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    • Julien Blondel’s face . . . bloodied but unbowed
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Chief Superintendent Clement Dala . . . PNG's courts and prisons are "completely overrun"
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Papua New Guinea police blame overrun system for prison breakouts

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Palestinians face daily pogroms from brutal illegal Israeli settlers in the ocupied West Bank
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Iran accuses US over ‘torpedoed diplomacy’ – passes bill to halt...

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June 25, 2025
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President Emmanuel Macron (right) with New Caledonia Congress former presidents Louis Mapou (left) and Roch Wamytan (centre) last yea
Decolonisation

Macron invites all New Caledonia stakeholders for Paris talks

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June 25, 2025
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Under the Cook Islands constitution, New Zealand cannot pass laws for the Cook Islands
China

Nearly half of Kiwis oppose automatic citizenship for Cook Islands, says...

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June 25, 2025
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape (second from left) and other Melanesian leaders at the MSG summit
Development

Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders discuss Middle East conflict before ceasefire

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June 25, 2025
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
Asia Report

Fiji advocacy group slams Indonesian role in MSG as a ‘disgrace’

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June 25, 2025
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Israel accepts the ceasefire
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Ramzy Baroud: The fallout – winners and losers from the Israeli...

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June 24, 2025
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The UN Security Council in emergency session yesterday discussing the US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities
Asia Report

Calls for New Zealand to denounce United States attack on Iran

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June 24, 2025
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A protester at the Palestine rally against Israel's Gaza genocide and attack on Iran
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NZ Greens call on state to condemn US over ‘dangerous’ attack...

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June 23, 2025
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A C-130J Hercules at Whenuapai RNZAF base
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Defence Force to send plane to assist New Zealanders stranded in...

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June 23, 2025
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Guam's Governor Lou Leon Guerrero says missile testing and housing nuclear weapons on the US Pacific territory is a way of deterring aggression
Asia Report

Leaders in US-affiliated Pacific react to surprise strikes on Iran

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June 23, 2025
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NCD Governor Powes Parkop with a West Papua flag
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Pro-independence advocates urge MSG to elevate West Papua membership

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June 23, 2025
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A "No Iran War" placard as protests across Iran and around the world condemn Israeli and US aggression
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Illegal US attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities came in spite of...

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PSNA co-chair Maher Nazzal (left) at yesterday's Palestine solidarity rally in Auckland
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NZ group slams Israeli ‘hoodwinking’ of US over nuclear strikes –...

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June 22, 2025
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New Zealand protesters in Auckland yesterday condemning the genocide in Gaza
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US strikes: Ignore the propaganda, 10 forces will shape the Iran-Israel...

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June 22, 2025
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Protesters shout slogans and hold placards during a national demonstration against the Israeli wars on Gaza, occupied Palestine and Iran
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Starving Gaza civilians toll climbs at Israeli humanitarian ‘death traps’

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June 22, 2025
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Hundreds of thousands of Iranians have protested in Iran against Israel.
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Another Iraq? Military expert warns US has no real plan if...

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June 22, 2025
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New Zealand Palestinian artist and activist Rana Hamida
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Analyst dismisses ‘lie by rogue’ Netanyahu over Iran’s nuclear programme

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June 21, 2025
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Wartime Israeli paranoia
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Israel blocks Gaza aid organisations’ access to fuel, hospitals running out

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June 21, 2025
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A Cook Islands resident, Jackie Tuara,
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Former New Zealand PM Helen Clark blames Cook Islands for crisis

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June 21, 2025
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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
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Mark Brown: Cook Islands ‘not consulted’ on NZ-China agreements

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June 20, 2025
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Destabilised uranium enrichment centrifuges at Natanz, and possibly the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, could cause them to vibrate and spin uncontrollably
Analysis

Eugene Doyle: How centrifugal forces have been unleashed in Iran

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June 20, 2025
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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
Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors
Analysis

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
Analysis

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

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
Analysis

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
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"
Analysis

Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
Bearing Witness

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
APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.
APJS newsfile

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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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index

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Gaza flotilla organisers subjected to ‘extreme brutality’ in illegal Israeli detention

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Global Sumud Flotilla boats have been intercepted illegally by Israeli Defense Forces

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After Israel’s brutal attack on Kiwis the NZ government does nothing

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