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‘Emulate 1981’ Springbok tour solidarity over Palestine plea by South African activist

By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report A South African activist representing more than 200,000 shack dwellers has praised New Zealanders for their international solidarity against settler colonialism and...

Palestine genocide protesters in NZ condemn ‘Balfour betrayal’

By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report Speakers at a pro-Palestine rally in Auckland’s downtown Te Komititanga Square...

UN puts media giants on notice over Gaza as journalists’ death toll spirals

UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has released a blistering report on media complicity in war crimes as Israelis...

Shameful move by Pacific Islands Forum undermines decolonisation and justice

ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report In what is probably one of its most shameful acts...

Holding power accountable – a Pacific journalist’s journey through assaults and censorship

Exposing autocracy from military-ruled Fiji to democratic Samoa, journalist Shalveen Chand has faced cell blocks, state censorship and...

Jonathan Cook: Ignore Starmer’s theatrics. Gaza’s trail of blood leads straight to his door

Western capitals are still coordinating with Israel and the US on their "criticisms" of the genocide -- just as they earlier coordinated on their...

Asia Pacific Report editor honoured for contribution to Pacific journalism

Pacific Media Watch Asia Pacific Report editor David Robie was honoured with Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) at the weekend by...

‘Starving’ masked Palestine protesters condemn Luxon’s Gaza ‘appeasement’

Asia Pacific Report Protesting New Zealanders donned symbolic masks modelled on a Palestinian artist’s handiwork in Auckland’s Takutai Square today to condemn Israel’s starvation as...

40 years on – reflecting on Rainbow Warrior’s legacy, fight against nuclear colonialism

A forthcoming new edition of David Robie’s Eyes of Fire honours the ship's final mission and the resilience of those affected by decades of...

Why the wall of silence on the Gaza genocide is finally starting to crack

As Israel unveils its final genocide push, and mass death from starvation looms in Gaza, Western media and politicians are tentatively starting to speak...

‘Cracks are opening up’ in Western complicity over Gaza genocide, says John Minto

By David Robie About 2000 New Zealand protesters marched through the heart of Auckland city today chanting “no justice, no peace” and many other calls...