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Family pleas for kidnapped 3 Kiwis as Gaza flotilla demands global activists’ freedom from Israel

May 20, 2026

Israeli embassy controversy in Wellington

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Solve ‘genocide embassy’ issue – expel Israeli ambassador, says PSNA

President David Panuelo of the Federated States of Micronesia

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China documents threaten Pacific sovereignty, warns FSM president

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating in the Gaza flotilla detainees video

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Peters condemns Israeli minister over flotilla video as 3 Kiwis detained

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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Haka, waiata welcome for NZ’s Gaza flotilla activists after brutal ordeal at hands of Israeli military

Imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti

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27 years in captivity – free Marwan Barghouti, ‘Palestine’s Mandela’

April 30, 2024

FAST members in a tent

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FAST party locked out of Samoa’s Fale Fono as election turmoil...

May 24, 2021

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‘Business as usual’ Israeli repression against Palestinians predicted

June 14, 2021

Professor Michael Baker

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Covid-19: ‘We’re not in the clear yet’, epidemiologist warns NZ

June 27, 2021

Maprik, East Sepik, independence rally

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Covid-19 red alert over PNG ‘super spreader’ independence events

September 17, 2021

Royal Solomon Islands Police Force

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Malaita’s M4D group declared illegal for alleged role in Solomons riots

December 9, 2021

Hundreds of Russian protesters against the invasion of Ukraine have been arrested in Moscow

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Russia-Ukraine conflict will impact on Pacific economies, says USP academic

February 26, 2022

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Vanuatu snap election polling ends, early trends show ministers losing seats

January 24, 2016

Abortion rights activists march on Constitution Avenue to the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC

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Former National justice minister says NZ abortion law must stay –...

June 27, 2022

Fiji Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem

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Fiji elections chief tells local media to ‘upskill’ overseas reporters

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July 22, 2022

Dr Shailendra Singh (left) and Dialogue Fiji executive director Nilesh Lal

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Journalism training and development vital for better Fiji elections reporting

August 10, 2022

Indonesian police blockade a protest in the Papuan capital of Jayapura

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Rights group says security forces unlawfully killed 72 Papuans in past...

December 20, 2022

Internal Security Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr

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K100,000 ransom paid for release of PNG hostages clarified as ‘third...

March 2, 2023

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PNG’s earthquake death toll in Highlands now tops 75

March 6, 2018

Former Green MP Catherine Delahunty

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Long game: political activism for a public voice at Parliament

April 24, 2023

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PNG opposition demands PM O’Neill resign over Mendi torching riot

June 16, 2018

New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens

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NZ govt seeks release of Kiwi hostage pilot Phillip Mehrtens in...

February 6, 2024

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Papuan activists in Yogya protest against extended special autonomy

July 21, 2020

Efeso Collins

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Pacific residents express ‘hopelessness’ as Ōtara house sales hit $1m

December 21, 2020

Filmmaker Max Stahl - Order of Timor-Leste

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Journalist Max Stahl ‘changed the fate of East Timor’, says Xanana

October 29, 2021

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield

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Bloomfield warns over ‘tough weeks ahead’ as NZ covid cases hit...

March 1, 2022

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#COP21: ‘No indigenous respect’ in climate deal, says Timor tribal chief

December 16, 2015

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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

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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

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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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Mousa Taher on board Ksar Sabadad

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87+ Gaza aid flotilla activists abducted by Israel now on hunger...

Chinese embassy staff in Nauru with government officials hosted a New Year Candy Parade on 2 January 2026

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Nauru orders public servants, govt bodies to follow ‘One China’ policy

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Israel is ‘doing a Ukraine’ in Lebanon but world stays silent,...

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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Haka, waiata welcome for NZ’s Gaza flotilla activists after brutal ordeal...

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US target on leftwing streamer Hasan Piker and antiwar activist Medea Benjamin

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Caitlin Johnstone: Yet another escalation in the empire’s war on activism...

French President Emmanuel Macron and Papua New Guinea PM James Marape meeting

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PNG prime minister visits France, plans to open Paris embassy

Climate activist Violet Coco

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‘Israel wanted to shame us, but the shame is Israel’s,’ says...

New Zealand Gaza flotilla supporters welcome home two Kiwi activists from brutal Israeli detention at the weekend

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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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US target on leftwing streamer Hasan Piker and antiwar activist Medea Benjamin

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Caitlin Johnstone: Yet another escalation in the empire’s war on activism...

French President Emmanuel Macron and Papua New Guinea PM James Marape meeting

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PNG prime minister visits France, plans to open Paris embassy

Climate activist Violet Coco

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‘Israel wanted to shame us, but the shame is Israel’s,’ says...

New Zealand Gaza flotilla supporters welcome home two Kiwi activists from brutal Israeli detention at the weekend

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Gaza freedom flotilla – reluctance of the West to protest Israel’s...