By Anish Chand in Lautoka Fiji's Ministry of Health has confirmed all seven foreigners who had consumed a cocktail at the Warwick Resort on the...

By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter This week, Minister of Racing Winston Peters announced the end of greyhound racing in the interests of animal welfare. Soon...

Asia Pacific Report Israeli soldiers have been denied visas to enter Australia over war crime concerns -- and the New Zealand government is now being...

Asia Pacific Report Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's senior political analyst, has condemned Israel's extensive airstrikes on Syrian installations -- reportedly almost 500 times in 72...

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show in Syria, where tens of thousands of people gathered at the Great Mosque of Damascus for the...

Pacific Media Watch The global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has revealed an "alarming intensification of attacks on journalists" in its 2024 annual...

By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson of Te Ao Māori News Activist/educator Tina Ngata (Ngati Porou) has warned proposed changes to Aotearoa New Zealand's Treaty of Waitangi...

By Craig Ashworth, Local Democracy Reporter New Plymouth has admitted it has investments in companies active in illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land, contrary...

By Losirene Lacanivalu of the Cook Islands News Significant attempts were made from overseas to hack into the government's central network a few weeks ago,...

Asia Pacific Report The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to demand an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip -- but three of the...

By Apenisa Waqairadovu in Suva Fiji's coalition government has come under scrutiny over allegations of human rights violations. Speaking at the commemoration of International Human Rights...

By Stefan Armbruster of BenarNews Pacific police chiefs have formally opened the headquarters and training center for a new stand-by, mutual assistance force in Australia...

By Alifereti Sakiasi in Suva Social cohesion is a national responsibility, and everyone, including the media, should support government’s efforts, according to Dr Shailendra Singh,...

By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific journalist Refugee advocates and academics are weighing in on Australia's latest move on the Pacific geopolitical chessboard. Canberra is ploughing A$100...

By Repeka Nasiko in Suva Violence against children in Fiji is estimated to have cost the country F$460 million, or more than 4 percent of...

Asia Pacific Report A New Zealand advocacy group for Palestine has condemned the government for refusing to provide humanitarian visas for Palestinians with family in...

COMMENTARY: By Lopeti Senituli in Nuku'alofa In a highly anticipated session of the Tongan Parliament to debate and vote on the second vote of no...

By Anita Roberts in Port Vila Vanuatu has reaffirmed its global leadership in climate action as the first country to launch a technical assistance programme...

Asia Pacific Report A leader of a major West Papuan political movement has praised the recent judgment of the Permanent People's Tribunal on the Melanesian...

RNZ Pacific Fijian peacekeepers in the Middle East "are secure and accounted for," the country's Defence and Veteran Affairs Minister Pio Tikoduadua confirmed today. Tikoduadua said...

RNZ Pacific Parliamentarians in Tonga will meet on Christmas Eve to select the kingdom's new prime minister, Speaker of the House Lord Fakafanua has confirmed. He...

Pacific Media Watch The Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders has condemned the assassination of Cambodian investigative environmental journalist Chhoeung Chheng who has...