Politics

Ben Bohane: Umaenupne and Umaeneg – isles of the Resting God

In the great expanse of oceans, a number of small, remote islands are having their moment in the spotlight. From the Chagos islands to the South China Sea, a...

Jonathan Cook: Israeli claims about an Iran ‘threat’ were always a lie. Now we have proof

It isn’t Tehran led by unhinged, genocidal megalomaniacs threatening the security of the region and the world. It...

Kāpū Tī with Antony: Confessions of a fringe City Centre local

By Antony Phillips in The Vertical For this edition of Kāpū Tī with Antony, I sit down with journalist...

Cry, my beloved New Zealand. Another Kiwi abandoned to the IDF

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle There was only one moment when I was interviewing him last week that Mousa Taher...

‘He’s Māori!’ Hāhona Ormsby – a New Zealander in the Israeli prison system nightmare

SPECIAL REPORT: By Eugene Doyle I interviewed several of the New Zealanders who, as members of the Global Sumud...

Fijian lawmakers vote for truth telling body to ‘heal coup pains, scars’

RNZ Pacific Fiji’s Parliament has passed a motion for the coalition government to establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission “to facilitate open and free engagement...

IFJ condemns Indonesia over bribery, harassment attempt on RNZ journalist

Pacific Media Watch A Radio New Zealand Pacific journalist has alleged that an Indonesian official attempted to both bribe and intimidate him following an interview...

PNG’s Marape makes foreign policy gaffes over Israel, West Papua

By David Robie, editor of Café Pacific Prime Minister James Marape has made two foreign policy gaffes in the space of a week that may...

Being homeless in PNG is a ‘death sentence’, says Moresby’s Raymond

By Theophiles Singh in Port Moresby Living in the Papua New Guinea capital of Port Moresby without a house or a source of income is...

Milne Bay governor explains secret meeting with notorious PNG gang

By Melyne Baroi in Port Moresby “I will surrender if you guarantee I will not be killed,” says Eugene Pakailasi, who took over leadership of...

PNG leader James Marape denies Papua human rights comments were his

RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has backtracked on his comments that PNG had “no right to comment” on human rights abuses...