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...
‘Delusional’ Treaty Principles Bill scrapped but fight for Te Tiriti just...
By Layla Bailey-McDowell, RNZ Māori news journalist
Legal experts and Māori advocates say the fight to protect Te Tiriti is only just beginning -- as...
‘Never our intention to mock Jesus’ – Naked Samoans respond to...
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist
Pasifika comedy troupe Naked Samoans is facing a backlash from some members of the Pacific community over its promotional...
Open letter to NZME board – don’t allow alt-right Canadian billionaire...
OPEN LETTER: By Martyn Bradbury, editor and publisher of The Daily Blog
NZME directors ‘have concerns’ about businessman Jim Grenon taking editorial control
NZME’s directors have...
Israel ‘deliberately targeting’ journalists in Gaza, says Australian author after latest...
Pacific Media Watch
Israel has been targeting journalists in the occupied Palestinian territory with more intensity since October 7, 2023, says Australian journalist and author...
Bougainville president condemns ‘dangerous’ AI-generated fake video of scuffle with Marape
RNZ Pacific
Autonomous Bougainville Government President Ishmael Toroama has condemned the circulation of an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video depicting a physical confrontation between him and...
The graver Israel’s atrocities in Gaza, the quieter the BBC grows
ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Cook
The BBC’s news verification service, Verify, digitally reconstructed a residential tower block in Mandalay earlier this week to show how it...
Ian Powell: When apartheid met Zionism – the case for NZ...
COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell
The 1981 Springbok Tour was one of the most controversial events in Aotearoa New Zealand’s history. For 56 days, between July...
Trump funding cuts on media impacts on independent Asia Pacific outlet
Pacific Media Watch
One of the many casualties of the Trump administration's crackdown on "soft power" that enabled many democratic media and truth to power...
100 children killed or wounded every day since Gaza ceasefire broken
Asia Pacific Report
The chief of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has described Gaza as “no land” for children, as two rallies were held...
With Hasbara failing, Israel placed Hossam Shabat on a kill list
While public opinion of Israel plummets, each day the genocide continues without significant repercussions only reinforces that they can ignore this opinion, writes Alex...
NZ’s refreshingly candid ex-envoy Phil Goff – why I spoke out...
Now that Phil Goff has ended his term as New Zealand's High Commissioner to the UK, he is officially free to speak his mind...
Jewish students chain themselves to Columbia gates to protest over ICE...
Democracy Now!
Jewish students at Columbia University chained themselves to a campus gate across from the graduate School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) this...
‘Not an extension of Australia’ – Trump’s tariffs ‘reinforces’ Norfolk Island’s...
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Norfolk Island sees its United States tariff as an acknowledgment of independence from Australia.
Norfolk Island, despite being an Australian...
Evicted PNG settlement fears collective punishment over gang rape and killing
By Harlyne Joku and BenarNews staff
Residents of an informal Port Moresby settlement that was razed following the gang rape and murder of a woman...
New modelling reveals full impact of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs –...
ANALYSIS: By Niven Winchester, Auckland University of Technology
We now have a clearer picture of Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs and how they will affect...