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Iranian missile attack on US base in Jordan
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Two US soldiers dead in Jordan – Trump’s ego has restarted...

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Dr Hussam Abu Safiya as he looked three years ago
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‘They brought me here to kill me’ – NZ media slammed...

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The packed public meeting in opposition to the DP World
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Saige England: A tale of power being taken from the people...

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July 18, 2026
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"FBI Director Kash Patel sounds super stoked about the chance to become a 21st century J Edgar Hoover"
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Caitlin Johnstone: They’re launching a new COINTELPRO for the 21st century

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July 18, 2026
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Fiji Minister of Information Lynda Tabuya
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NZ govt says it had no influence over $200,000 doco ahead...

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July 17, 2026
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Healthcare workers protest in Melbourne
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‘Intolerable pressure’ – inside the Israel lobby campaign to coerce regulators...

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July 17, 2026
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PNAG's Joey Tau in Honiara
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Has the Pacific’s Ocean of Peace concept been hijacked?

APR editor -
July 17, 2026
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In her evidence before the Bondi Royal Commission, the antisemitism envoy Jillian Segel claimed
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It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to...

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July 17, 2026
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Fiji's Labour Party leader and a former prime minister Mahendra Chaudhry
Crime

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July 16, 2026
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An AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile supplied by the Australian Defence Force drops from an RNZ Air Force Poseidon patrol aicraft during a love fire exercise
Analysis

Jeremy Rose: New Zealand joins the arms race to climate calamity

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July 16, 2026
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Operation Earnest Will, 1987, when the US Navy escorted Kuwaiti oil tankers for free
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The toll-keeper of Hormuz – how the US just buried its...

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July 15, 2026
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Disputed Hunter Island
Decolonisation

Vanuatu to take decades-long dispute with France to international court

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July 15, 2026
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Pacific leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum 2025
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NZ’s Pacific Islands Forum budget could face a $10m squeeze, OIA...

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July 15, 2026
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The spectacle and symbolism of assassinated Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral
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How Tehran turned Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral into a media event

Pacific Media Watch -
July 15, 2026
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Heavy police presence as Jewish Australians protest against Israel outside the Royal Commission into Antisemitism
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Antisemitic, really? Jewish leader speaks out on Australia’s Royal Commission hypocrisy

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July 14, 2026
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Three inmates, who scaled the fence at Baisu Prison, were shot dead
Crime

Dilapidated infrastructure blamed for fatal PNG prison escape attempt

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July 14, 2026
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The United States bombed Iran over a toll
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Lim Tean: The Hormuz ‘guardian’ turns pirate – 20% for tribute

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July 14, 2026
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Children in Gaza have paid tribute to Father Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
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Sheikh Hamad: The Arab leader who broke Israel’s siege on Gaza

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July 14, 2026
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The only sensible stance is to stand against the carnage
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Saige England: Call out the Zionist hypocrisy – genociders are settler...

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July 14, 2026
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Actor Sam Neill
Culture

Sam Neill: NZ’s biggest but modest movie star dies at 78

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July 13, 2026
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You could always count on Lindsey Graham to be the first and loudest voice arguing in favour of more death
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Caitlin Johnstone: Well, at least Lindsey Graham is dead

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July 13, 2026
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Police presence at Australian Special Envoy Jillian Segal's presentation to the Bondi Royal Commission into Antisemitism hearing last week
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July 13, 2026
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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"
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
Analysis

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
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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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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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"
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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
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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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