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Gaza freedom flotilla activist Hāhona Ormsby (right) being welcomed home at Auckland International Airport on Sunday

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‘Is it NZ First, or Israel First?’ Ormsby challenges NZ foreign minister Peters

June 18, 2026

Gaza Sumud flotilla survivors: Juliet Lamont, Isla Lamont, Neve O'Connor

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A world first: Australia will now investigate Israel over Gaza flotilla brutality

PSNA national organiser John Minto

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Veteran activist John Minto gets $10,000 from NZ police after unlawful pro-Palestine arrest

The whistleblowing soldiers of 1967 admitted their job was not to “fight the enemy” – or “eradicate the terrorists”, as Israeli leaders now term it. It was to kill and terrorise Palestinian civilians

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Jonathan Cook: How Israel planned the Gaza genocide decades ago

An educational in-depth view of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monumen

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Trump’s fishing decision threatens Pacific communities, NGO warns

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Opposition MP accuses O’Neill govt of ‘bribing’ ahead of no-confidence vote

July 19, 2016

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Solomon Islands decision to rearm police sparks heated debate

November 25, 2016

Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki, founder of the Freedoms NZ party

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Refusing to rule out working with Brian Tamaki, Luxon gives NZ’s...

August 26, 2022

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Fiji’s opposition NFP calls for dismissal of media authority chief

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April 12, 2017

The PNG goverment lockout over rents

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‘Mexican standoff’ ends, as PNG court orders locks removed over unpaid...

October 10, 2022

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Paris climate agreement ‘still best avenue’ for solutions, says Forum

June 4, 2017

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150 reported arrested in new West Papua crackdown on activists

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July 10, 2017

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Public interest journalism at a ‘crossroads’, says MEAA

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July 31, 2017

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Jane Kelsey: Labour and the TPPA – time to come clean...

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September 6, 2017

ICW coordinator Agus Sunaryanto

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Indonesian ex-graft convicts active again in political parties ‘nothing new’

January 9, 2023

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Sogavare voted out as no confidence motion passes after ‘fierce’ debate

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November 6, 2017

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Timoci shares his story of climate change – it’s real and...

November 16, 2017

Today's PNG Post-Courier front page . . . teachers alleged to have tortured the women on a Porgera school campus 070323

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PNG police investigate torture of 4 women cleaners by teachers in...

March 7, 2023

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ICC withdrawal ‘a principled stand’, claims Philippines’ Foreign Secretary

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March 15, 2018

Kanak and French flags

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Macron begins New Caledonia visit as independence vote looms

May 3, 2018

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi met with New Zealand's Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta

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UN nuclear watchdog boss defends position on Japan’s wastewater dump

July 11, 2023

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Indonesia bans foreign media from covering elections in West Papua

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April 11, 2019

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Five PNG ministers have now quit as O’Neill government hit by...

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May 4, 2019

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PNG police minister to use social media to keep citizens safe

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June 10, 2019

UNRWA under attack

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Defunding UNRWA will cause Gazans ‘more misery and suffering’, warns former...

January 30, 2024

The French National Assembly in session

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New Caledonia’s provincial elections delay passes final voting hurdle

March 21, 2024

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Climate Change Commission plan ‘big challenge’ for New Zealand

February 1, 2021

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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

Coronavirus

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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Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown

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New Zealand First’s campaign to scrap city’s independent Māori Board just...

Gaza Sumud flotilla survivors: Juliet Lamont, Isla Lamont, Neve O'Connor

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Fiji human rights advocate Shamima Ali

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Calls to dismantle joint taskforce rejected by Fiji govt despite brutality...

The opening of the 2026 session of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (C-24) meeting

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Renewed UN calls for decolonisation action on New Caledonia, French Polynesia,...

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Gaza flotilla humanitarian activist Hāhona Ormsby

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‘Take this seriously’ – flotilla activist claims beating allegations ignored by...

Children have clear advice for politicians at Auckland's March for Peace

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Iranian American international affairs professor Vali Nasr

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Trump’s war on Iran ends with a ‘triumphant’ Tehran and a...

Israeli Ambassador to Australia Hillel Newman

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Gaza flotilla victim blaming – time to expel Israel’s ambassador

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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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Drop Site News: Stand with analyst Trita Parsi against deportation from...

Gaza flotilla humanitarian activist Hāhona Ormsby

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‘Take this seriously’ – flotilla activist claims beating allegations ignored by...

Children have clear advice for politicians at Auckland's March for Peace

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People power against Trump’s wars – act against NZ ‘war mineral’...

Iranian American international affairs professor Vali Nasr

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Trump’s war on Iran ends with a ‘triumphant’ Tehran and a...