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In Dunedin Ōtepoti yesterday . . . walking from St Kilda beach to St Clair beach, Palestine will be free

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John Minto: The shame of NZ’s betrayal of Gaza’s children

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July 5, 2026

"Bread and bullets" by Mr Fish

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Chris Hedges: Requiem for America on the Fourth of July

"For Israeli diplomacy, the enemy is never merely the armed adversary"

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Monsters playing victims – how Israel’s Danny Danon twists his war on the truth

A TPNPB resistance fighter stands guard on the charred aircraft remains

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Fears of more conflict in West Papua after American pilot killed

An artists' impression of the controversial Southland AI "data factory"

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Time to pull plug on power-hungry ‘bludger’ AI data centres, says CAFCA

Sidelined PNG Justice Secretary Dr Eric Kwa (centre) pictured with his lawyer Emmanuel Asigau

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PNG court acquits Dr Kwa in Moresby alleged dangerous driving case

July 15, 2023

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Ex-minister Marape declares rival camp ‘steadfast’ in O’Neill challenge

May 6, 2019

French TV crew arrested

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RSF demands Australian police drop charges against French TV crew

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July 23, 2019

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Timor-Leste turns 20: Colonial past feeds problems of neocolonial present

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August 30, 2019

NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon protest at Big Gay Out

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PM Luxon leaves Big Gay Out abruptly after heated Gaza war...

February 18, 2024

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Former Fiji PM Laisenia Qarase ousted in 2006 coup dies at...

April 21, 2020

Governor Ralph Torres

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Pacific US territory leaders denounce the storming of Capitol Hill

January 9, 2021

Professor Pal Ahluwalia 2

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Politicians, educators, advocates blast Fiji’s ‘barbaric’ expulsion of USP head

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February 4, 2021

Tahitian Family Minister Isabelle Sachet

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Pacific women talk about ‘precarious situation’ over covid, climate and rights

April 28, 2021

Ma'ohi Nui's covid second wave

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Covid-19 delta pandemic a Trojan horse to extend French colonialism

September 30, 2021

Simona Marinescu (right) with former Samoa PM Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi

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UN relationship with Samoa under a cloud over ‘political breaches’

November 29, 2021

Professor Nick Wilson

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NZ may need to tighten borders further to keep omicron at...

December 21, 2021

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in Queenstown

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‘Warmest welcome you can imagine’ – Ardern opens NZ doors to...

March 18, 2022

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‘Baseless accusations’ in Fiji police witchhunt, says former intelligence chief

April 3, 2016

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Images: Ethnic communities engage – let’s develop and grow

May 1, 2016

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Duterte challenged – end Philippines rights violations, say campaigners

May 14, 2016

NZ immigration policy

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NZ’s fast-track residency plans overlook Pacific, say Greens

May 17, 2022

Vanuatu passports

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Switzerland bans most Vanuatu visa free entry over ‘golden threat’

June 15, 2022

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Student leader criticises drop in Papuan intake for admin school

July 8, 2016

Seven containers seized by PNG police

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PNG police stop seven trucks and seize ‘sensitive’ election materials

June 27, 2022

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Neoliberalism poisoned climate action and renewables are the antidote

August 3, 2016

Central Province voters in the PNG elections

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PNG’s capital residents shocked with second deferral of polling day

July 7, 2022

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CLIMATE AND COVID

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

CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr

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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

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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

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

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27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior

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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

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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

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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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Greenpeace Aotearoa held a dawn ceremony on board the Rainbow Warrior III 10 July 2025 commemorating the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior and the death of photographer Fernando Pereira

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Greenpeace Aotearoa held a dawn ceremony on board the Rainbow Warrior III 10 July 2025 commemorating the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior and the death of photographer Fernando Pereira

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Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

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Greenpeace Aotearoa held a dawn ceremony on board the Rainbow Warrior III 10 July 2025 commemorating the 40th anniversary of the bombing of the original Rainbow Warrior and the death of photographer Fernando Pereira

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Rainbow Warrior bombing by French secret agents remembered 41 years on

Tehran doesn't answer vulgarity with vulgarity

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Palau’s President warns of rising nuclear anxiety in the Pacific, after...

Understand what is actually being contested here. This is not about tankers. It is about governance

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