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Stood down PNG Defence Minister Dr Billy Joseph
Justice

PNG defence minister steps aside amid army recruitment controversy

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Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah
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So now this modern American Nero struggles to convince us that he "won"
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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
Analysis

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

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April 8, 2026
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Iran says it has accepted a two-week ceasefire
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‘Someone, everyone, stop them’ – and now Trump has pulled back...

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April 8, 2026
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The "Israelian" . . . media managed complicity
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This isn’t journalism – Australia’s Bowen beat-up and the Iran war

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Wellington City Councillor Nureddin Abdurahman
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Eugene Doyle: Saudi Arabia’s ‘Nordstream’ pipeline is waiting to be hit

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April 7, 2026
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The Arctic Sunrise
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Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise to join Global Sumud Flotilla mission to Gaza

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NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Nicola Willis
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The two primary architects of a controversial war
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Protesters at a New Zealand rally against the US-Israel war on Iran and the Israeli genocide in Gaza
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NZ’s Peters called on to stress Palestine ‘open wound’ with Rubio

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April 6, 2026
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French Polynesia's President Moetai Brotherson (left) and his father-in-law Oscar Temaru, president of the ruling Party Tavini Huiraatira
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Mass Easter resignations within Tahiti’s pro-independence ruling party

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April 6, 2026
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Suara Papua and the Human Rights Monitor group allege Indonesian security forces have indiscriminately opened fire in a series of villages in Moanemani
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At least five Papuans reported dead as violence explodes in Dogiyai

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"Wars end when the people with the power to end them decide the cost of continuing exceeds the cost of stopping"
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April 6, 2026
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"Bloodied but as yet unbowed, Iran knows it can rise like the Phoenix"
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April 5, 2026
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Pope Leo and US President Donald Trump
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Bibi Amena
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April 4, 2026
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Pro-independence advocate Emmanuel Tjibaou, one of the two MPs representing New Caledonia at the Assembly
Decolonisation

French National Assembly rejects New Caledonia’s constitutional reform

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April 4, 2026
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Robert Reich's message to President Donald Trump
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April 3, 2026
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Iranian spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani
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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"
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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
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
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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
Coronavirus

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

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BEARING WITNESS

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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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
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Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.
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