Politics

Fiji’s media win in World Press Freedom Index overshadowed by threats and court summons

By Khalia Strong of PMN News Fiji has shot up the world rankings for press freedom but the victory feels hollow as journalists across the Pacific face a wave of...

Pacific political caricatures: Why criticising a leader’s actions isn’t a personal attack

POLITICAL CARTOONS: By Campion Ohasio My name is Campion Ohasio, and I am currently the only political cartoonist in...

After Israel’s brutal attack on Kiwis the NZ government does nothing

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Kiwi Julien Blondel’s face may be bloodied but it is unbowed. So far the New...

Global Sumud Flotilla calls on NZ govt to intervene after Israeli interception

RNZ News The Global Sumud Flotilla is demanding the New Zealand government intervene to uphold international law, after being...

Israel’s diabolical killing machine and how it targets journalists

As World Press Freedom Day rapidly approaches and Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Israeli government for its...

Latest Kiwi crew to join Gaza Freedom Flotilla leaves today to join the Handala

Asia Pacific Report New Zealand activists Youssef Sammour and Rana Hamida have been selected to join the volunteer crew on the international Freedom Flotilla ship...

Defend ‘Pacific voice’ over geopolitics, climate crisis – keep pressure on decolonisation, says David Robie

By Monika Singh in Suva New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM) awardee Professor David Robie has called on young journalists to see journalism as a...

Israel kills 274 plus Palestinians to rescue 4 captives – US allegedly involved in operation

SPECIAL REPORT: By Yumna Patel At least 274 Palestinians were killed and more than 698 others were wounded on Saturday in the central Gaza Strip,...

Caitlin Johnstone: Everything about Israel is fake

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Everything about Israel is fake. It’s a completely synthetic nation created without any regard for the organic sociopolitical movements of the...

Gaza could change everything. The War on Terror faces international justice.

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Could the final act of the US Global War on Terror (GWOT) be the conviction of a US President for terrorism? ...

Jimmy Naouna: Macron’s handling of Kanaky New Caledonia isn’t working – we need a new way

COMMENTARY: By Jimmy Naouna in Nouméa The unrest that has gripped Kanaky New Caledonia is the direct result of French President Emmanuel Macron’s partisan and...