Fiji slapped with Trump’s highest tariffs among Pacific countries
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Although New Zealand and Australia seem to have escaped the worst of Donald Trump's latest tariffs, some Pacific Islands...
Stoush breaks out between NZ Human Rights Commissioner and Jewish leader...
By Anneke Smith, RNZ News political reporter
A stoush between the Chief Human Rights Commissioner and a Jewish community leader has flared up following a...
Red Crescent Palestinians massacre: Global rule of law masquerade is over
SPECIAL REPORT: By Joe Gill
It is difficult to be shocked after 18 months of Israel's genocidal onslaught on Gaza.
Brazen crimes against humanity have become...
Supreme Court orders a recall of PNG parliament for no confidence...
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court has ruled that Parliament must be recalled on April 8 to debate a...
It will take more than an Oscar to stop Israel’s West...
By Leilani Farha of The New Arab
"I started filming when we started to end." With these haunting words, Basel Adra begins No Other Land,...
From Rongelap to Mejatto – how Rainbow Warrior helped move nuclear...
The second of a two-part series on the historic Rongelap evacuation of 300 Marshall islanders from their irradiated atoll with the help of the...
‘We’re not just welcoming you as allies, but as family’ –...
The first of a two-part series on the historic Rongelap evacuation of 300 Marshall islanders from their irradiated atoll with the help of the...
NZ protesters honour killed Gaza journalists – ‘targeted’ say press freedom...
Pacific Media Watch
Global press freedom organisations have condemned the killing of two journalists in Gaza this week, who died in separate targeted airstrikes by...
Hegseth commits US to defence of Pacific territories against China
By Mar-Vic Cagurangan for BenarNews
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has reaffirmed the Trump administration’s defence commitments to America’s Pacific territories of Guam and Northern...
Filipino activists praise arrest of ex-president Duterte as first step to...
Asia Pacific Report
Dozens of Filipinos and supporters in Aotearoa New Zealand came together in a Black Friday vigil and Rally for Justice in the...
Pacific Islands Forum leaders advance discussions on regional reforms
RNZ Pacific
The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) troika leaders have reviewed a list of "eminent persons" with extensive knowledge on Pacific regionalism to lead discussions...
Researcher warns over West Papuan deforestation impact on traditional noken weaving
Asia Pacific Report
A West Papuan doctoral candidate has warned that indigenous noken-weaving practices back in her homeland are under threat with the world's biggest...
PNG’s Marape and NZ’s Luxon sign new partnership marking 50 years
RNZ News
The prime ministers of New Zealand and Papua New Guinea have signed a new statement of partnership marking 50 years of bilateral relations...
Trump silences Voice of America – end of a propaganda machine...
ANALYSIS: By Valerie A. Cooper, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Of all the contradictions and ironies of Donald Trump’s second presidency so...
‘Tell the world the truth,’ father tells dead son as Israel...
Pacific Media Watch
Global media freedom groups have condemned the Israeli occupation forces for assassinating two more Palestinian journalists covering the Gaza genocide, taking the...
PNG ‘test ban’ blocks Facebook – governor Bird warns of tyranny...
By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
The Papua New Guinea government has admitted to using a technology that it says was "successfully tested" to...
Chris Hedges: The last chapter of the Gaza Strip genocide
Israel has begun the final stage of its genocide. The Palestinians will be forced to choose between death or deportation. There are no other...
Fiji solidarity group condemns Rabuka plans for embassy in Jerusalem
Asia Pacific Report
A Fiji-based Pacific solidarity group supporting the indigenous Palestine struggle for survival against the Israeli settler colonial state has today issued a...
Activist group praises Pacific support for West Papua but slams NZ
By Christine Rovoi of PMN News
A human rights group in Aotearoa New Zealand has welcomed support from several Pacific island nations for West Papua,...
France’s Southern Cross regional military exercise moves to Wallis
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
Southern Cross, a French-hosted regional military exercise, is moving to Wallis and Futuna Islands this year.
The...
Pro-Palestinian protesters challenge Peters at state of the nation speech
SPECIAL REPORT: By Saige England in Christchurch
Like a relentless ocean, wave after wave of pro-Palestinian pro-human rights protesters disrupted New Zealand deputy Prime Minister...
Green Party’s Swarbrick calls for urgent NZ action over Israel’s ‘crazy’...
Asia Pacific Report
Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick called on New Zealand government MPs today to support her Member’s Bill to sanction Israel over its...