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A school bombed out by Israeli forces provides some shelter to a family in Khan Younis, Gaza
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South Vietnamese torture "tiger cages" against the Viet Cong at the War Remnants Museum on Ho Chi Minh City
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Did Australia back the wrong war in the 1960s? Now Putin’s...

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April 19, 2025
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Trump's Pacific fisheries executive order
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Trump executive orders roll back ocean fisheries protections in Pacific

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April 19, 2025
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UAS footage of RNZN divers surveying the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the Southern Coast of Upulo as part of Operation Resolution
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What was HMNZS Manawanui doing before it sank? Calls for greater...

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Pro-Palestinian protesters picket New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT)
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Why NZ govt should back Greens’ sanctions bill on Israel over...

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Palestinians march in protest today over the thousands of prisoners being held in Israeli jails
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Israeli prison system designed to crush Palestinian resilience, says ex-detainee

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Women make up a large portion of the journalism profession
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Fiji Defence Minister Pio Tikoduadua
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Fiji defence minister draws flak for six-week trip to meet peacekeepers

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Maldives President Dr Mohamed Muizzu
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape
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The colonnaded Widener Library looks out over Tercentenary Theatre at the heart of Harvard’s campus.
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Obama praises Harvard for ‘setting example’ to universities resisting Trump

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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters and his delegation in Hawai'i
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Australian protesters highlight university hypocrisy over the Israeli genocide in Gaza
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Israeli military reservists court Australian universities amid ‘hypocrisy’ over anti-war protests

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All of New Caledonia’s political parties engaged in a video conference with French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls
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Leaked ‘working paper’ on New Caledonia’s political future sparks new concerns

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"Our keffiyeh is part of our national dress."
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New Zealand’s humanity – does it include all of us, or...

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As a low-lying atoll nation, Tuvalu is particularly exposed
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New Zealand protesters condemning Israel's attacks on hospitals and medical workers at a weekend Palestinian solidarity rally
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Baptist Church condemns ‘appalling’ Israeli Palm Sunday attack on hospital

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Tunnels have been present in the besieged Gaza Strip for decades
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Israel destroys only a quarter of Gaza tunnels in 18 months...

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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"
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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

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

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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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Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
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Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016
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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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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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