Climate

Caitlin Johnstone: In this dystopia you can’t vote against wars. But you can gamble on when they’ll start

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone I can’t get over the fact that people were casting bets on whether the US would bomb Iran the other day. It just says such dark...

Most UPNG students don’t want independence for Bougainville, new survey shows

ANALYSIS: By Anna Kapil and Stephen Howes It is well known that the people of Bougainville want independence. In...

Israel accused over ‘shameful whitewashing’ bid to sanitise soldier holidays in NZ

By David Robie A pro-Palestian campaigner today accused the Israeli military forces of “once again trying to sanitise its”...

Caitlin Johnstone: On ‘leftists’ and ‘anarchists’ who cheer for regime change in Iran

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Is there anything more undignified than “leftists” and “anarchists” who cheer on the fall of...

Papua in the Pacific mirror: A path to recognition and reconciliation

Indonesia needs a fundamental shift in perspective: seeing Papuans not as a problem to be managed, but as...

Macron warns of ‘new colonialism’ in Pacific, but clings to French ‘colonies’

ANALYSIS: By Ravindra Singh Prasad In a historic first visit to an independent Pacific state by a sitting French president, President Emmanuel Macron has denounced...

Rendezvous with the ‘no nukes’ Aneityum cover girl after 33 years

Dr David Robie was one of the resource speakers at a Teachers' Wānanga on teaching about the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP) movement...

Nuclear-free campaigners warn against AUKUS raising Pacific tensions

By David Robie Advocates and defenders of a nuclear-free Pacific have condemned the AUKUS military pact and warned New Zealand that the agreement would make...

‘Other people’s wars’, climate crisis – South Pacific not in good shape, warns Fiji leader

By Kalinga Seneviratne in Suva In a keynote speech at the annual Pacific Update conference the region’s major university, Fiji deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman...

‘I’m not begging’, Tahiti’s Brotherson tells France in prep for independence

RNZ Pacific French Polynesia’s new President Moetai Brotherson is in Paris for wide-ranging talks with the French government and the organisers of the 2024 Paris...

Hipkins grants Fiji $11m in climate crisis aid as Rabuka renews NZ links

By RNZ reporters and Rachael Nath of RNZ Pacific Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka was welcomed to the New Zealand Parliament yesterday while on his...