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Columnist and Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa John Minto

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John Minto: The first casualty of war is truth – the rest are mostly civilians

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June 6, 2024

Nour Odeh, political analyst and former spokeswoman for the Palestinian National Authority, on Al Jazeera's Inside Story

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John Minto: Israeli attacks on Al Aqsa mosque – and the failings of media

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Michael Neilson: Time for Pakeha to take politics out of te reo Māori

US elections

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Nightmare ‘haunts US dream’, says leading NZ newspaper

Flashback to 15 March 2019:

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Far-right extremists still threaten NZ, a year on from Christchurch attacks

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (right) and Foreign Minister Winston Peters (left)

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Gordon Campbell: The lack of spine in New Zealand’s foreign policy...

August 16, 2025

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Bryan Kramer: PM says PNG revolt ‘isn’t over’ – I say...

November 13, 2020

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

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

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April 22, 2026

"His favourite merchant." - Mr Fish

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Chris Hedges: The betrayal of Palestinian journalists

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September 3, 2025

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Media raids raise questions of police power over journalists, whistleblowers

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June 7, 2019

Under international law -- if anyone still pays attention to such things -- the Iranians have a strong case

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Eugene Doyle: Iran demands hundreds of billions in reparations for being...

April 27, 2026

A Papuan protest against the "criminalisation" of Governor Lukas Enembe of Papua province

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Papua governor Lukas Enembe’s legal drama and tragedy in Jakarta

June 25, 2023

West Papua protest

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West Papua riots: Why Indonesia needs to answer for its broken...

August 22, 2019

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on a hospital visit in January

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NZ deserves far more respect for keeping covid deaths so low

February 4, 2022

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens was photographed with his rebel captors in Indonesia's Papua region

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I was involved in stalled talks to free kidnapped NZ pilot...

June 15, 2023

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Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka: Don’t be bullied, Indonesia is not Melanesia

May 28, 2016

A New Zealand soldier on patrol in Bamiyan Province

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New Zealand should never have joined the war in Afghanistan

August 19, 2021

Donald Trump

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With re-election hopes fading, Trump tries for an election win in...

November 6, 2020

Iranian and Palestinian flags at a solidarity rally in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland today

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Eugene Doyle: Why Asia-Pacific should be cheering for Iran and not...

June 28, 2025

Papuan environmental and human rights lawyer Yan Christian Warinussy

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From Papua to Gaza, military occupation leads to ‘ecocide’ – climate...

August 14, 2024

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Farewell to a pioneer – a tribute from the Vanuatu Daily...

December 19, 2015

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Wadan Narsey: Are there two sets of prosecuting rules in Fiji?

February 2, 2017

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#COP21: Expert warns climate crisis worse than we think, scientists self-censoring...

December 9, 2015

A mourner attends the funeral of child killed in a strike on a primary school in Minab, Hormozgan province, at the start of the US-Israel war on Iran

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165 massacred schoolgirls in Iran – and the silence that exposes...

March 8, 2026

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Post-coup Rabuka crackdown as seen from Fiji Times editor’s ‘hot seat’

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April 23, 2017

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Donors have opened up their hearts and wallets, but too often...

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August 10, 2015

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Kalafi Moala: A word on the Samoa Observer suicide report

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June 27, 2016

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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"

Asia Report

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

Analysis

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent

Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson

Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate

Analysis

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all

Coronavirus

NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants

Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

BEARING WITNESS

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

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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

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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"

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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...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016

APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

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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.

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

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)

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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)

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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Children have clear advice for politicians at Auckland's March for Peace

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The whistleblowing soldiers of 1967 admitted their job was not to “fight the enemy” – or “eradicate the terrorists”, as Israeli leaders now term it. It was to kill and terrorise Palestinian civilians

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Jonathan Cook: How Israel planned the Gaza genocide decades ago

Gaza flotilla humanitarian activist Hāhona Ormsby

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‘Take this seriously’ – flotilla activist claims beating allegations ignored by...

Iran deal proves one thing

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Trump went to war against Iran and got a deal far...

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The March for Peace in Auckland, New Zealand, on June 20

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The new Middle East: How the Old Order died and what...

Gaza flotilla humanitarian activist Hāhona Ormsby

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Iranian American international affairs professor Vali Nasr

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Australia

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

Global

Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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The March for Peace in Auckland, New Zealand, on June 20

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The new Middle East: How the Old Order died and what...

An AI-generated image depicting Trita Parsi being arrested by ICE agents

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Drop Site News: Stand with analyst Trita Parsi against deportation from...

Gaza flotilla humanitarian activist Hāhona Ormsby

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Children have clear advice for politicians at Auckland's March for Peace

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