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Roger Fowler, a legend of the Aotearoa solidarity movement, dies at 77

OBITUARY: By David Robie Roger Norman Fowler: 12 September 1948 – 21 February 2026 Roger Fowler, an activist legend of social justice solidarity movements from Bastion Point to resisting apartheid and...

Activists tell of ‘apocalyptic’ ecocide on top of Israel’s Gaza genocide at rally

By David Robie Two Extinction Rebellion activists joined the speakers today at an Auckland protest over Israel’s genocide and...

‘Antisemitism training’ at universities. Labor’s march to authoritarianism

From curbing protests to controlling what can be said in Australia, state and Federal Labor governments are becoming...

Caitlin Johnstone: More shockingly honest confessions from the Empire managers

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone US Empire managers have been making some surprisingly honest admissions in recent days, with Senator...

Herzog protest – when politicans fail, police go rogue, justice fails to protect

Israel’s President Herzog has departed Australia, leaving less “social cohesion”, while politicians, justices and NSW police have many...

Today FM hosts abruptly taken off air and told ‘play music’ in radio shock

Pacific Media Watch The Mediaworks’ radio station Today FM abandoned scheduling today when presenters broke from programming to question the future of their employer. Broadcasters told...

Indonesian security forces attack West Papuan rebels holding NZ pilot

By Finau Fonua and Koroi Hawkins Indonesian security forces in Papua last week launched an offensive against the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) command...

Keeping the flow – the use of te reo Māori at NZ’s Parliament

By Johnny Blades An increased appetite to learn te reo Māori among members and staff from different parts of the Parliamentary system means the work...

The ‘death’ of journalism – may its memory be a blessing

Café Pacific A snippet shared about the ChatGPT debate from one of the gurus of investigative journalism, Sheila Coronel, at New York’s Columbia School of...

Pacific needs to sit up and pay close attention to AUKUS, says Dame Meg Taylor

By Koroi Hawkins and Caleb Fotheringham A Pacific elder and former secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum says Pacific leaders need to sit up and...

Papuan liberation group calls for more ‘serious’ global efforts to end violence

Tabloid Jubi in Jayapura The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the international community to “pay serious attention” to the escalated...