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Author Nicky Hager at the launch of his latest book Dirty Work
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A banner at today's rally in Auckland's Te Komititanga Square
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Thai protesters gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok condemn the behaviour of Israeli tourists
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September 11, 2026
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TSIMA reporting from Palau - today's story in the Torres News
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The United Kingdom, France and Canada announced they would ban imports of Israeli products which originated from the illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank
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Gaza and West Bank atrocities by Israel
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KNPB international spokesperson Victor Yeimo
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West Papuan group urges Jakarta to put words into action on...

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Fiji's Lautoka City Council says it has started in collaboration with the Fiji Police Force
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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) activist Neil Scott
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NZ left parties condemn Luxon govt on lack of humanity, ‘complicity’...

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"Gaza is not for sale" . . . the spray painted slogan at President Trump’s Turnberry golf resort
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Palestine Action activists face ‘terror’ charges over Trump golf resort spray-painting

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You start pulling on one thread and then the whole thing unravels
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Caitlin Johnstone: All it takes is one crack in the lie...

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Thai Mai Thon members delivered a protest letter to the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok
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Thai protesters picket Israeli embassy over tourist harassment

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"The fact that you can sling around libel without evidence in the largest newspapers in Australia gives us a window into how discussion of basic Palestinian rights is shut down"
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NSW Premier Chris Minns
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Indonesian police fire water cannon and tear gas on West Papuan demonstrators at Perumnas III Waena, Heram District, Jayapura City, Papua
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Large demos across West Papua meet with mixed responses by police

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Carlile House in Auckland's Grey Lynn
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Pacific verdict on COP29
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A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
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Pacific Climate Warriors
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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent
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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
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Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
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Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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