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The Epstein Files
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Attitudes such as ignoring the suffering of Gaza yield the same harvest everywhere: dehumanisation, insecurity, and the corrosion of civic trust
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Academics call for divestment from NZ pensions fund implicated in Gaza

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"It would not come as a shock to any of the students I teach in prison. Militarised police in poor urban neighborhoods kick down doors without warrants and kill with the same impunity and lack of accountability"
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While Australia's Palestine Action Group plans protests against the visit of the Israeli President Isaac Herzog
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"Cowardice may be disguised by violence but is demeaning"
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"ME the People."
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"Fiji’s peacekeepers have historically operated where communities accepted their role"
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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

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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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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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