Independent Analysis and Reportage
By Christina Persico of RNZ Pacific The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) has formally outlined its final position on its political future, proposing a three-stage pathway towards self-government and eventual independence. President Ishmael Toroama presented its position to the independent facilitator who is overseeing the joint technical consultations between the ABG and the Papua New Guinea
COMMENTARY: By Saige England Good on the Jewish Council of Australia (JCA) for its submission to the Royal Commission. The New Zealand Jewish Council is so very different to the Jewish Council in Australia. The latter has far larger numbers and more clout, over there at least. The NZ Jewish Council has clout and applies
PROFILE: By Mong Palatino Global Voices has interviewed veteran Aotearoa New Zealand writer and educator David Robie who discussed the state of Pacific media, journalism education, and the role of the press in addressing decolonisation and the climate crisis. Professor Robie was among the 2024 New Zealand Order of Merit awardees and on the inaugural…
Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: In Britain, Keir Starmer has announced his resignation as prime minister and leader of the Labour Party following growing pressure from within the Labour Party to step down. Starmer spoke earlier on Monday: PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER: The chance to change the lives of millions of people for the better, that’s
By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific The French High Commission in New Caledonia has banned all alcohol sales until next Sunday — June 28, the provincial elections day. The ban enforcement started on Monday and will last until Sunday at midnight, local time. The ban concerns the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages.
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
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