Politics

Caitlin Johnstone: The New York Times finally stops avoiding the g-word

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The New York Times has published an op-ed by a genocide scholar who says that he resisted acknowledging the truth of what Israel is doing in...

David Robie: New Zealand must do more for Pacific and confront nuclear powers

By Susana Suisuiki and Lydia Lewis The New Zealand government needs to do more for its Pacific Island neighbours...

Phil Twyford: Legends of the Pacific: Stories of a Nuclear-Free Moana 1975-1995

MP Phil Twyford's speech while opening the Legends of the Pacific: Stories of a Nuclear-Free Moana 1975-1995 exhibition...

David Robie condemns ‘callous’ health legacy of French, US nuclear bomb tests in Pacific

Asia Pacific Report A journalist who was on the Rainbow Warrior voyage to Rongelap last night condemned France for...

David Robie and the Rainbow Warrior: Why independent, impactful journalism is so vital

SPEECH: By David Robie at the Eyes of Fire book launch, 10 July 2025 Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā...

Pacific journos urged not to let geopolitics ‘skew their narratives’

RNZ Pacific The editor of the Marshall Islands Journal, Giff Johnson, is urging Pacific journalists not to be swayed by geopolitical narratives and to stay...

‘A win for all Kanak people,’ says first indigenous Harvard graduate

By Finau Fonua New Caledonian Joe Xulue has made history by becoming the first person of Kanak heritage to graduate from Harvard University in the...

Critical D-day over Papua governor Lukas Enembe’s legal nightmare?

SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya Next month, on July 10, six months will have passed since Papua’s Governor Lukas Enembe was “kidnapped” and flown to...

Mediawatch: Further fallout as RNZ takes out the ‘Kremlin garbage’

External experts are poring over the “inappropriate editing” of international news published online by RNZ. It has already tightened editorial checks and stood down...

Richard Naidu: Money, politics and fear – yet FFP’s millions still weren’t enough

ANALYSIS: By Richard Naidu in Suva It has been six months now, but I have to make a strange admission. I miss the laughs I...

West Papua’s customary region leaders back full MSG membership

Asia Pacific Report Seven executives representing all the customary regions of West Papua have declared their support for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua...