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    • Author Nicky Hager at the launch of his latest book Dirty Work
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      Saige England: No judgments, freedom and about rocking the boat

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Counsel Assisting before Commissioner Virginia Bell
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Australia’s Royal Commission into antisemitism a ‘$131 million whinge’

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The Democrat voters chose Dr Abdul El-Sayed because he’s a fighter
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El-Sayed’s Michigan primary win against tyranny a good omen for a...

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August 7, 2026
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Pacific Islands Forum member flags
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Pacific foreign ministers to discuss Solomons’ idea for regional security treaty

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International justice advocate Craig Mokhiber
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Self defence action by Iran ‘first truly consequential action’ by state,...

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August 7, 2026
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112 members of two Palestinian families - Al-Hasayneh and Abu Sharia - have been buried in Gaza
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Gaza genocide: Mourning the 112 victims of two families of Israeli...

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August 6, 2026
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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale
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Manasseh Sogavare unleashes on Solomon Islands government over US agreement

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August 6, 2026
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In the face of a denunciation by the Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte, the NUJP recalls that the Philippine media has borne the attacks of Duterte-era leadership
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NUJP slams Sara Duterte for disparaging news groups, touting social media

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August 6, 2026
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An image well illustrating the diversity of today’s Aotearoa New Zealand
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Jeremy Rose: Far from Winston’s first racist rodeo

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August 5, 2026
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KNPB spokesperson Ogram Wanimbo
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KNPB plans coordinated demos across Papua on New York Agreement anniversary

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Zionist lawyer Yehuda Shimon
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Caitlin Johnstone: All mainstream Western institutions view Palestinian lives as worthless

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New Zealand Herald's editor-at-large Shayne Currie's "Media Insider" column
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‘I am now legally censored from even talking about being censored’...

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NZ's Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick
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Chlöe Swarbrick kicked out of House after challenging Speaker’s ‘double standards’

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August 4, 2026
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These "Legally censored - Redacted" lines now replace headlines over two Daily Blog editorials published prior to today's Auckland District Court hearing
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Gagged NZ editor’s ‘free speech’ case adjourned as judge warns Daily...

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August 4, 2026
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A lack of scrutiny and action from the international community, including New Zealand, is allowing illegal atrocities to continue in Gaza
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NZ’s shameful silence on Gaza is potentially complicity with genocide

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August 4, 2026
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The Daily Blog editor and publisher Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury
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Sinister ‘Free Speech Union’ attacks investigative journalist for being investigative

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Public broadcaster Television New Zealand
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"Democracy not deals"
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Saige England: We spoke truth to power and the powerful folded

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August 3, 2026
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political parties appear to have lost their "attraction, drawcard and magic touch".
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Cook Islands election: ‘The political party system is facing extinction’

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August 3, 2026
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Gazan journalists calling for open access to the besieged Palestinian enclave . . . more than 200 journalists and media freedom groups signed a petition demanding free media access and protection for Palestinan media workers
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Al Jazeera abruptly terminates contracts of Palestinian journalists in Gaza in...

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August 2, 2026
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Trump's bluster works once
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When Trump’s Iran ‘deal’ isn’t a deal – it’s the third...

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August 2, 2026
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The Daily Blog has been served legal directives
Democracy

The Daily Blog: We have secretly been taken to court and...

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August 2, 2026
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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
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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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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

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
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Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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
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"
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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...

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APJS NEWSFILE

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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