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Fiji protesters in support of a "Free West Papua"
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Te Mareikura Whakataka Brightwell
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Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark
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Arab members of the Global March To Gaza were the targets of the most dramatic and violent excesses committed by the Egyptian authorities
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Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer at a pro-Palestinian rally outside the NZ Parliament
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Te Pāti Māori's Rawiri Waititi (from left), Hana Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer . . . punished
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"On top of her bold activism, Hilda LINI was also a mother to us."
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Motarilavoa Hilda Lini – strong, passionate fighter for decolonisation, nuclear-free Pacific

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Although New Caledonia is one of New Zealand’s closest neighbours, the French colony feels very isolated from the rest of the Pacific
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Kanak community leader Jean Baptiste
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