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    • NZ Budget 2026 . . . Foreign Minister Winston Peters says a "highly active and effective foreign policy" is called for
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A Pacific protester blows a conch shell horn at the anti-mandate occupation atNZ Parliament
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) with Fiji's acting PM Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
Democracy

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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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Deputy PM Grant Robertson on the right to protest
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TI Pacific corruption report
Democracy

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
Coronavirus

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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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NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
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Sacked EMTV news manager Sincha Dimara
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Anti-vaxxer protesters try to break through a police barrier on New Zealand's Parliament grounds
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February 9, 2022
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More than 50 police form a ring around the front of New Zealand's Parliament
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February 9, 2022
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Sacked EMTV news manager Sincha Dimara
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February 9, 2022
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Omicron in the Pacific
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February 9, 2022
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A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
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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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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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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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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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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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