Did Australia back the wrong war in the 1960s? Now Putin’s...
ANALYSIS: By Ben Bohane
This week Cambodia marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh to the murderous Khmer Rouge, and Vietnam celebrates...
Trump executive orders roll back ocean fisheries protections in Pacific
By Gujari Singh in Washington
The Trump administration has issued a new executive order opening up vast swathes of protected ocean to commercial exploitation, including...
What was HMNZS Manawanui doing before it sank? Calls for greater...
By Susana Leiataua, RNZ National presenter
There are calls for greater transparency about what the HMNZS Manawanui was doing before it sank in Samoa last...
Why NZ govt should back Greens’ sanctions bill on Israel over...
COMMENTARY: By John Hobbs
In the absence of any measures taken by the New Zealand government to respond to the genocide being committed by Israel...
Israeli prison system designed to crush Palestinian resilience, says ex-detainee
Asia Pacific Report
A researcher says the Israeli prison system aims to subjugate the Palestinian people as rallies across the West Bank marked Prisoners' Day...
Bad news – why Australia is losing a generation of journalists
Shrinking budgets and job insecurity means there are fewer opportunities for young journalists, and that's bad news, especially in regional Australia, reports 360info
ANALYSIS: By...
Fiji defence minister draws flak for six-week trip to meet peacekeepers
RNZ Pacific
Fiji's Minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs is facing a backlash after announcing that he was undertaking a multi-country, six-week "official travel overseas"...
NZ’s Palestine Forum calls on Luxon to take ‘firm stand’ over...
Asia Pacific Report
A Palestinian advocacy group has called on NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters to take a firm stand...
Trump’s racist, corrupt agenda – like a bank robbery in broad...
EDITORIAL: By Giff Johnson, editor of the Marshall Islands Journal
US President Donald Trump and his team is pursuing a white man’s racist agenda that...
PNG’s ‘chief servant’ James Marape defeats no-confidence vote
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has survived a motion of no confidence against him in Parliament.
During the...
Obama praises Harvard for ‘setting example’ to universities resisting Trump
Asia Pacific Report
Former US President Barack Obama has taken to social media to praise Harvard’s decision to stand up for academic freedom by rebuffing...
Peters emphasises growing importance of NZ’s Pacific ties with the United...
By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist in Hawai'i
New Zealand's Pacific connection with the United States is "more important than ever", says Foreign Affairs Minister...
Israeli military reservists court Australian universities amid ‘hypocrisy’ over anti-war protests
Hundreds of university staff and students in Melbourne and Sydney called on their vice-chancellors to cancel pro-Israel events earlier this month, write Michael West...
Leaked ‘working paper’ on New Caledonia’s political future sparks new concerns
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
A leaked "working paper" on New Caledonia's future political status is causing concern on the local...
New Zealand’s humanity – does it include all of us, or...
COMMENTARY: By Katrina Mitchell-Kouttab
“Wherever Palestinians have control is barbaric.” These were the words from New Zealand’s Chief Human Rights Commissioner Stephen Rainbow.
During a meeting...
Fresh details emerge on Australia’s new climate migration visa for Tuvalu...
ANALYSIS: By Jane McAdam, UNSW Sydney
The details of a new visa enabling Tuvaluan citizens to permanently migrate to Australia were released this week.
The visa...
Baptist Church condemns ‘appalling’ Israeli Palm Sunday attack on hospital
Asia Pacific Report
The Baptist Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East has condemned Israeli's Palm Sunday attack on al-Ahli Arab Hospital, the last functioning...
Israel destroys only a quarter of Gaza tunnels in 18 months...
The New Arab
The Israeli military has reportedly only destroyed 25 percent of tunnels used by Hamas in the Gaza Strip since October 2023,...
Health workers call for NZ government to join global demands for...
Asia Pacific Report
Health workers spoke out at a rally condemning Israel's genocide in Gaza and the latest atrocity against Palestinian aid workers today, calling...
Pacific climate activists join 180+ groups calling on COP30 hosts Brazil...
RNZ Pacific
Pacific climate activists this week handed a letter from civil society to this year's United Nations climate conference hosts, Brazil, emphasising their demands...