Tag: USA
NZ must take robust Gaza stance – ‘stop tip-toeing’ around Trump,...
By Rachel Helyer Donaldson, RNZ News journalist
New Zealand should be robust in its response to the "unacceptable" situation in Gaza but it must also...
Mediawatch: NZ media in the middle of Asia-Pacific diplomatic drama
MEDIAWATCH: By Colin Peacock, RNZ Mediawatch presenter
By the time US President Donald Trump announced tariffs on China and Canada last Monday which could kickstart...
Trump’s foreign aid freeze throws independent journalism into chaos
Pacific Media Watch
President Donald Trump has frozen billions of dollars around the world in aid projects, including more than $268 million allocated by Congress...
‘Ignore Trump’s bully’ and take stand over genocide, PSNA tells Peters
Asia Pacific Report
A defiant Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) national chair, John Minto, has appealed to Aotearoa New Zealand to stand with the "majority...
NZ Palestinian network advocate Janfrie Wakim praises ‘heroic Gaza’, calls for...
Asia Pacific Report
One of the key early leaders of a national Palestinian solidarity network in Aotearoa New Zealand today praised the "heroic" resilience and...
Northern Mariana Islands advocates hit back at Trump diversity directives
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent
Two LGBTQIA+ advocates in the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) are up in arms over...
Indonesia joins BRICS: What now for West Papuan goal of independence?
ANALYSIS: By Ali Mirin
Indonesia officially joined the BRICS -- Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa -- consortium last week marking a significant milestone in...
Why Jimmy Carter’s opposition to Israeli apartheid failed to secure peace
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! As we continue our discussion of President Jimmy Carter’s legacy, we look at his policies in the...
Damascus and Gaza prisoners: Syrians and Palestinians search for ‘disappeared’ loved...
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show in Syria, where tens of thousands of people gathered at the Great Mosque of Damascus for the...
Northern Marianas leaders meet Taiwan President Lai Ching-te in Guam
By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent
Northern Marianas Governor Arnold Palacios and Senator Celina Babauta have travelled to Guam to...
Western media ‘parrots Israeli propaganda’ over Gaza, says analyst
Pacific Media Watch
A media studies professor at Qatar's Doha Institute for Graduate Studies has completed empirical studies examining Western media coverage of Israel’s war...
Kamala Harris’s support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza ‘betrayal of true...
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh.
NERMEEN SHAIKH: As we continue to look...
Eugene Doyle: Axis of Genocide vs Axis of Resistance. Whose side...
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
Despite being appalled at my government, I winced as a New Zealander to hear my country described as part of the...
John Menadue: America is the most violent, aggressive country in the...
Of the international intelligence information that comes to Australian agencies from the Five Eyes, 90 percent comes from the CIA and related US intelligence...
Greenlight given to Guam, American Samoa for PIF associate membership
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
Pacific foreign ministers have given their nod of approval for United States territories Guam and American Samoa to be...
Elevation, colour – and the American flag. Here’s what makes Evan...
ANALYSIS: By Sara Oscar, University of Technology Sydney
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania was captured by several photographers who...
Newsmakers dissect state and future of Pacific journalism
By Khalia Strong of Pacific Media Network News
If the pen is mightier than the sword, then an army of journalists has assembled in Fiji’s...
John Minto: The first casualty of war is truth – the...
COMMENTARY: By John Minto
Good slogans have people nodding their heads in agreement because they recognise an underlying truth in the words.
I have a...
Fiji Water workers strike almost a week – but union ‘hopeful’...
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist
A National Union of Workers (NUW) official is hopeful Fiji Water employees who have been on strike for almost...
NZ Foreign Minister Peters accused of ‘entirely defamatory’ remarks about ex-Australian...
By Jo Moir, RNZ News political editor, and Craig McCulloch, deputy political editor
New Zealand's Labour Party is demanding Winston Peters be stood down as...
OPM leader’s open letter condemns Australia’s ‘treachery’ over Papua
Asia Pacific Report
The West Papuan resistance OPM leader has condemned Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Joe Biden, accusing their countries of...
Have New Zealanders really been ‘misled’ about AUKUS, or is involvement...
ANALYSIS: By Marco de Jong, Auckland University of Technology and Robert G. Patman, University of Otago
When former prime minister Helen Clark spoke out against...