Tag: Pacific Islands Forum

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...

ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report In what is probably one of its most shameful acts ever, the Pacific Islands Forum...

COMMENTARY: By Aisake Casimira The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) has been and will always be for justice, peace and integrity of creation, going back...

By Susana Suisuiki of RNZ Pacific The region's premier ecumenical organisation is calling for Israel's new partnership with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to be...

COMMENTARY: By Stefan Armbruster Israel voted against all UN resolutions concerning decolonisation of the six Pacific territories at the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee (Decolonisation...

RNZ Pacific reporters A Fiji deputy prime minister says the Pacific identifies with Israel in ways many would not understand. Viliame Gavoka, who is also the...

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific West Papuan civil society organisations have called on Indonesia to allow access to their region for the United Nations...

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...

RNZ Pacific reporters Vanuatu's government has condemned a "shameful, racist, and neo-colonial rant" made by a pro-France New Caledonian lawmaker. Nicolas Metzdorf, a French politician from...

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...

By Tiana Haxton of RNZ Pacific More than 125,000 people are reported to have been displaced in West Papua as armed conflict escalates, but the...

By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific The Labour Party is promising visa-free travel to Aotearoa New Zealand for Pacific Islanders. Deputy Leader Carmel Sepuloni said Pacific...

By Kaya Selby of RNZ Pacific Foreign Minister Winston Peters says he was under no obligation to consult with Cabinet before making an offer to...

ANALYSIS: By Tess Newton Cain and Stefan Armbruster With a Chinese ballistic missile test in July as prelude, the familiar China-Taiwan tensions and preparations for...

By Stefan Armbruster and Jennifer Enosa for the Torres News Australia is seeking observer status at the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) but has not committed...

ANALYSIS: By Teuila Fuatai of RNZ Pacific On the second day of the Pacific Islands Forum leaders' meeting in Palau, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese...

By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific A leading West Papua pro-independence group has questioned Indonesia's assertion that a proposed visit by the United Nations High...

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...

By Susana Suisuiki of RNZ Pacific For 20 years, West Papuan activist Paula Makabory has not set foot in her ancestral homeland. Her family still...