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

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NZ Budget 2026 boosts Pacific aid, defence spending amid security concerns

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Olivia Coote presents a welcome home koha to Global Sumud Flotilla activists Mousa Taher (centre) and Hāhona Ormsby (black cap) at Auckland International Airport
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A group of five Australians who were on board the Gaza freedom flotilla and spoke of the Israeli abuse and violence on their arrival home
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New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers flanked by regional police chiefs and Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu
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New Zealand . . . steadily pushing Pacific regional defence co-operation on a number of fronts
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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating in the Gaza flotilla detainees video
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Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating as security forces mistreat the Global Sumud Flotilla captives
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Palestine Forum slams NZDF share in military exercises with ‘genocidal’ Israel

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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

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

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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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