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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

Matariki dawn

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‘This is when we came of age’, says Māori leader on...

June 24, 2022

Anjum Rahman, project lead of the Inclusive Aotearoa Collective Tāhono

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Defend NZ’s ‘fragile democracy’ by tackling disinformation, says advocate

October 13, 2022

Former Tahitian President Gaston Flosse

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French judiciary drop forgery, fraud case against Tahiti’s Flosse

December 5, 2022

A hīkoi in Dargaville was held amid the stoush between Kaipara Mayor Craig Jepson and Māori ward councillor Pera Paniora

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Local Democracy Reporting: Secret plans, health chaos, climate change among NZ’s...

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December 28, 2022

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Max Lane brings millennial generation closer to works of Pramoedya

October 8, 2017

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New PM Hou in Solomon Islands pledges to fight corruption

November 15, 2017

Twin flags of Kanaky and France

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New Caledonia, France need a new plan to break sovereignty stalemate

April 11, 2023

PNG Trade Minister Richard Maru

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PNG’s trade minister ‘fed up’ with Canberra, eyeing China for future

June 20, 2023

Palestinians and community supporters mourn the deaths in the Gaza hospital bombing

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War on Gaza: Bombed hospital a turning point? Hegemonic security v...

October 19, 2023

Former Cook Islands National Environment Service (NES) director Nga Puna

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Cook Islands deputy PM, 2 former officials found guilty of corruption

February 2, 2024

The Hawai'i vote for Gaza round one

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Pacific state of Hawai’i first in US to pass dual Gaza...

April 30, 2024

PNG Speaker Job Pomat

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Marape confident he is in control in PNG and will not...

November 17, 2020

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Christchurch commission’s call to improve NZ social cohesion is its hardest...

December 9, 2020

Boycott Israel 2015

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NZ Super Fund dumps Israeli banks for funding settlements in Palestine

March 12, 2021

Indonesian soldiers on patrol in West Papua

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‘Don’t trust Indonesian military,’ says OPM warning civilians to leave conflict

June 27, 2021

PNG anti-corruption drive

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European Union gives PNG K21m boost for anti-corruption project

August 9, 2021

Magenta vaccination centre

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New Caledonia seeks French military support to deal with covid-19 outbreak

October 13, 2021

NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

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NZ to move to red light setting tonight at midnight over...

January 23, 2022

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‘With togetherness, we overcome,’ says NZ’s Ardern on Waitangi Day

February 6, 2022

Justice for Palestine did a "guerilla projection" of the Palestinian flag on Te Papa

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Memo MFAT, media and Mayor Foster, time to outgrow your Jewish...

May 18, 2022

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PNG’s national court orders temporary stay on student eviction

May 27, 2016

Victor Mambor

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Indonesia faces chance to prove it is more ‘journalist-friendly’ in 2017

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December 16, 2016

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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

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

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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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Dr Hussam Abu Safiya

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‘If we don’t save Dr Abu Safiya, he’ll die in prison’...

PNG Prime Minister James Marape

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‘Stop firing missiles in our ocean’ – Pacific reacts to China...

A "Stop RIMPAC forever" poster.

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RIMPAC 2026: Part 2 – Hawai’ian activist torpedoes lies about US...

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

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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

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

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Lim Tean: The Hormuz bone – why Iran will not let...

Pacific Elders Voice group's chair Anote Tong

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Pacific at a crossroads amid growing geopolitical tension, says former leaders’...

PNG Prime Minister James Marape

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‘Stop firing missiles in our ocean’ – Pacific reacts to China...

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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

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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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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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‘They’re scum.’ F bombs and real bombs. Trump completely outclassed by...

Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jnr

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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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Lim Tean: The Hormuz bone – why Iran will not let...