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Part of a support poster in the campaign to keep Lyttelton Port in public hands

United Arab Emirates

Saige England: People, environment win DP World showdown – but port predator fight goes on

July 30, 2026

Lyttelton Port . . . controversial DP World-backed Tonui Consortium proposal rejected

United Arab Emirates

Christchurch City Holdings rejects DP World-backed proposal to take over Lyttelton Port

Tehran's parliamentary Speaker, Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf

United Arab Emirates

Lim Tean: Iran’s Ghalibaf warns US war equation is clear – ‘either all or none’

Lyttelton local and environmental campaigner Sara Campbell

United Arab Emirates

Saige England: Capitalism. Colonialism. Why the DP World money trail leads to destruction

The packed public meeting in opposition to the DP World

United Arab Emirates

Saige England: A tale of power being taken from the people and handed to predator companies

The United States bombed Iran over a toll

United Arab Emirates

Lim Tean: The Hormuz ‘guardian’ turns pirate – 20% for tribute

July 14, 2026

"We should first recognise that restarting the war amounts to an admission that Trump’s previous escalatory gambit-- the blockade of the blockade -- has failed."

United Arab Emirates

Trita Parsi: Is Trump poised to restart the Iran war?

May 18, 2026

A Canadian boy tourist holds a Palestinian flag aloft signalling to "no war" protesters on Devonport wharf

United Arab Emirates

Iran war fallout – Trump is going to Beijing on bended...

May 10, 2026

Tehran believes the United Arab Emirates has been playing an active role in the US-Israeli war on Iran

United Arab Emirates

Divide and rule – how UAE is Israel’s ‘Trojan horse’ in...

April 15, 2026

CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29

Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"

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COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm

Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

BEARING WITNESS

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin

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Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire

Analysis

Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide

Analysis

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"

Analysis

Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence

Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society

APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.

APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)

APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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The author, Laurens Ikinia, with extended whānau - family (he is pictured fourth from left)

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Auckland's new metro rail station Karanga-a-hape

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‘Just lovely’: Karanga-a-Hape train station delights locals and visitors on open...

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Cook Islands

Two-way battle – no clear majority as Cook Islands prepares for...

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The author, Laurens Ikinia, with extended whānau - family (he is pictured fourth from left)

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Fiji’s Palestine solidarity group queries ‘unprecedented’ security for Israeli embassy

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Regionalism and consensus are the best safeguards

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Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

Jacinda Ardern

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Gordon Campbell: Media collusion with National’s attack lines the real disgrace

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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