‘Treated like animals’ – NZer activists detained by Israeli forces arrive...
RNZ News
Three New Zealanders, who were detained in Israel, after taking part in an international flotilla heading to Gaza, claim they were treated like...
Amnesty International wants NZ visa for climate-hit Pacific islanders
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Amnesty International is asking the New Zealand government to create a new humanitarian visa for Pacific people impacted by...
Misleading ‘justification’ column on Peters and Palestine panned
COMMENTARY: By Gerard Otto of G News
This morning New Zealand Herald columnist and political commentator Matthew Hooton was paid to write an article justifying...
Netanyahu claims ceasefire ‘success’ but Israeli public sees him as obstacle
By Hamdah Salhut of Al Jazeera
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has released a flurry of statements in the last couple of hours, claiming that...
PSNA cautiously welcomes Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal
Asia Pacific Report
New Zealand advocacy and protest group Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) has "cautiously welcomed" the Gaza ceasefire and proposed exchange of hostages...
Two years after October 7: Israel’s war, Gaza’s ashes, and the...
ANALYSIS: By Elijah J Magnier
Two years ago, Israel suffered what was perhaps the most jarring day in its modern history. The events of October...
The Pukpuk Treaty and the future of Papua New Guinea-Australia relations
ANALYSIS: By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent
The signing of the Papua New Guinea-Australia Mutual Defence Treaty -- officially known as the Pukpuk Treaty...
NZ flotilla members arrive in Jordan, state news agency says
RNZ News
More than 100 people who were part of the intercepted flotilla to Gaza -- including those from New Zealand -- have entered Jordan.
The...
Bougainville president sworn in after landslide re-election, names caretaker government
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific
Bougainville's re-elected President Ishmael Toroama has announced a caretaker government following a formal swearing-in ceremony on Monday in the capital...
John Hobbs: Why New Zealand’s repugnant stance over Palestine damages our...
New Zealanders deserve to know how the country’s foreign policy is made, writes John Hobbs.
ANALYSIS: By John Hobbs
The New Zealand government remains unwilling to...
Australia’s National Press Club blocks Hedges’ Gaza media talk, lines up...
One Path Network
The National Press Club of Australia has abruptly cancelled a scheduled address by renowned journalist and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Chris Hedges, who...
‘We want legitimate leaders’: Bougainvilleans head to the polls amid push...
By Margot Staunton, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
Bougainvilleans went to the polls today, keen to elect a leader who will continue their fight for independence.
"There's...
Local journalists and fixers are dying at unprecedented rates in Gaza....
ANALYSIS: By Simon Levett, University of Technology Sydney
Journalist Mariam Dagga was just 33 when she was brutally killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza...
Prisoner transfer sparks new human rights concerns in West Papua
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer
A West Papuan activist says the transfer of four political prisoners by Indonesian authorities is a breach of...
UN chief to address PNG parliament today during ‘historic’ visit
RNZ Pacific
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will address Papua New Guinea's national Parliament today.
The UN chief is in Papua New Guinea on a...
Chris Hedges: The betrayal of Palestinian journalists
Western reporters are full partners in the genocide. They amplify Israeli lies, which they know are lies, betraying Palestinian colleagues who are slandered, targeted...
Walden Bello on Gaza and the media silence: ‘It isn’t fear...
Israel is boosting its Zionist influence in the Pacific. Australia has exposed such media influence. The media in the Philippines is now under scrutiny....
250+ media ‘black out’ front pages and broadcasts to protest Israeli...
Reporters Without Borders
In an unprecedented international operation organised by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the global campaigning movement Avaaz, more than 250 news outlets...
Fijian PM Rabuka hints at ‘historic’ referendum after landmark court ruling
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital/social lead
Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has hinted that the country may "hold its first-ever referendum" following a landmark...
Massacre of Gaza journalists triggers RSF’s Black Monday protest today
Pacific Media Watch
Today, 1 September 2025, is being marked as a Black Monday following the latest deadly strikes by the Israeli army against journalists...
Police plan for march which will shut Auckland Harbour Bridge this...
RNZ News
New Zealand police say planning is well underway ahead of a pro-Palestinian march that will shut the Auckland Harbour bridge later this month.
The...
West Papuan civil society groups protest over brutal security forces crackdown...
Asia Pacific Report
West Papuan civil society and solidarity networks are calling for urgent action over a brutal Indonesian security forces crackdown that has led...
































































