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    • 112 members of two Palestinian families - Al-Hasayneh and Abu Sharia - have been buried in Gaza
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Kaipara District Councillor Victoria del la Varis-Woodcock
Coronavirus

Mayor slams Kaipara councillor’s protest role as ‘health risk’

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February 17, 2022
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A New Zealand covid-19 vaccination centre
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Pasifika make up half of cases in NZ’s omicron variant surge...

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February 16, 2022
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Coronavirus

Police act against NZ protester vehicles but admit towies unwilling to...

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February 16, 2022
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Anti-vaxx mandate protesters of Convoy 2020 at Parliament in Wellington
Coronavirus

The occupation of NZ’s parliament grounds is a tactical challenge for...

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February 16, 2022
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Gavin Ellis column
Analysis

Gavin Ellis: Copycat media abuse from ragtag bag of protesters

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February 16, 2022
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Media

RSF condemns ‘unacceptable political meddling’ over PNG news chief suspension

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February 16, 2022
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Guarding Panguna mine
Bougainville

Panguna share value doubles overnight after landowners opt to reopen mine

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February 15, 2022
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Sir David Skegg
Coronavirus

Omicron spread: ‘Crazy’ shortfall in booster numbers worries top NZ covid-19...

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February 15, 2022
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West Papua on Google
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How Google moulds public opinion on West Papua, disrupts education

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February 15, 2022
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Human rights abuses against Palestinians and the people of West Papua
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John Minto: The hypocrisy of NZ’s silence in calling out Israeli,...

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February 15, 2022
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NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Coronavirus

NZ parliament covid protesters ‘not interested in engaging’, says Ardern

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February 14, 2022
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A Pacific protester blows a conch shell horn at the anti-mandate occupation atNZ Parliament
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NZ protest at Parliament enters sixth day – covid cases almost...

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February 13, 2022
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) with Fiji's acting PM Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
Democracy

US announces deeper engagement strategy to match China in the Pacific

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February 13, 2022
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Anti-mandate protesters perform a haka on Parliament grounds
Coronavirus

Stronger police barriers, heavy rain, covid ads don’t dampen NZ protest

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February 12, 2022
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Deputy PM Grant Robertson on the right to protest
Coronavirus

Right to protest lost for those who ‘threaten, harass and disrupt’,...

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February 12, 2022
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TI Pacific corruption report
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Transparency watchdog seeks US help to tackle Pacific corruption

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February 12, 2022
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The protest at NZ's Parliament
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Covid-19 outbreak: Misinformation spreading among NZ’s parliament protesters, say police

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February 11, 2022
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Police put up more barriers at Parliament protest
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February 11, 2022
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PNG Police Sergeant Justus Baupo
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February 11, 2022
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Cartoonist Harn Lay
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Vale Harn Lay, a cartoonist who stood by victims of the...

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NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Coronavirus

Global media attacks on Australasian ‘covid strictness’ unfair, says NZ Herald

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Police clearing away the protesters in Parliament grounds
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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"
Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm
Analysis

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
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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

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
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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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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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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)
APJS newsfile

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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112 members of two Palestinian families - Al-Hasayneh and Abu Sharia - have been buried in Gaza
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Gaza genocide: Mourning the 112 victims of two families of Israeli...

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Manasseh Sogavare unleashes on Solomon Islands government over US agreement

In the face of a denunciation by the Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte, the NUJP recalls that the Philippine media has borne the attacks of Duterte-era leadership
Asia Report

NUJP slams Sara Duterte for disparaging news groups, touting social media

An image well illustrating the diversity of today’s Aotearoa New Zealand
Analysis

Jeremy Rose: Far from Winston’s first racist rodeo

Editor's Picks

112 members of two Palestinian families - Al-Hasayneh and Abu Sharia - have been buried in Gaza

Gaza genocide: Mourning the 112 victims of two families of Israeli...

August 6, 2026
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale

Manasseh Sogavare unleashes on Solomon Islands government over US agreement

August 6, 2026
In the face of a denunciation by the Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte, the NUJP recalls that the Philippine media has borne the attacks of Duterte-era leadership

NUJP slams Sara Duterte for disparaging news groups, touting social media

August 6, 2026
An image well illustrating the diversity of today’s Aotearoa New Zealand

Jeremy Rose: Far from Winston’s first racist rodeo

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