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    • Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) activist Neil Scott
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Analysis

Herzog backlash crushes Albo’s ‘social cohesion’ – thousands protest nationwide

APR editor -
February 9, 2026
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The defaced "Free Palestine" mural in Palau
Asia Report

Outcry on Saipan after ‘Free Palestine’ mural vandalised – arrest made

APR editor -
February 9, 2026
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New Zealand silent over the cemetery desecration
Decolonisation

PSNA calls on govt to condemn Israeli desecration of New Zealand...

APR editor -
February 9, 2026
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"From Gadigal to Gaza, long live the Intifada"
Australia

Herzog’s visit to Australia builds conflict not social cohesion

Wendy Bacon -
February 8, 2026
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"While New Zealand was formally invited to join the Board -- and chose to decline -- Fiji was not invited at all"
Analysis

Troops without a seat – the Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ and...

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February 8, 2026
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While Australia's Palestine Action Group plans protests against the visit of the Israeli President Isaac Herzog
Analysis

Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t...

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February 7, 2026
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PSNA co-chair John Minto
Asia Report

Lessons in decolonisation – Minto draws parallels between NZ and Gaza...

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February 7, 2026
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
Asia Report

Caitlin Johnstone: The US keeps openly admitting it deliberately caused the...

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February 7, 2026
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Taane Aruka Te Aho
Climate

Climate change a priority for NZ’s iwi leaders at Waitangi

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February 6, 2026
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The staff cutbacks, will impact on The Post's international, editing, metro and sports desks
Democracy

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post guts staff in news cover...

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February 6, 2026
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Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson
Business

Green Party celebrates decision to decline ‘dead end’ Taranaki seabed mining

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February 6, 2026
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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon
Democracy

Speeches, celebrations and heckling – what happened at Waitangi

APR editor -
February 6, 2026
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French sailors hunker down in an inflatable
Cook Islands

French shrug off cocaine case costs with new smugglers ‘strategy’

APR editor -
February 5, 2026
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Shredding The Washington Post
Democracy

Committee to Protect Journalists: The First Amendment is in peril

Pacific Media Watch -
February 5, 2026
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Taiātea Symposium at Waitangi 2026
Cook Islands

Indigenous and Pacific leaders unite at Waitangi with shared messages on...

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February 5, 2026
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Pacific Media at Informit
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Pacific Media journal research added to Informit global database

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February 5, 2026
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West Papua Solidarity Forum
Asia Report

West Papua Solidarity Forum, mini film festival aim to educate

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February 4, 2026
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
Democracy

High Court defeat piles pressure on ’embarrassed’ Fiji PM Rabuka’s leadership,...

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February 4, 2026
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The Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi delegation participated in a pōwhiri with iwi taketake at Te Tii Waitangi Mārae yesterday
Decolonisation

Big Ka Lāhui Hawaiʻi delegation joins Māori in solidarity over Te...

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February 4, 2026
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New Zealand spent $6.7 million over the last six years on the electrification project
Development

New Zealand holds out hope for halted PNG electrification aid project

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February 4, 2026
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Omar Shakir
Asia Report

Israel-Palestine head of Human Rights Watch quits over ‘blocked’ report

APR editor -
February 4, 2026
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Attitudes such as ignoring the suffering of Gaza yield the same harvest everywhere: dehumanisation, insecurity, and the corrosion of civic trust
Analysis

Academics call for divestment from NZ pensions fund implicated in Gaza

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February 3, 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
Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors
Analysis

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

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
Analysis

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"
Analysis

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...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.
APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)
APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Analysis

Six months on, Iran is still standing but survival is becoming...

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Mark Brown’s Cook Islands Party set to govern for historic fifth...

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) activist Neil Scott
Asia Report

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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters in Palau for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting
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Australia

Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) activist Neil Scott
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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and the US Deputy State Secretary, Christopher Landau
Cook Islands

US pushes critical minerals agenda in Cook Islands with Penrhyn ‘lifeline’

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters in Palau for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting
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Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) activist Neil Scott

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September 1, 2026
NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and the US Deputy State Secretary, Christopher Landau

US pushes critical minerals agenda in Cook Islands with Penrhyn ‘lifeline’

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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters in Palau for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting

Peters blasts Solomon Islands cabinet ministers for move against PM Wale

September 1, 2026
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