Tag: Russian aggression

ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato One year to the day since Russian tanks ran over the Ukraine border -- and over the UN...

RNZ News Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered an address to New Zealand's Parliament today and the government has pledged an additional $3 million of humanitarian...

ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato Dominic Bryce Abelen has been described as a “warrior until the end”. He is also New Zealand’s first...

By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva Fiji's Court of Appeal has ruled that the Russian luxury yacht Amadea, seized by the US government...

RNZ Pacific The United States government can now remove the US$325 million luxury yacht Amadea, owned by Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov, currently docked in Fiji. A...

ANALYSIS: By Suze Wilson, Massey University and Toby Newstead, University of Tasmania The war in Ukraine would test even the most hardened political operator: millions...

COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis If you’re as confused as most people by the exact circumstances surrounding the continuing presence in Fiji of the Russian super...

RNZ Pacific The High Court in Suva has allowed an application by the public prosecutor to stop the super yacht Amadea belonging to Russian billionaire...

By Anish Chand in Lautoka The Fiji Revenue and Customs Service has issued two infringement notices to the captain of the seized Russian super yacht...

By Anish Chand in Lautoka The seizure of a super yacht -- reportedly owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch -- by the US government in...

By Anish Chand in Lautoka Fiji is making a mockery of its stand in the United Nations in condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine by allowing...

By Anish Chand in Lautoka “We don’t do Russians.” This was the response from Fiji's Health Minister Dr Ifereimi Waqainabete when asked about the...

RNZ News Commander of Joint Forces Jim Gilmour says he is confident New Zealand's Hercules fleet will be up to the task as 50 Defence...

RNZ News Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says expelling the Russian ambassador remains an option, but it would not have the most impact of the actions...

RNZ News A New Zealand aid worker in Kyiv says the ReliefAid group he leads was one of the first to provide food in the...

COMMENTARY: By John Minto The discovery of many civilian bodies lying dead in the Ukrainian city of Bucha this week has brought out more Western...

When Israel steals Palestinian land ... Image: imgflip.com COMMENTARY: By John Minto Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has exposed so much hypocrisy in Aotearoa New Zealand and...

By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor The Green Party says New Zealand has put its relationship with the NATO security alliance ahead of...

Pacific Media Watch newsdesk Several media crews have already come under fire and four reporters have sustained gunshot injuries in Ukraine since the start of...

RNZ News A New Zealand protest flotilla has arrived outside the luxury Northland home of Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov. The eight vessels sailed to Helena Bay,...

ANALYSIS: By Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning at Evening Report In this A View From Afar podcast, political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning...

ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato With the cabinet meeting on Monday agreeing to targeted Russian sanctions legislation, New Zealand is preparing to circumvent...