Tag: Diplomacy

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle In colloquial language, “Jesus wept” is a cry of exasperation when we encounter something either appalling or appallingly stupid. The leaders of...

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific The chair of the Pacific Elders' Voice (PEV) says the argument that religious affinity justifies the Pacific Islands Forum's...

RNZ Pacific reporters The Pacific Elders' Voice has called for the Pacific Islands Forum to review and reverse its partnership agreement with Israel. The group of...

By Kelvin Anthony of RNZ Pacific Israel's inclusion into the Pacific region's main political body has drawn sharply contrasting reactions across the region. While the official...

Asia Pacific Report A leading Palestine advocacy group in New Zealand has given the government a "please explain" message after news reports that the Pacific...

By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has "serious questions to answer" over Israel becoming a partner of the region's...

Donald Trump, nosediving in the polls and bristling over a disastrous war on Iran, needs a scapegoat -- and the Israeli prime minister best...

Asia Pacific Report Labour will recognise Palestine, put in place economic sanctions on Israel, and join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International...

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Nurlan Yermekbayev is one of those very important people most of us in the West have never heard of. I had...

RNZ Pacific reporters Pacific Islands leaders have used their addresses to the United Nations General Assembly to urge Indonesia to allow the UN human rights...

Asia Pacific Report Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned Israeli actions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank in a blistering speech at the...

By RNZ Pacific reporters Naoero, formerly known as Nauru, has opened its embassy in Jerusalem, becoming the third Pacific Island nation to do so. Naoero's Vice-President...

ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin The 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting in Koror, Palau, last week has pushed West Papua back to the centre of...

ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Milne Isolation has been a challenge for the people of the atoll of Tongareva, 1300km north of the Cook Islands capital on...

Asia Pacific Report A leading Palestine solidarity group in New Zealand has challenged Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to explain why his government has not revealed...

Asia Pacific Report A New Zealand national solidarity group for Palestine has condemned plans by Nauru to open an embassy in Jerusalem as an "alarming...

INTERVIEW: By Eugene Doyle In this interview with Reza Nazar Ahari, the Iranian Ambassador to Wellington, we discussed the war, the state of diplomacy with...

By Christina Persico of RNZ Pacific Nauru's government has announced plans to set up an embassy in Israel. The government said Cabinet had endorsed the deployment...

COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Forty-eight hours ago, I wrote: “Iran doesn't need to close the strait. It needs only to demonstrate, periodically, that it can.” Today,...

ANALYSIS: By Lim Tean Former US Vice-President Mike Pence wants Donald Trump to "finish the job" in the Strait of Hormuz. After 130 days of war...

COMMENTARY:  By Eugene Doyle “They’re scum … they’re led by sick people and they’re vicious, violent people. There’s something wrong with them. They’re cuckoo. As far...

By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific The new US Ambassador to New Zealand is introducing Donald Trump's agenda of "disruption" to the Pacific. Jared Novelly arrived...