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April 4, 2026
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Robert Reich's message to President Donald Trump
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Iranian spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani
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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian
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Greenpeace wins lawsuit against Fonterra
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President Trump's obsession with Kharg island
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New Zealand surgical team leader in Vietnam Dr Peter Eccles-Smith
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How museums can remember war while honouring civilian trauma and resistance

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Māori radio network chair Peter-Lucas Jones
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March 31, 2026
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The Fiji HIV crisis
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Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh
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March 31, 2026
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Dimona's nuclear opacity
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Deafening silence about the Israeli Dimona nuclear double standard

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March 30, 2026
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American actor Robert De Niro
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Former Fijian President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau
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Two of the three latest Lebanese journalists assassinated by Israel . . . Fatemeh Fatouni (left)
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Israel is Washington’s most favoured client state
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Pacific verdict on COP29
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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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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

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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
Coronavirus

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BEARING WITNESS

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
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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

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"
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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 journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.
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