Politics

‘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...

Protesters demand freedom for 9000+ Palestinian ‘political prisoners’ held hostage by Israel

By David Robie New Zealand protesters in Tāmaki Makaurau today heralded a global demand for the freedom of thousands of Palestinians who have been unlawfully...

UpScrolled – the Australian pro-Palestine platform shaking up global social media

By Agnese Boffano in London As Meta, TikTok, Instagram and X continue to dominate online social spaces, a new platform called UpScrolled has entered the...

Jonathan Cook: Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ is the nail in Gaza’s coffin

Feckless European leaders like Starmer let Israel and the US tear up international law in Gaza. Now, faced with Greenland and Ukraine, they are...

Kalafi Moala: My view of tyrannical Trump

COMMENTARY: By Kalafi Moala As a journalist based in Tonga, I have chosen mostly to refrain from giving a view of US President Donald Trump,...

Gaza peacekeeping deployment – five clear questions Fiji cannot ignore

ANALYSIS: By Jim Sanday The recent announcement by Fiji’s Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs that Fiji will consider contributing troops to a proposed international...

Palestine rally targets NZ companies alleged link to ‘opaque’ supply lines in Gaza genocide

By David Robie Two New Zealand companies were condemned at a pro-Palestinian rally in Auckland today  for their alleged complicity in Israel-US military industrial complex...