor, Marshall Islands Journal, and RNZ Pacific correspondent A new report on the United States nuclear weapons testing legacy in the Marshall...

COMMENTARY: By Daniel Lindley As I sit down to write this article, I’m reading another update on the Israeli army killing 27 more starving Palestinian...

By Christina Persico, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor Fiji's Minister for Health and Medical Services has revealed the latest HIV numbers in the country to a...