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Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian
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Pezeshkian speaks from the heart, but with legal, moral and strategic clarity

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PINA president Kalafi Moala
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Author Naomi Klein . . . "Either you bunker - either you just protect you and yours - or . . .
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‘End Times Fascism’ – Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor on billionaires, bunkers,...

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A pro-Palestine protest against Israeli genocide in Gaza and the illegal settlements in the West Bank in Auckland
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The case for NZ joining the UK in sanctioning Israel over...

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The Panguna mine arson attack
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Two shot, several arrested in clashes after Panguna mine arson

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September 15, 2026
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The Panguna mine arson attack
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Mining company’s equipment targeted in Panguna arson attack

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September 13, 2026
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Vandalised Nikao Cemetery
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Cook Islands war veterans’ graves vandalised at historic Rarotonga cemetery

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September 11, 2026
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An United Israel Appeal tour
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Labor and Coalition vote down bill to strip tax breaks from...

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Maltese authorities must implement the long overdue measures protecting journalists and media freedom
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RSF slams ‘outrageous’ failure to bring justice 9 years after killing...

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September 9, 2026
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Pro-Palestine protesters at a rally in Auckland last weekend
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Solidarity group condemns surge in anti-Palestine violence in NZ

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September 8, 2026
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An Israeli military offensive in January 2024 damaged parts of the Deir El Belah War Cemetery
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Māori and Pacific soldiers’ final resting place in Gaza – don’t...

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September 7, 2026
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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir . . . visiting the construction site of a gallows being built to hang Palestinians
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‘Bloodthirsty psychopath’ – Israel’s Ben-Gvir touts viewing booths at gallows for...

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August 21, 2026
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After two years of denial, Israel has officially admitted firing on the 5-year-old Hind Rajab’s car
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Palestinian theologian warns against trusting Israel over Hind, medics killings probe

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August 20, 2026
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Defenders of the International Criminal Court, led by the pan-European group Eumans, rally in Rome
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Killed Fiji military detainee Jone Vakarisi
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Four months on, still no charges in death of man in...

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August 18, 2026
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Government and corporate elites and states can continue to support Israel militarily and economically only as long as establishment media continue to rehearse the lies, falsifications, and denials of its genocide in Gaza
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Why can’t Israel be held accountable for its genocide in Gaza?...

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August 17, 2026
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112 members of two Palestinian families - Al-Hasayneh and Abu Sharia - have been buried in Gaza
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Gaza genocide: Mourning the 112 victims of two families of Israeli...

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August 6, 2026
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Public broadcaster Television New Zealand
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John Minto: When TVNZ’s Israeli ‘counter-terrorism’ op against Palestinians is actually...

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The International Court of Justice in The Hague
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Eugene Doyle: Sex crimes, Karim Khan and the West’s war on...

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July 26, 2026
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A Nile crocodile, the creature to be deployed in Israel's Ketziot Prison moat
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Media avoids Israel’s sadism like a crocodile-infested moat

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July 22, 2026
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
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Why the Trump administration is running scared of the global criminal...

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July 22, 2026
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The International Criminal Court in The Hague
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NZ called on to back international law in ICC vote –...

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July 21, 2026
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Suspect in his 50s is in custody and being questioned
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Fiji police arrest man over alleged social media threat to ‘burn...

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July 20, 2026
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Fiji's Labour Party leader and a former prime minister Mahendra Chaudhry
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‘Race was used as a weapon’ – Fiji coup frontman urged...

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July 16, 2026
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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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COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm
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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

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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Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide
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"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"
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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

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