Tag: USA
How New Zealand is venturing down the road of political upheaval
ANALYSIS: By Peter Davis
With the sudden departure of New Zealand's Reserve Bank Governor, one has to ask whether there is a pattern here --...
Concern US presence could run against Marshall Islands nuclear-free treaty
By Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist, and Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific Waves presenter/producer
Marshall Islands defence provisions could "fairly easily" be considered to run against...
Union wary of Canadian billionaire Jim Grenon’s NZ media influence
By Susan Edmunds, RNZ News money correspondent
The Aotearoa New Zealand union representing many of NZME's journalists says it is "deeply worried" by a billionaire's...
‘Back off AUKUS’, Greens MP Tuiono warns NZ in wake of...
Asia Pacific Report
The Green Party has called on Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to rule out Aotearoa New Zealand joining the AUKUS military technical pact...
Activists scale NZ building in protest against global weapons company
By Kate Green , RNZ News reporter
Protesters have scaled the building of an international weapons company in Rolleston, Christchurch, in resistance to it establishing...
Paul Buchanan: Trump 2.0 and the limits of over-reach
COMMENTARY: By Paul G Buchanan
Here is a scenario, but first a broad brush-painted historical parallel.
Hitler and the Nazis could well have accomplished everything that...
How would Israel respond if Trump called for death camps in...
The issue is no longer a hypothetical one. US President Donald Trump will not explicitly suggest death camps, but he has already consented to Israel's...
Powerless – another Asia-Pacific angle on the long siege of USAID
COMMENTARY: By Robin Davies
Much has been and much more will be written about the looming abolition of USAID.
It’s “the removal of a huge and...
Hamas report to mediators accuses Israel of pervasive Gaza ceasefire violations
As Benjamin Netanyahu threatens to resume war, Hamas outlines widespread Israeli ceasefire violations in document sent to the mediators.
By Jeremy Scahill and Sharif Abdel...
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...