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The Pacific's inaction is particularly striking when compared to Bougainville
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Blue Pacific’s unfinished business – West Papua and regional integrity

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Unity will be crucial if the Labour Party is to sell its proposed capital gains tax
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Labour’s capital gains NZ tax gamble – from leak to launch

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October 28, 2025
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NZ measles outbreak
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October 28, 2025
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Fiji Deputy Prime Minister Biman Prasad
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New Zealand pro-Palestinian protesters declare their solidarity with Gaza as a "stand for humanity"
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Israel committed to ‘business as usual’ in seeking Gaza gains, says...

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A child holds a medical "safe staffing" placard at the mega strike in Auckland
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"News organisations don't often end up in court for [defamation], but when they do it's big news."
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Palestinian journalist and author Plestia Alaqad
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Protesters at an Auckland rally against Israel's genocidal two-year war on Gaza target alleged complicity by RocketLab and BlackSky
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A claim by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that UNRWA is a Hamas “subsidiary” in defiance of International Court of Justice exoneration is “quite shocking”
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New Zealand pro-Palestine protesters against Israel's genocidal attacks on Gaza
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French Minister for Overseas Naïma Moutchou
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Israel's "apartheid wall" looms high above Aida refugee camp, up to nine metres tall in some places
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Teachers from Otahuhu Primary School among the thousands at today's "mega strike" rally
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Thousands march through streets as part of NZ’s ‘mega strike’

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Four members of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) were reportedly killed in drone bombings
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ULMWP alleges 15 civilians killed in West Papua military operation

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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
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Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

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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
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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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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

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Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
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