‘We died a thousand times’: Freed Palestinian detainees describe horrific torture
SPECIAL REPORT: By Romana Rubeo
Hundreds of Palestinians released from Israeli prisons in recent days have described scenes of systematic torture, starvation, and humiliation.
Their accounts,...
Ngāti Toa Rangatira celebrates return of sacred maunga Whitireia from RNZ
By Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira, RNZ Māori news journalist
Ngāti Toa Rangatira have gathered near the peak of their sacred maunga, Whitireia, to celebrate its historic return...
French Senate endorses postponement of New Caledonia’s provincial elections
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
A controversial piece of legislation to postpone the date for New Caledonia's crucial provincial elections passed...
From the Knesset to Sharm el-Sheikh: How the US president offered...
ANALYSIS: By Elijah J Magnier
Benjamin Netanyahu insisted, until just hours before Donald Trump’s arrival, that the war in Gaza would not stop. Then, standing...
Wenda accuses Indonesian troops of bombarding village in Star mountains
Asia Pacific Report
Indonesian military forces have again bombed Kiwirok, the site of a massacre in 2021 that killed more than 300 West Papuan civilians,...
Trump keeps admitting that he is bought and owned by the...
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone
It’s bizarre how little mainstream attention is given to the fact that the President of the United States has repeatedly confessed...
Pacific voices urge experts to ‘decolonise’ adaptation at New Zealand’s largest...
RNZ Pacific
Pacific leaders believe climate experts are missing an opportunity to incorporate indigenous knowledge into adaptation measures.
The call has been made as hundreds of...
What Trump said and didn’t say in obscene genocide tribute in...
COMMENTARY: By Belén Fernández
United States President Donald Trump had the time of his life on Monday at the Israeli Knesset, where he was welcomed...
Pacific Media Watch backs RSF call for urgent end to Gaza...
Pacific Media Watch
Pacific Media Watch supports the call by the Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) for justice for the victims...
New minister in ‘rollercoaster’ French politics causes concern in New Caledonia
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
As part of a never-ending rollercoaster of instability in French politics, the latest appointment of a...
Israeli historian Ilan Pappé: Despite ceasefire, Palestinians still face ‘elimination, genocide’
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman.
As we’ve reported, the Gaza ceasefire deal is in effect....
Tributes pour in for Matangi Tonga founder Pesi Siale Fonua –...
RNZ Pacific
Pesi Siale Fonua, a veteran Pacific journalist and the publisher-editor of Tonga's leading news website Matangi Tonga Online, has died at the age...
Opposition Israeli lawmakers interrupt Trump and call for recognition of Palestinian...
Asia Pacific Report
Two leftwing opposition members of the Knesset protested in the middle of US President Donald Trump's historic and rambling speech praising the...
After Gaza ceasefire, ‘massive political pressure’ needed to prevent Israel from...
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: Israel’s government has approved the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, that includes a pause in Israeli attacks and the...
Eugene Doyle: The Nobel Peace laureate who calls for US bombing...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
Within hours of being named the Nobel Peace laureate for 2025, María Corina Machado called on President Trump to step up...
IFJ condemns Australian lobby censorship bids to ‘silence’ reporting on Gaza
Pacific Media Watch
The global peak journalism body has condemned the targeting, harassment, and censorship by lobby groups of Australian journalists for reporting critically on...
The fake Gaza ‘peace agreement’ versus real peace with justice
COMMENTARY: By Dr Mazin Qumsiyeh
A temporary ceasefire and release of some Palestinians in a prisoner exchange is not a "peace agreement" and it is...
Sara Awad: Why Gaza still looks to the freedom flotillas for...
COMMENTARY: By Sara Awad
On October 10, a ceasefire in Gaza was officially announced. International news media were quick to focus on what they now...
Gerard Otto: Low turnout and rates pressure drive down Māori wards...
COMMENTARY: By Gerard Otto of G News
Of 42 referendums, 17 voted to retain Māori Wards in Aotearoa New Zealand's local elections yesterday, which suggests...
Ken Laban makes history as Pasifika candidates win across Aotearoa
By Mary Afemata, of Local Democracy Reporting
Fauono Ken Laban has been elected Mayor of Lower Hutt, making history as Aotearoa New Zealand's first Pasifika...
Think, click, share – making media literacy fun for Filipinos
By Anthea Grape in Manila
Media and Information Literacy (MIL) is vital to nation-building. It empowers Filipinos to make informed decisions by fostering critical thinking,...
Genocide two years on: It is the West, not Gaza, that...
This brutal war on Palestinians has not just unleashed Israel’s demons. It has unmasked our own regimes, as they crack down on humanitarian activism....















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