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Children in Gaza have paid tribute to Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
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Sheikh Hamad: The Arab leader who broke Israel’s siege on Gaza

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The only sensible stance is to stand against the carnage
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Actor Sam Neill
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You could always count on Lindsey Graham to be the first and loudest voice arguing in favour of more death
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Caitlin Johnstone: Well, at least Lindsey Graham is dead

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July 13, 2026
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Police presence at Australian Special Envoy Jillian Segal's presentation to the Bondi Royal Commission into Antisemitism hearing last week
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Samoa's opposition leader Tuilaepa Dr Sailele Malielegaoi
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July 13, 2026
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‘Profound strategic misjudgment’ – why Iran may have upper hand in...

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New Zealand pro-Palestine protesters stage a rally in Te Komititanga Square
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The Gulf tollbooth that demands real recognition – Iran closes the...

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July 12, 2026
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Deir el Balah in 2024
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What ceasefire? People still being killed and Gaza still under siege

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July 12, 2026
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French-Ethiopian student Sarah Cotte
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Retrial for UK student charged with ‘terrorism’ over speech condemning genocide

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Ex-coup convict George Speight
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Former coup leader re-enters Fiji political debate with challenge to immunity...

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Elected New Caledonia's Congress President (Speaker) Virginie Ruffenach
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Pro-France Virginie Ruffenach elected New Caledonia Congress president

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Regional Pacific media "locked out" of an Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese media conference in Honiara in 2025
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Press freedom: holding the MEAA line on the public’s right to...

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The Strait of Hormuz is not governed from Washington, or even from Tehran. It is governed from London
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The man who would bomb the Hormuz actuaries – and he...

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July 10, 2026
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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

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July 10, 2026
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If long-besieged Iran -- the world's 51st-ranked economy -- was able to force the Americans to sue for peace
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Eugene Doyle: Overmatch – why the US will lose a war...

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Tehran doesn't answer vulgarity with vulgarity
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‘They’re scum.’ F bombs and real bombs. Trump completely outclassed by...

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July 9, 2026
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Palau's President Surangel Whipps Jnr
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Palau’s President warns of rising nuclear anxiety in the Pacific, after...

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July 9, 2026
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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...

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Pacific Elders Voice group's chair Anote Tong
China

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

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PNG Prime Minister James Marape
China

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

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July 8, 2026
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Tonga's Permanent Representative to the UN Viliami Va'inga Tōnē (left)
China

Tonga ratifies nuclear test ban treaty amid China missile debacle

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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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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

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
Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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BEARING WITNESS

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
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Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
Asia Report

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

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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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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A democratic franchise means very little if a minority population must exercise it under the scrutiny of hostile partisan activists

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