Ngāti Kahungunu becomes NZ’s first iwi to call for a Gaza...
Asia Pacific Report
Ngāti Kahungunu in Aotearoa New Zealand's Hawkes Bay region has become the first indigenous Māori iwi (tribe) to sign a resolution calling...
PNG businesses want grants, not loans over Black Wednesday riots
By Dale Luma in Port Moresby
“We want grants and not concessional loans,” is the crisp message from Papua New Guinea businesses directly affected by...
Ready, set, go in Solomons PM race – Jeremiah Manele vs...
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor
Former opposition leader Matthew Wale has been announced as the second prime ministerial candidate ahead of the election in...
Pacific alliance condemns France over bid to ‘derail’ Kanaky decolonisation
Asia Pacific Report
A Pacific civil society alliance has condemned French neocolonial policies in Kanaky New Caledonia, saying Paris is set on "maintaining the status...
New Koi Tū future report calls for overhaul of outdated NZ...
Koi Tū
New Zealand cannot sit back and see the collapse of its Fourth Estate, the director of Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures,...
27 years in captivity – free Marwan Barghouti, ‘Palestine’s Mandela’
SPECIAL REPORT: By Eugene Doyle
He is the most popular Palestinian leader alive today -- and yet few people in the West even know his...
Pacific state of Hawai’i first in US to pass dual Gaza...
Asia Pacific Report
The Pacific state of Hawai'i’s House of Representatives has joined the state’s Senate in calling for a ceasefire in Israel's war on...
Supreme Court reinstates PNG MP after bribery ruling overturned
By Melyne Baroi in Port Moresby
A Papua New Guinea MP, Peter Isoaimo, who had been ousted by the National Court in an alleged bribery...
Manasseh Sogavare bows out of prime ministerial race in Solomon Islands
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor
The first prime ministerial candidate has been announced in Solomon Islands and it is not Manasseh Sogavare.
The man of...
‘A stain on our country’: Criticism of ‘racist’ Supreme Court rulings
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent
The US Department of Justice is being urged to condemn and cease its reliance...
Palestine protesters stage Gaza ‘die-in’ as leaders call for step up...
Asia Pacific Report
A score of Palestine solidarity protesters draped themselves in white shrouds with mock blood in a sombre “die-in” demonstration at Te Komitanga...
Biden hails ‘press freedom, democracy’ but ignores Gaza media death toll...
Pacific Media Watch
US President Joe Biden has spoken at the annual White House Correspondents’ dinner in Washington in spite of protests over alleged "complicity"...
US student Palestine protests against Israel’s war on Gaza inspire global...
Asia Pacific Report
From France to Australia, university pro-Palestine protests in the United States have now spread to several countries with students pitching on-campus camps.
And...
‘To lead is to serve’ – Governor-General to call PM election...
RNZ Pacific
The race to form the next government of Solomon Islands could be a tight one, with no single party emerging from the election...
Israel delays Gaza Freedom Flotilla departure with bureaucratic ‘block’
Asia Pacific Report
The Freedom Flotilla is ready to sail to Gaza, reports Kia Ora Gaza.
All the required paperwork has been submitted to the port...
Palestine protesters challenge TVNZ over Israeli ambassador’s ‘propaganda’
Pacific Media Watch
Palestine solidarity protesters today demonstrated at the Auckland headquarters of Television New Zealand, accusing the country’s major TV network of broadcasting “propaganda”...
Controversial Azerbaijan deal sparks fresh row in New Caledonia
ANALYSIS: By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
The signing of a controversial memorandum of cooperation between New Caledonia's Congress and the National...
Solemn ANZAC dawn service at PNG’s Isurava battle memorial
PNG Post-Courier
In the early hours of ANZAC Day, aerial photographs captured an impressive gathering of Australians and Papua New Guineans at Isurava in the...
Nelson Mandela’s grandson joins Gaza flotilla, slams ‘genocide complicit’ leaders
Asia Pacific Report
Chief Mandla Mandela, a member of the National Assembly of South Africa and Nelson Mandela’s grandson, has joined the Freedom Flotilla in...
200 journalists ‘targeted’ over their environment reporting, warns RSF
Pacific Media Watch
Journalists who report on environmental issues are encountering growing difficulties in many parts of the world, reports Reporters Without Borders.
According to the...