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By Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific Bougainville Copper Limited has been told its licence for the Panguna copper and gold mine has been suspended. BCL said it was considering its position after the Autonomous Bougainville Government’s Registrar of Tenements advised that as a consequence of new mining legislation the company’s rights under the exploration licence
INTERVIEW: By Ibrahim Othman In an unprecedented move on New Zealand‘s political scene, the Free Palestine Party Aotearoa has been launched with the Palestinian cause at the heart of its political platform, describing it as the foremost moral, political and economic issue in the world today. The party’s launch comes in an election year with
COMMENTARY: By Saige England Being passive must come after being passionate and active. Some know this. Some don’t. So many people still don’t know this. I keep hoping they will learn, know, care and do something. I recall a line about journalism many years ago, that good journalists write the truth about social issues so…
RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea’s ruling PANGU Party says it would support a 15-year transition process for Bougainville, regardless of whether Parliament votes for or against independence. Prime Minister James Marape outlined the proposal in a statement defending PNG’s constitutional process for deciding Bougainville’s political future. Bougainville, which is an autonomous region within PNG, voted
By Christina Persico of RNZ Pacific Ardie Savea has been named All Blacks captain, as head coach Dave Rennie today revealed his first squad at Feilding Yellows Rugby Club. Savea said he would be drawing on the leadership from those around him, and those who have come before, to inspire and ground him. “To serve
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ANALYSIS: By Lim Tean An Israeli cabinet minister has named the new Middle East on live radio — and he named it in alarm. What Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli called the “Türkiye-Qatar-Pakistan axis” is not a threat. It is the architecture of a new regional order. And once you see its logic, you cannot
By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific The Greater Nouméa bus network service will be maintained on New Caledonia’s provincial election day, Sunday June 28, bus operator Tanéo/Mixed Syndicate of Urban Transports (SMTU) has confirmed. The announcement follows complaints by several political parties in the French Pacific territory, with less than two weeks to go before
EDITORIAL: Drop Site News The Free Press, an American news organisation founded by the Zionist editor-in-chief of CBS News, Bari Weiss, and now owned by David Ellison, reported recently that the Trump administration had launched an investigation into Trita Parsi, one of America’s most prominent critics of the US-Israeli war on Iran. The aim is
By Penny Smith of RNZ A New Zealand activist detained as part of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla is calling on the government to launch an independent investigation into allegations of mistreatment by Israeli forces, after Australia launched an inquiry into similar claims involving 11 of its citizens. Hāhona Ormsby, a member of the Global Sumud
Greenpeace Aotearoa The streets of Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, echoed with the sound of people power today. From Aotea Square to the US Consulate on Customs Street, protesters marched shoulder-to-shoulder because they refuse to let Aotearoa become a supply chain for global conflict. The protesters in the March for Peace were demanding that the
Democracy Now! NERMEEN SHAIKH: The United States and Iran have officially signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the war in Iran. The signing came a day ahead of schedule. President Trump signed the agreement at a dinner at the Palace of Versailles hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed