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    • Global progress against impunity for crimes against journalists has been reversed by the rise in incidents of journalists killed in conflict zones
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Israel has been added to the Pacific Islands Forum list as a sectoral partner
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October 27, 2026
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New Zealand electon voting papers being printed
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New Zealand election: Where political parties stand on Pasifika issues

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October 27, 2026
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Fiji Deputy Prime Minuster Viliame Gavoka
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Open letter: Mr Gavoka, don’t present your personal theology as the...

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I've written these last years about the injustices, about the vile support for a horrendous genocide
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Saige England: Our NZ Coalition has joined all the toxic govts...

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October 26, 2026
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Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry
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Fiji ‘worse off today’, former PM warns, as Rabuka’s constitution overhaul...

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October 26, 2026
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Samoan Prime Minister La'auli and New Zealand's Christopher Luxon in Apia
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‘I said no’ – Samoan PM told Luxon treaty refresh must...

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October 26, 2026
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“This partnership will unravel: not strengthen, that weave.
Analysis

Shameful move by Pacific Islands Forum undermines decolonisation and justice

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October 25, 2026
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How Newsroom covered the Kerrin Leoni gang controversy
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The lynching takes 48 hours – whiteness, the NZ press, and...

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October 25, 2026
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"It takes an enormous amount of courage and a reservoir of humility (to think less of oneself and more of others) to say the things needed to be said about violence, injustice and hypocrisy"
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Aisake Casimira: How Christian Zionism has become hitched to the chariot...

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October 25, 2026
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Veteran Filipino investigative journalist Philip Lustre
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Arrest of Philip Lustre Jr. a ‘sad day for journalism in...

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Palestinian journalist and human rights defender Maha Hussaini
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Gaza media: ‘Why we document history – even if accountability feels...

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October 24, 2026
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Palestinians in Gaza face a daily struggle for food
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Palestine Forum calls on NZ to act against ‘weaponised, engineered’ Gaza...

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October 24, 2026
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As a second-tier PIF partner, Israel will support Pacific development priorities in areas such as water management, desalination, agriculture and climate change adaptation
Decolonisation

‘Test of regionalism’ – Pacific churches call for review of Israel’s...

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October 23, 2026
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PIF Secretary General Baron Divavesi Waqa welcomed Israel’s Ambassador to Fiji and Pacific Island Countries, Maya Yaron, and Head of MASHAV, Ambassador Eynat Shlein,
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Israel votes against decolonisation for Pacific at UN – then says...

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October 23, 2026
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The French and Kanak flags flying high
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New Caledonia pro-independence leaders boycott EU critical minerals deal

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October 23, 2026
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Fiji Deputy PM Viliame Gavoka
Culture

Israel’s relationship with Pacific is ‘biblical, ageless, real’, says Fiji deputy...

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October 22, 2026
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West Papuan researcher and human rights defender Rosa Moiwend
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West Papuan civil society calls for UN and Pacific access to...

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October 22, 2026
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Gaza family tents as far as they eye can see
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NZ’s foreign policy obligation to confront Israel’s Gaza genocide

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October 22, 2026
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Oceanographers deploy a buoy inside the Rose Atoll in American Samoa waters
American Samoa

Environmental groups, chiefs file lawsuit as US pushes American Samoa deep...

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October 21, 2026
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Part of a fullpage Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) advertisement in The New Zealand Herald
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‘Please explain’, Palestine Forum tells NZ over Israeli-Pacific Islands Forum ‘partnership’

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October 21, 2026
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NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon
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‘Serious questions to answer’ – Labour slams Luxon over Israel’s Pacific...

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October 21, 2026
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PIF Secretary-General Baron Divavesi Waqa with Israeli Ambassador Maya Yaron
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Israel joins Pacific Islands Forum as development partner

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October 21, 2026
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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

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Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
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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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“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
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Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
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Global progress against impunity for crimes against journalists has been reversed by the rise in incidents of journalists killed in conflict zones
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Global progress against impunity for crimes against journalists has been reversed by the rise in incidents of journalists killed in conflict zones
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Journalism cannot survive where attacks on journalists go unpunished

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Global progress against impunity for crimes against journalists has been reversed by the rise in incidents of journalists killed in conflict zones

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