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Al Jazeera's Anas al-Sharif, one of the five journalists and media people killed by Israel
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An Israeli army spokesperson had falsely called Al Jazeera Arabic’s Gaza correspondent Anas Al-Sharif a "terrorist" multiple times
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New Zealand's planned fisheries laws changes "spell disaster for the already struggling ocean around us"
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Greenpeace condemns NZ’s ‘dodgy reforms’ plan weakening ocean protection

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New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (right), with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape
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Prime Minister Mark Brown says the New Zealand-Cook Islands relationship is too strong
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Dramatic increases in food prices always mean there is a famine, even though not every famine is accompanied by rising food costs
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Soaring food prices prove the Gaza famine is real – and...

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Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine
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Incarcerated Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti
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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters with Minister for Pacific Peoples Shane Reti celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Cook Islands constitution in Tāmaki Makaurau
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Progressive journalist and presenter Mehdi Hasan
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The streets of Avarua came alive with colour and culture to kick off the Te Maeva Nui 2025 celebrations
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The Palestine Laboratory author Antony Loewenstein
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Israel backing Gaza ‘gangs’ to create unlivable chaos, says academic

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Pro-independence former New Caledonia Congress president Roch Wamytan
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‘Glorious’ sisters showcase Auckland’s Polynesian experiences for tourists

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Pacific verdict on COP29
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A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
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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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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
Coronavirus

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

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