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The Castle Bravo test was 1000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima
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The Rainbow Warrior saga. Part 2: Nuclear refugees in the Pacific – the evacuation of Rongelap

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West Papua human rights advocate and independence leader Octo Mote
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PSNA co-chairs John Minto and Maher Nazzal said the referral “carefully outlines a case that six NZ individuals should be investigated”
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Iranian and Palestinian flags at a solidarity rally in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland today
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Arab members of the Global March To Gaza were the targets of the most dramatic and violent excesses committed by the Egyptian authorities
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Egyptian crackdown on Gaza blockade busters but Kiwi activists vow to...

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Justice For Palestine
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95 lawyers demand stronger NZ stand over Israel amid Middle East...

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June 18, 2025
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Thai advocate and Miss Earth Thailand, Baitong Jareerat, calls for ocean protection
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‘Be brave’ warning to nations against deepsea mining from UNOC

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Palestinian advocate Issa Amro
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Eugene Doyle: Team Genocide and the West’s war on Iran

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Proof of the failure of Western media came this week with the coverage of Israel’s brazen act of piracy against a UK-flagged ship, the Madleen
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Greta Thunberg tried to shame Western leaders – and found they...

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June 13, 2025
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Ponsonby post office shop
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‘Gutting the Ponsonby community’: Locals say post office should stay open

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June 11, 2025
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Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer at a pro-Palestinian rally outside the NZ Parliament
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Te Pāti Māori condemns Israel for Gaza ‘horrific violence’ over Madleen...

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Nine of the 12 Madleen crew members before they were kidnapped by the Israeli military
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Amnesty slams Israel for flouting international law with ‘chilling contempt’ over...

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Drones light up the night sky in Nice with a "One Ocean" message as a prelude to the UN Oceans conference
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Pacific civil society groups challenge France over hosting UN oceans event...

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For more than 20 months, Israeli authorities have barred foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip, and the Israeli military have killed nearly 200 Palestinian journalists
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Gaza plea: RSF, CPJ and 150+ media outlets call on Israel...

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June 8, 2025
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Ponsonby Post Office in Three Lamps
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Ponsonby community up in arms over impending post office closure

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June 7, 2025
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Mele Ikiua with four of her five children: Eunique Ikiua (from left), Kaira-Jo Talagi-Ikiua, Topui Jnr Talagi-Ikiua, Mele, and Hannah Edwards-Ikiua
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June 2, 2025
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NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters
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Why NZ must act against Israel’s ethnic cleansing and genocide

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May 29, 2025
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NBC managing director Kora Nou
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Papua New Guinea seeks ‘fast track’ advice on resurrecting shortwave radio

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A truck laden with humanitarian aid for Gaza
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PSNA condemns NZ’s ‘indifference to mass murder’ as Israel blocks aid...

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May 27, 2025
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The Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World . . . a call at the UN for global awareness, not only about atomic bomb victims, but also of the Fukushima wastewater release
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Activists call for Pacific nuclear justice, global unity and victim support

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May 26, 2025
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Motarilavoa Hilda Lini
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Motarilavoa Hilda Lini, ‘a trailblazer’ for Vanuatu women in politics, dies

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May 26, 2025
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New Zealand's Governor-General, Dame Cindy Kiro, with journalist and educator Dr David Robie at the investiture ceremony
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Asia Pacific Report editor honoured for contribution to Pacific journalism

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The 1 May 2025 report by Talamua Online that led to the criminal libel case
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Punitive criminal libel charge against Samoan journalist draws flurry of criticism

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May 23, 2025
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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29
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