Palau’s president invites Trump to visit Pacific to see climate crisis...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific presenter/Bulletin editor
Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jr is inviting US President-elect Donald Trump to "visit the Pacific" to see firsthand...
Israeli extremism has a new best friend in the White House
COMMENTARY: By Antony Loewenstein
The incoming Trump administration will bring a dangerous brew of Christian nationalism and anti-Palestinian racism
Things can always get worse. Much worse.
The...
Israel has ‘unleashed hell and destruction’ in Gaza genocide, says Amnesty...
Asia Pacific Report
Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in...
How Jeton Anjain planned the Rongelap evacuation – new Rainbow Warrior...
REVIEW: By Giff Johnson in Majuro
As a prelude to the 40th anniversary of the evacuation of Rongelap Islanders to Mejatto Island in Kwajalein in...
Nelson City Council joins NZ local bodies voting to sanction Israel
Asia Pacific Report
New Zealand's Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has congratulated the Nelson City Council on its vote today to boycott companies which trade...
Northern Marianas leaders meet Taiwan President Lai Ching-te in Guam
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent
Northern Marianas Governor Arnold Palacios and Senator Celina Babauta have travelled to Guam to...
What the fall of the French government means for New Caledonia
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
As French Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government has fallen to a motion of no confidence just...
This year, Arab-American political power came to the fore over Gaza
ANALYSIS: By Rami G Khouri
One of the major political developments in the United States that has got little attention in the wake of the...
Climate justice: Action groups livid over Australia’s submission at ICJ
ABC Pacific
Australia's government is being condemned by climate action groups for discouraging the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from ruling in favour of a...
Climate justice: Vanuatu’s landmark case at ICJ seeks to hold polluting...
RNZ Pacific
Vanuatu's special envoy to climate change says their case to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is based on the argument that those...
NZ’s Foreign Minister Peters embarks on three-day visit to New Caledonia
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters was expected to arrive in New Caledonia today for...
Norway halts seabed mining, putting more pressure on NZ to do...
Asia Pacific Report
Norway is stopping the first licensing round for deep sea mining in Arctic waters -- and Greenpeace Aotearoa says this is putting...
New course planned to help Pacific media professionals counter disinformation
Pacific Media Watch
An Aotearoa New Zealand-based community education provider is preparing a new course aimed to help media professionals in the Pacific region understand...
Luxon says Israeli PM would be arrested if he visits New...
Asia Pacific Report
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has told a media conference Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be arrested if he entered New Zealand
“We...
Wenda calls for West Papuan unity in the face of Jakarta’s...
Asia Pacific Report
An exiled West Papuan leader has called for unity among his people in the face of a renewed "colonial grip" of Indonesia's...
ICJ to begin hearings in landmark Pacific climate change case started...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Doug Dingwall of ABC Pacific
A landmark case that began in a Pacific classroom and could change the course of future climate...
Kanak pro-independence leader Christian Téin to remain in mainland French jail
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin will remain in a mainland French jail for the time being,...
‘Lone Soldiers’ – new Australian IDF recruits due to arrive in...
Despite it being illegal in Australia to recruit soldiers for foreign armies, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) recruiters are hard at work enticing young...
Civil society groups call on Pacific leaders to ‘take responsibility’ over...
Asia Pacific Report
Twenty five Pacific civil society organisations and solidarity movements have called on Pacific leaders of their "longstanding responsibility" to West Papua, and...
Moana 2: The magic is missing in this half-baked Pacific sequel
REVIEW: By Sam Rillstone, RNZ News
Disney has returned to Motunui with Moana 2, a sequel to the 2016 hit Moana. But have they been...