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A protester at the Anzac Day rally in Auckland Tamaki Makaurau today
Cook Islands

PSNA calls on McKee to condemn Israel’s bulldozing of NZ war graves in Gaza

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April 25, 2026
TVNZ 1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver
Cook Islands

‘There’s volatile times ahead’ for the Pacific, warns Barbara Dreaver

1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver
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Journalist Barbara Dreaver’s memoir on three decades reporting from the Pacific

New All Blacks head coach Dave Rennie
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‘I know she’d be really proud’ – NZ’s first Pasifika heritage All Blacks coach

NZ First leader Winston Peters (left) and Labour leader Chris Hipkins
Cook Islands

Labour’s Chris Hipkins accuses Winston Peters of ‘pure racism’ in Parliament

"Tahiti is mentioned in various email exchanges involving Epstein"
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‘The girl from Tahiti’ – Pacific Islands in the Epstein files

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February 16, 2026
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French sailors hunker down in an inflatable
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French shrug off cocaine case costs with new smugglers ‘strategy’

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Taiātea Symposium at Waitangi 2026
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Indigenous and Pacific leaders unite at Waitangi with shared messages on...

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February 5, 2026
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The Cook Islands Maritime Authority says the Bertha is deceptively continuing to use Cook Islands Identifiers
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Sanctioned oil tanker falsely using Cook Islands flag, authority says

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January 8, 2026
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Cook Island activists peacefully confront the Nautilus at Rarotonga port last month, holding banners proclaiming "Don’t Mine The Moana"
Cook Islands

Growing local opposition to seabed mining decision has forced Cook Islands...

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November 13, 2025
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Cook Islands activists confront the EV Nautilus on its return to Rarotonga
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Not enough known about seafloor to begin mining, says Cook Is...

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November 3, 2025
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Cook Island activists peacefully confront the Nautilus
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Pacific protesters against deep sea mining challenge US exploration ship

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October 22, 2025
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Prime Minister Mark Brown says the New Zealand-Cook Islands relationship is too strong
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Mark Brown rejects talk of ‘strategic shift’ in Cook Islands-New Zealand...

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August 6, 2025
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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters with Minister for Pacific Peoples Shane Reti celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Cook Islands constitution in Tāmaki Makaurau
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‘Right to choose’ key to Cook Islands-NZ relationship, says Peters

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August 4, 2025
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The streets of Avarua came alive with colour and culture to kick off the Te Maeva Nui 2025 celebrations
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‘People have stopped using it’: Culture secretary warns of complacency over...

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August 4, 2025
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Porirua Cemetery manager Daniel Chrisp speaks at the Family Forum beside the chapel, as Mayor Anita Baker and whānau gather to honour 1800 patients buried in unmarked graves
Cook Islands

Pacific leaders demand respectful involvement in memorial for unmarked graves

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July 21, 2025
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The Cook Islands' outer islands, or Pa Enua, are emptying as people make the pilgrimage to Rarotonga for constitution celebrations
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Cook Islanders flock from outer islands for 60th anniversary celebrations

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July 21, 2025
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Cook Islands will mark 60 years of self-governance in free association with New Zealand on August 4
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Luxon and Peters to miss Cook Islands’ 60th Constitution Day celebrations

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July 15, 2025
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Under the Cook Islands constitution, New Zealand cannot pass laws for the Cook Islands
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Nearly half of Kiwis oppose automatic citizenship for Cook Islands, says...

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June 25, 2025
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A Cook Islands resident, Jackie Tuara,
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Former New Zealand PM Helen Clark blames Cook Islands for crisis

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June 21, 2025
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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
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Mark Brown: Cook Islands ‘not consulted’ on NZ-China agreements

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June 20, 2025
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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown (left) and NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters
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Why New Zealand has paused funding to the Cook Islands over...

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June 19, 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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Pasifika recipients say King’s Birthday honours not just theirs alone

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June 2, 2025
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The Cook Islands has declared an outbreak of the viral infection dengue fever
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Pacific dengue cases surge but don’t cancel your holiday yet, says...

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May 25, 2025
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Former Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General Henry Puna
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Environmentalists question Henry Puna’s role in deep sea mining firm

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May 19, 2025
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Hundreds of people peacefully rallied at sea to protect the ocean from seabed activities in August 2024
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Cook Islands environment group calls on govt to condemn Trump’s seabed...

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May 6, 2025
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Greenpeace International activists display a banner in front of the Maersk Launcher
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Trump signs ‘deeply dangerous’ order to fast-track deep sea mining

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April 25, 2025
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Pacific verdict on COP29
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COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

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
Coronavirus

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

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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
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"The end of the US Empire, led by an impetuous and clueless President Donald Trump, is irreversible."
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"The end of the US Empire, led by an impetuous and clueless President Donald Trump, is irreversible."
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Chris Hedges: Gaza and Iran – the rise of the Global...

Al Jazeera English’s Open Source Unit reports on the land Illegally in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria taken over by the Israeli military
Asia Report

How the Israeli military is illegally grabbing land ‘everywhere’

Joseph Vaa, 27, admitted gunning down suspected "Coconut Cartel" ringleader Lorenzo Lemalu Tovia outside a restaurant last week. Vaa's associate, Steve Tofa, 23, has confessed to being his accomplice in the shooting
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"The face of courage vs the face of evil"

‘He’s Māori!’ Hāhona Ormsby – a New Zealander in the Israeli...

May 29, 2026
"The end of the US Empire, led by an impetuous and clueless President Donald Trump, is irreversible."

Chris Hedges: Gaza and Iran – the rise of the Global...

May 29, 2026
Al Jazeera English’s Open Source Unit reports on the land Illegally in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria taken over by the Israeli military

How the Israeli military is illegally grabbing land ‘everywhere’

May 29, 2026
Joseph Vaa, 27, admitted gunning down suspected "Coconut Cartel" ringleader Lorenzo Lemalu Tovia outside a restaurant last week. Vaa's associate, Steve Tofa, 23, has confessed to being his accomplice in the shooting

Samoan nationals could face death penalty over ‘Coconut Cartel’ killing in...

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