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    • Government and corporate elites and states can continue to support Israel militarily and economically only as long as establishment media continue to rehearse the lies, falsifications, and denials of its genocide in Gaza
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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...

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June 20, 2026
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Joseph Auga Matamata aka Viliamu Samu in court
Crime

Hawke’s Bay enslaver and human trafficker Joseph Matamata granted parole

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June 20, 2026
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Israeli Ambassador to Australia Hillel Newman
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Gaza flotilla victim blaming – time to expel Israel’s ambassador

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June 19, 2026
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Political party posters on display at the Nouméa Town Hall
Culture

Campaigning in full swing as New Caledonia heads toward crucial provincial...

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June 19, 2026
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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
Decolonisation

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

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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...

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June 19, 2026
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Despite the presence of many well-known pro-Palestinian activists, there was no security in the room
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‘You’re a liar! You’re a liar!’ NZ foreign minister Peters insults...

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June 18, 2026
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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...

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June 18, 2026
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Vanuatu's Anna Naupa (left) has been appointed as the new Melanesian Spearhead Group Director-General
Decolonisation

Vanuatu’s Anna Naupa becomes first woman to lead MSG Secretariat

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Iran deal proves one thing
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Trump went to war against Iran and got a deal far...

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PSNA national organiser John Minto
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Veteran activist John Minto gets $10,000 from NZ police after unlawful...

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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...

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June 17, 2026
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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...

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June 16, 2026
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"You blow up a girls' school."
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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

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June 15, 2026
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Political commentator appointed The Post chief editor Matthew Hooton
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Stuff stuns with ‘bold’ call on new Post editor

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An educational in-depth view of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monumen
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Wellington writer Eugene Doyle
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Norwegian physician Dr Mads Gilbert
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Doctor Israel banned after 40 years in Gaza’s hospitals speaks out

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Trillionaire Elon Musk (right) hobnobbing with billionaires
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Caitlin Johnstone: The world’s first trillionaire is not your friend

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The lack of proportionality is the key
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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29
Climate

COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
Asia Report

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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CORONAVIRUS

Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
Coronavirus

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
Coronavirus

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
Coronavirus

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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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Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
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Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide
Analysis

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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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
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EDITOR'S PICKS

Government and corporate elites and states can continue to support Israel militarily and economically only as long as establishment media continue to rehearse the lies, falsifications, and denials of its genocide in Gaza
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Why can’t Israel be held accountable for its genocide in Gaza?...

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GLOBAL REPORTAGE

Government and corporate elites and states can continue to support Israel militarily and economically only as long as establishment media continue to rehearse the lies, falsifications, and denials of its genocide in Gaza
Analysis

Why can’t Israel be held accountable for its genocide in Gaza?...

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Indonesian police fire water cannon and tear gas on West Papuan demonstrators at Perumnas III Waena, Heram District, Jayapura City, Papua
Asia Report

Large demos across West Papua meet with mixed responses by police

The author, Laurens Ikinia, with extended whānau - family (he is pictured fourth from left)
Analysis

Indonesia at 81 – who owns the Land of Papua’s...

Editor's Picks

Government and corporate elites and states can continue to support Israel militarily and economically only as long as establishment media continue to rehearse the lies, falsifications, and denials of its genocide in Gaza

Why can’t Israel be held accountable for its genocide in Gaza?...

August 17, 2026
Indonesian police fire water cannon and tear gas on West Papuan demonstrators at Perumnas III Waena, Heram District, Jayapura City, Papua

Large demos across West Papua meet with mixed responses by police

August 17, 2026
The author, Laurens Ikinia, with extended whānau - family (he is pictured fourth from left)

Indonesia at 81 – who owns the Land of Papua’s...

August 17, 2026

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