Potential Tonga PM candidate: ‘Low-hanging fruits available’ to improve people’s lives
By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
As Tonga's 26 newly elected representatives turn to choosing a prime minister among them, one potential candidate is...
Israel has lost social media battle over Gaza, says military ex-spokesperson
Pacific Media Watch
Former Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari says Israel has “lost the war on social media,” describing the online space as the most...
Showing their aroha for the activist ‘power couple’ of Māngere East
Asia Pacific Report
Māngere East community stalwarts and activists from across Tamaki Makaurau Auckland have gathered at the local Village Green to pay tribute to...
Protesters march to Warehouse in Auckland city, demand halt to Israeli...
Asia Pacific Report
New Zealand pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched peacefully on The Warehouse in downtown Auckland today to protest over the sale of products by the...
Samoan PM takes aim at local journalists, claims overseas media ‘in...
By Sulamanaia Manaui Faulalo of the Samoa Observer
Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt says international media are “in the dark” about the reasons behind his...
‘My mana reignited’: Attendees leave world’s largest Indigenous education conference feeling...
By Coco Lance, RNZ Pacific digital journalist
As the world's largest Indigenous education conference (WIPCE) closed last night in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, a shared sentiment...
Ramzy Baroud: Pathetic attempt to achieve by Gaza decree what US-Israel...
COMMENTARY: By Ramzy Baroud
UNSC Resolution 2803 is unequivocally rejected. It is a direct contravention of international law itself, imposed by the United States with...
Pacific climate leaders ‘deeply disappointed’ as Australia loses bid to host...
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Pacific climate leaders are disappointed that Australia has lost the bid to host the United Nations Climate Conference, COP31,...
New Caledonia’s pro-independence split widens – another party quits FLNKS
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
A rift within New Caledonia's pro-independence movement has further widened after the second component of the...
Bending over backwards for the right isn’t saving the BBC. It...
COMMENTARY: By Christopher Warren
There’s been skillful work in journalism’s dark arts on display in the UK this past week, as the nasty British right-wing...
RSF calls on Samoan PM to lift ‘unacceptable’ ban on Samoa...
Pacific Media Watch
The Paris-based global media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders has called on the Samoan Prime Minister to lift the ban preventing the...
Tonga election: Two new lords as 9 noble seats decided
By Teuila Fuatai, RNZ Pacific senior journalist in Tonga
Two new noble representatives have been elected in Tonga, according to results announced today in Nuku'alofa.
Lord...
Fiji Business Awards celebrate big achievements from humble beginnings
Asia Pacific Report
Entrepreneurs, professionals, families and community leaders from across Aotearoa New Zealand came together last night for the inaugural Fiji Business Awards NZ,...
Canberra pandering to Prabowo, while ignoring unrest in West Papua
While Indonesians worry about President Prabowo Subianto’s undemocratic moves, the failures of his flagship "breakfast" policy, and a faltering economy, Australia enters into another...
A shameful mandate for force: What the UNSC’s Gaza resolution means...
The UN Security Council passed a regime change resolution against Gaza on Monday, effectively issuing a mandate for an invasion force to enter the...
Regional Pacific student journalists condemn Samoa PM’s ban as ‘deeply troubling’
Pacific Media Watch
Regional student journalists at the University of the South Pacific have condemned the Samoan Prime Minister's ban on the Samoa Observer newspaper,...
Samoa editor says media freedom under attack in response to PM’s...
By Kaya Selby, RNZ Pacific journalist
The editor of Samoa's only daily newspaper barred on Monday from accessing the Prime Minister's press conferences says media...
Minister Moutchou ends New Caledonia visit – political announcements, no new...
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
French minister for overseas Naïma Moutchou left New Caledonia at the weekend after a 5-day stay,...
Jacinda Ardern: Why NZ’s tiny group of hysterical haters can’t face...
COMMENTARY: By Gerard Otto
As you know, there's a tiny group of Dame Jacinda Ardern haters in New Zealand who are easily triggered by facts...
IDF failed on battlefield to disarm Hamas, but UN vote gives...
Asia Pacific Report
Israel and the US are now dictating their terms over Palestine, and Hamas and various Arab partners are at the receiving end...
Marilyn Garson: How shall we speak now since the Gaza ‘ceasefire’?
COMMENTARY: By Marilyn Garson
How shall we speak and act now?
For six years, Alternative Jewish Voices has spoken in an aspirational voice. This is intentional....
Samoa Observer: The PM’s wish and our promise
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer
They say the march toward authoritarian rule begins with one simple act: taking control of the narrative and silencing the...




















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