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Some of the 1000 protesters who took part in a demonstration in the heart of New Zeland's largest city Auckland today
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"Silence is complicity" . . . a placard on a sign at the protest outside the Israeli Embassy in Wellington today
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‘Declare your city genocide free’ – lessons from NZ’s nuclear-free movement

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Indonesian police arrest the "Sentani 12" activists
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West Papua liberation group demands Indonesia releases 12 arrested activists

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Christianity will now be reflected in the Fifth Goal of the Constitution
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How Al Jazeera today reported the resumption of Israeli air strikes on Gaza
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A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
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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
Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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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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