Tag: Nuclear Weapons
Climate crisis greatest threat to Pacific regional security, says Vanuatu PM
By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific Vanuatu correspondent in Port Vila
Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau says Pacific security is about the security of the Pacific...
‘I feel empowered’, says Pacific youth delegate after nuclear summit
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
Pacific Youth are looking at how they can spark positive change following the Hiroshima G7 Youth Summit which has...
‘Bringing war much closer to home’ – Pacific elders denounce AUKUS...
By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor; Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital journalist; and Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist
A group of former leaders of...
Pacific Islands Forum chair ‘reassured’ over AUKUS nuclear submarine deal
RNZ Pacific
The Pacific Islands Forum chairman has been assured by the United States that the AUKUS agreement will honour the Treaty of Rarotonga after...
No subs with nuclear arms for Fiji waters, says PM Rabuka
By Repeka Nasiko in Suva
Nuclear-armed submarines are not welcome in Fiji waters.
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said this as he stressed he did not support...
Owen Wilkes, the intellect behind New Zealand’s anti-nuclear stance
A new book about one of New Zealand's foremost peace activists offers insight into Owen Wilkes, the man described as the intellect behind New...
‘Lots of information isn’t secret, it’s just hard to find’ –...
BOOK CHAPTER: By Nicky Hager
Whistleblower Owen Wilkes was a tireless and formidable researcher for the Pacific, peace and disarmament. Before the internet, he combed...
Why a royal princess from the Pacific is living in Arkansas
Pacific Media Watch
The US tested 67 nuclear weapons on the Marshall Islands, tricking the people who lived on Bikini Atoll to leave their homeland...
Oceania Indigenous ‘guardians’ call for self-determination on West Papua day
OPEN LETTER: The Ōtepoti Declaration by the Indigenous Caucus of the Nuclear Connections Across Oceania Conference
On the 61st anniversary of the first raising of...
French Polynesian atolls still wary decades after nuclear tests
RNZ Pacific
The new French High Commissioner to French Polynesia has heard calls for support and compensation for atolls close to the test sites of...
France ‘must pay’ for study on genetic impact of its Pacific...
RNZ Pacific
The French state should pay for a study on the genetic impact of its nuclear weapons tests in the South Pacific, says French...
Tahiti’s nuclear compo advocate to be honoured in French Polynesia
RNZ Pacific
The office of the Tahitian president says it wants to honour the memory of Bruno Barrillot who was the head of French Polynesia's...
NZ should show real solidarity with the Pacific by embracing climate...
COMMENTARY: By Prue Taylor in Auckland
From 1949 to 1996 more than 300 nuclear devices were detonated in the Pacific. In the mid-1990s a generation...
France pays out US$16m on nearly 100 Tahiti nuclear compensation claims
RNZ Pacific
The French nuclear compensation commission CIVEN says that last year it paid out US$16.6 million to victims of France's nuclear weapons tests.
France tested...
Thousands in Pape’ete mark 56th anniversary of first Moruroa test
RNZ Pacific
French Polynesia's nuclear test veterans have called for July 2 to be made a public holiday to remember the impact of France's nuclear...
Ukraine crisis: how do small states like New Zealand respond in...
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato
New Zealand’s official response to Russian aggression and violations of international law have so far been strong --...
Temaru defence controversy in Radio Tefana political case revisited
RNZ Pacific
Investigators in French Polynesia have reassessed their case against the pro-independence leader Oscar Manutahi Temaru, who has challenged the seizure of his US$100,000...
PANG condemns Australia policy for ‘abandoning’ Pacific nuclear-free pact
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Australia needs to be put on notice by Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) leaders over abandoning its commitments under the South Pacific’s...
Tahiti protest rally marks France’s ‘crime against humanity’ first atomic test...
RNZ Pacific
More than 2000 demonstrators in French Polynesia have joined a march in the capital Pape'ete to mark the 55th anniversary of the first...
France denies covering-up deadly nuclear tests in French Polynesia
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
The French government has denied any cover-up over radiation levels in the Pacific following its nuclear testing in the region, as...
Are US and Iran headed for a military showdown before Trump...
ANALYSIS: By Clive Williams, Australian National University
Tensions are running high in the Middle East in the waning days of the Trump administration.
Over the weekend,...
John Pilger: Another Hiroshima is coming — unless we stop it...
ANALYSIS: By John Pilger
When I first went to Hiroshima in 1967, the shadow on the steps was still there. It was an almost perfect...