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    • Julien Blondel’s face . . . bloodied but unbowed
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IDF soldiers in occupied Bethlehem
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It is more likely that Israel launched its attack to stop US and Iranian negotiators from meeting
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A war on diplomacy itself – Israel’s unprovoked attack on Iran

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June 19, 2025
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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown (left) and NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters
Analysis

Why New Zealand has paused funding to the Cook Islands over...

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June 19, 2025
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Arab members of the Global March To Gaza were the targets of the most dramatic and violent excesses committed by the Egyptian authorities
Asia Report

Egyptian crackdown on Gaza blockade busters but Kiwi activists vow to...

APR editor -
June 19, 2025
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Sacked FICAC Commissioner Barbara Malimali
Crime

Fiji police probe Commission of Inquiry report over sacked anti-corruption chief...

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June 18, 2025
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Justice For Palestine
Asia Report

95 lawyers demand stronger NZ stand over Israel amid Middle East...

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June 18, 2025
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Middle East Eye editor-in-chief David Hearst
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Israel-Iran war ‘more dangerous than we imagine’, says Middle East Eye...

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June 18, 2025
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Iranians hold posters of late Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps head Hossein Salami (left), and late Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Mohammad Bagheri (right), who were killed in Israeli airstrikes in recent days
Analysis

Iran war: from the Middle East to America, history shows you...

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June 18, 2025
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A New Zealand news report on the Middle East conflict on 1News
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Solomon Islanders safe but unable to leave Israel amid war on...

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June 18, 2025
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NZ journalist Cole Martin
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As Israeli attacks draw tit-for-tat missile responses from Iran and shuts...

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June 17, 2025
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) and French President Emmanuel Macron
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Decoding PNG leader Marape’s talks with French President Macron

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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters
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At the time of the Israel attack on Iran's state broadcaster IRDB, news anchor Sahar Emami was presenting the news
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Attack on Iran’s state media – Israel bombs IRIB building in...

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Thai advocate and Miss Earth Thailand, Baitong Jareerat, calls for ocean protection
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‘Be brave’ warning to nations against deepsea mining from UNOC

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June 16, 2025
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Military analyst Elijah Magnier
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Israelis ‘now realise’ what Palestinians and Lebanese have been suffering, says...

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Samoan fashion designer Afa Ah Loo
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Palestinian advocate Issa Amro
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June 16, 2025
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Protesters from the Maghreb taking part in the Land March to Gaza in an attempt to break Israel's siege of the Gaza Strip
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Why Israel’s shock and awe has proven its power but lost...

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Accident reported to the Fiji police
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June 15, 2025
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"Isn’t it time we woke from our deep slumber?"
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Is genocide the new normal? Could Israel and the US destroy...

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June 15, 2025
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NZ Palestinian advocate Dr Adnan Ali (right) speaking at yesterday's Henderson peace rally
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NZ’s Islamic Council calls on Luxon to condemn Israel over ‘unprovoked’...

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June 15, 2025
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Protesters with a "Free Palestine" watermelon placard at the ceasefire rally in the West Auckland suburb of Henderson
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Twyford condemns weak action by NZ over Israel’s ‘ruthless’ apartheid

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June 14, 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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Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index

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Kidnapped protesters Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila

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