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"I can't breathe" cartoom (c) Malcolm Evans
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John Minto: Time for NZ to speak up clearly for Palestinian...

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Bombing of Gaza 2021
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Gaza conflict: No matter how powerful Israel’s military becomes it still...

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Moruroa and the bomb
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May 20, 2021
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Papua New Guinea journalism schools
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Samoa's Fale Fono
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Samoa’s Head of State will convene Fono parliament to swear in...

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May 19, 2021
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NZ Green MP Golriz Ghahraman
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May 19, 2021
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May 19, 2021
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Palestinian children and Gaza bomb site
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Israeli onslaught against Gaza continues: ‘But we are still alive!’

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Newsroom subject to a NZ police inquiry
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Fiame Naomi Mata'afa
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Israel-Palestine conflict toll in children
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Pacific Media Centre ... still in limbo
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Samoa's Fono
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MP Golriz Ghahraman
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May 17, 2021
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Many questions, few answers, as conflict deepens between Israelis and Palestinians

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May 17, 2021
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The Nakba march
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Palestinians in NZ stage rallies protesting against Israeli ‘brutality’

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May 16, 2021
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Victor Yeimo
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Arrest of Papuan activist Victor Yeimo reported to UN rights commission

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May 16, 2021
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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
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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
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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

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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
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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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Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

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Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

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Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

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