World has ‘failed’ Palestinians, says Palestine’s UN envoy
Asia Pacific Report
Palestine's Ambassador the United Nations, Dr Riyad Mansour, has slammed the UN Security Council for failing to secure a ceasefire and bring...
President Heine calls for ‘bold responses’ for gender equality in the...
The third report in a five-part series focused on the 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women taking place in the Marshall Islands this week.
SPECIAL...
‘Collaboration’ key to creating respect for women and girls, says Marshall...
The second report in a five-part series focused on the 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women taking place in the Marshall Islands this week.
SPECIAL...
PM Luxon’s security cut short visit ahead of Palestine protest
RNZ News
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's security detail has cut a media briefing short over protesters in Auckland.
He was holding a press conference...
Photojournalist targeted by Israeli army carries Olympic torch in Paris
Pacific Media Watch
A Lebanese photojournalist who was severely wounded during an Israeli air strike in south Lebanon carried the Olympic torch in Paris this...
70 years on from tests, Marshallese women still fight for nuclear...
The first report in a five-part web series focused on the 15th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women taking place in the Marshall Islands this...
Facebook reportedly censors posts by Solomon Islands news outlet
RNZ Pacific
Facebook has reportedly temporarily blocked posts published by an independent online news outlet in Solomon Islands after incorrectly labelling its content as "spam".
In-Depth...
UN shocked over beheadings, burnt village in brutal PNG violence
RNZ Pacific and ABC
Violent attacks on three remote villages in Papua New Guinea's north have reportedly killed 26 people, including 16 children, while several...
Retired PNG military chief furious over ‘witchhunt’ charge for Capital Markets...
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
A former Papua New Guinea army leader, Major-General Jerry Singirok, is furious after being arrested and charged under...
Polarised media undermines democracy, professor warns at Pacific media conference
By Kaneta Naimatau in Suva
In a democracy, citizens must critically evaluate issues based on facts. However in a very polarised society, people focus more...
French President Macron yet to sign-off on Pacific leaders bid to...
RNZ Pacific
The French Ambassador to the Pacific says President Emmanuel Macron is yet to sign-off on a letter from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)...
In Australia, pro-Palestinian voices face a frenzy of Zionist McCarthyism
ANALYSIS: By Randa Abdel-Fattah
Since 7 October 2023, across every profession and social realm in Australia -- teachers, students, doctors, nurses, academics, public servants, lawyers,...
Eugene Doyle: It’s bigger than NATO and it’s heading our way
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
Australia and New Zealand’s populations must now wake up to the fact that our countries have been drawn into what ForeignPolicy.com...
Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response
By Brooke Tindall, Queensland University of Technology
With more than 50 Fijian villages earmarked for potential relocation in the next five to 10 years due...
Thousands of Bougainville residents support lawsuit against mining giant
RNZ Pacific
About 4500 Bougainvillean residents now back a lawsuit against mining giant Rio Tinto.
This is an additional 1500 people from the autonomous Papua New...
Fiji, PNG fail to secure UN human rights mission to Indonesia’s...
By Stefan Armbruster, Harlyne Joku and Tria Dianti
No progress has been made in sending a UN human rights mission to Indonesia’s Papuan provinces despite...
New Zealand urged to take bolder stand over New Caledonia’s third...
RNZ Pacific
New Zealand should join others in calling New Caledonia's third independence referendum invalid, one of the founders of the Kanaky Aotearoa Solidarity Network...
Helen Hill: for social justice and Timor-Leste’s independence
COMMENTARY: By Sandy Yule
When Melbourne-born Helen Hill, an outstanding social activist, scholar and academic, died on 7 May 2024 at the age of 79,...
Former FANG president Vijay Naidu talks Pacific anti-nuclear activism
Pacific Media Watch
An interview with former University of the South Pacific (USP) development studies professor Dr Vijay Naidu, a founding president of the Fiji...
Democracy Now!, Diana Buttu analyse ICJ ruling over illegal and ‘rapid...
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman.
We end today’s show in The Hague, where the International...
Plea to ‘uncounted’ PNG residents to call in as census winds...
By Bramo Tingkeo in Port Moresby
Port Moresby residents who have missed out on the Papua New Guinea's national census counting have been urged to...
From Kanaky to Palestine, how Paris is weaponising deportations from Pacific
In the West Bank, one in three Palestinians has experienced one or more incarcerations during their life since 1967, or 35 percent of the...