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COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Strip away the communiqués about the embattled Strait of Hormuz and look at the data, because in maritime commerce the data never lies. Before the war began in late February, roughly 130 vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz every day. It is the aorta of the global energy system — a
RNZ Pacific reporters Fiji police say a man in his 50s has been taken into custody after he “allegedly issued a threat on social media” to remove the country’s 2013 Constitution or “burn the nation’s capital”. In a statement on Monday, police added that investigations were continuing. “The suspect in his 50s was questioned by
RUGBY: By Iliesa Tora of RNZ Pacific All Blacks captain Ardie Savea jetted out to Samoa on Sunday morning, hours after leading his team to a 40-21 win over Ireland at Eden Park. The former Rongotai College First XV captain and head boy touched down at Faleolo International Airport less than 24 hours after ensuring
Asia Pacific Report Fiji has become the 65th country to establish an “Israel Allies” parliamentary caucus, joining a global network of lawmakers aimed at strengthening political and diplomatic ties with Israel, reports FBC News. The announcement was made by Israel Allies Foundation president Josh Reinstein, who said the newly launched Fiji-Israel Allies Caucus marked another
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean Two American service members are dead. Another is missing. Four more were medically evacuated after Iranian ballistic missiles and drones struck a US base in Jordan on Friday night. The American death toll in this war now stands at 16, with more than 430 wounded. And none of it needed to
Asia Pacific Report “This is the last time you’ll see me… they brought me here to kill me.” These chilling words by detained and tortured Palestinian paediatrician Dr Hussam Abu Safiya were cited by an Amnesty International advocate today at a rally denouncing the failure of New Zealand media to highlight his plight. Dr Abu
COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone The Trump administration has announced a renewed crusade against “far-left terrorism,” which sounds okay if you don’t know that the word “terrorism” only ever means “behavior which goes against the agendas of the Western empire.” The United States has for example placed sanctions on UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese for calling
COMMENTARY: By Saige England Last night I attended a packed meeting in Lyttleton against the takeover attempt by DP World of the Lyttleton Port. This is a local, regional, national, and international issue. The meeting was organised by New Zealanders for A Democratic Economy. It was chaired by John Minto, a long time campaigner for
By Russell Palmer of RNZ The government says it had no influence over $200,000 in funding for a documentary ahead of Fiji’s election about a Fijian cabinet minister facing down a scandal. The Ministry of Pacific Peoples funded the film Algorithm of Shame: In the Village, Everybody Knows was released in May, and tackles the
Australia’s health regulator AHPRA was “forced into a massive capitulation” to adopt the hardcore IHRA definition of antisemitism. Michael West Media investigates. INVESTIGATION: By Wendy Bacon and Stephanie Tran A Zionist doctor has claimed that the Australian health regulator CEO Justin Untersteiner “was forced into a massive capitulation with IHRA”. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation
ANALYSIS: By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific As geopolitical tensions increase in the Pacific region and numerous security alliances are rapidly forged, questions are being raised over whether the Ocean of Peace concept is being hijacked. The Ocean of Peace Declaration was made last year by members of the Pacific Islands Forum, recognising the role
By Margot Staunton of RNZ Pacific Mahendra Chaudhry — a former Fiji prime minister removed from power and held hostage during the 2000 coup — wants George Speight to name those behind the racist takeover. The 84-year-old Labour Party leader, who became Fiji’s first prime minister of Indian heritage in 1999, made the comment after