Gaza condemns Israeli ‘piracy’ over storming of Handala aid ship
Asia Pacific Report
The Gaza Government Media Office has condemned “in the strongest terms” Israel’s storming of the Handala aid ship, calling it an act...
Bougainville woman Cabinet minister battling nine men to hold her seat
INTERVIEW: By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
One of the first women to hold an open seat in Bougainville, Theonila Roka Matbob, is confident...
Handala freedom ship loaded with Gaza aid bracing for Israeli forces
Asia Pacific Report
An activist on board the Handala, a Gaza Freedom Flotilla ship carrying aid to the besieged enclave in a bid to break...
Gaza: Global community must act amid reports of starvation of journalists,...
By Jamie Wiseman
The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined calls for urgent action to halt the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Gaza as global news...
Leaked document reveals proposed law revisions in NZ, as Western defence...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Mick Hall
A leaked document has revealed secretive plans to revise terror laws in New Zealand so that people can be charged...
Historic ICJ climate ruling ‘just the beginning’, says Vanuatu’s Regenvanu
By Ezra Toara in Port Vila
Vanuatu's Minister of Climate Change Adaptation, Ralph Regenvanu, has welcomed the historic International Court of Justice (ICJ) climate ruling,...
Israel waging ‘horror show’ starvation campaign in Gaza, says UN chief
Democracy Now!
This is Democracy Now!. I’m Amy Goodman.
More than 100 humanitarian groups are demanding action to end Israel’s siege of Gaza, warning mass starvation...
UN’s highest court finds countries can be held legally responsible for...
By Jamie Tahana in The Hague for RNZ Pacific
The United Nations' highest court has found that countries can be held legally responsible for their...
Indonesian military set to complete Trans-Papua Highway under Prabowo’s rule
By Julian Isaac
The Indonesian Military (TNI) is committed to supporting the completion of the Trans-Papua Highway during President Prabowo Subianto's term in office.
While the...
ICJ climate crisis ruling: Will world’s top court back Pacific-led call...
By Jamie Tahana in The Hague for RNZ Pacific
In 2019, a group of law students at the University of the South Pacific, frustrated at...
Gaza – an open question for NZ’s foreign minister Winston Peters
OPEN QUESTION: By Bryan Bruce
Dear Rt Hon Winston Peters,
There was a time when New Zealanders stood up for what was morally right. There are...
Veteran Bougainville politician wants new approach to independence and development
By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist
A longtime Bougainville politician, Joe Lera, wants to see widespread changes in the way the Autonomous Bougainville Government...
Gaza not a religious issue – it’s a massive violation of...
Asia Pacific Report
Groups that have declined to join the government-sponsored "harmony accord" signed yesterday by some Muslim and Jewish groups, say that the proposed...
Gaza: Empty rhetoric from New Zealand and other Western countries
In a joint statement, more than two dozen Western countries, including New Zealand, have called for an immediate end to the war on Gaza....
NZ and allies condemn ‘inhumane’, ‘horrifying’ killings in Gaza and ‘drip...
RNZ News
New Zealand has joined 24 other countries in calling for an end to the war in Gaza, and criticising what they call the...
Sky TV to buy channel Three owner Discovery NZ for $1
By Anan Zaki, RNZ News business reporter
Sky TV has agreed to fully acquire TV3 owner Discovery New Zealand for $1.
Discovery NZ is a part...
Why has a bill to relax NZ foreign investment rules had...
ANALYSIS: By Jane Kelsey, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
While public attention has been focused on the domestic fast-track consenting process for infrastructure and...
Keep fighting for a nuclear-free Pacific, Helen Clark warns Greenpeace over...
Asia Pacific Report
Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark warned activists and campaigners in a speech on the deck of the Greenpeace environmental flagship...
PSNA calls on NZ to urgently condemn Israeli weaponisation of starvation
Asia Pacific Report
The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa has called on the New Zealand government to immediately condemn Israel's weaponisation of starvation and demand an...
Pacific leaders demand respectful involvement in memorial for unmarked graves
By Mary Afemata, of PMN News and RNZ Pacific
Porirua City Council is set to create a memorial for more than 1800 former patients of...
Cook Islanders flock from outer islands for 60th anniversary celebrations
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
The Cook Islands' outer islands, or Pa Enua, are emptying as people make the pilgrimage to Rarotonga for constitution...
Is the international community finally speaking up about Israel’s Gaza genocide?
Al Jazeera
International public opinion continues to turn against Israel for its war on Gaza, with more governments slowly beginning to reflect those voices and...