Opinion

‘We’re under attack!’ – the night the Israelis struck the Global Sumud Flotilla

SPECIAL REPORT:  By Eugene Doyle New Zealander Jay O’Connor had finished a long but satisfying day as a crew member aboard Eros 1, one of dozens of vessels that formed...

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...

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...

Amid Kanaky New Caledonia’s unrest, I saw first-hand the same colonial white privilege that caused it

“In the aftermath of the ‘No’ denying an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in Australia, I deeply sympathise with the Kanak people’s frustration, fear, and...

ICJ Ruling: Analysis of World Court order to Israel to immediately halt military offensive in Rafah

SPECIAL REPORT: Democracy Now! The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to halt its military offensive in Rafah. The court ruled on Friday that...

Open letter from Kanaky: Things are really bad, we need to speed up decolonisation

OPEN LETTER: By a Kanak from Aotearoa New Zealand in Kanaky New Caledonia I’ve been trying to feel cool and nice on this beautiful sunny...

Media fuss over stranded tourists, but Kanaks face existential struggle

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle “Only the struggle counts . . .  death is nothing.”  Éloi Machoro — “the Che Guevara of the Pacific” — said...

‘France lost the plot’ – journalist David Robie on Kanaky New Caledonia riots

By Lydia Lewis Liberation “must come” for Kanaky New Caledonia, says one of the few New Zealand journalists who have worked consistently on stories across...

Fiji’s Jo Nata reflects on the 2000 coup: ‘We let the racism genie out of the bottle’

SPECIAL REPORT: Islands Business in Suva Today is the 24th anniversary of renegade and failed businessman George Speight’s coup in 2000 Fiji. The elected coalition...