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    • "Gaza is not for sale" . . . the spray painted slogan at President Trump’s Turnberry golf resort
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Cooks Islands leaders participated in a youth debate on Monday
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Cost of living, water tariffs, mining on Cook Islanders’ minds ahead...

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August 12, 2026
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The same officials colluding in Israel’s current crimes by shipping arms to Israel
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Britain’s Big Brother state is already here – we just don’t...

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August 11, 2026
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape
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Papua New Guinea seeks dialogue over new hefty $20,000 US visa...

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August 11, 2026
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Contesting the Cook Islands elections
Cook Islands

Two-way battle – no clear majority as Cook Islands prepares for...

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August 11, 2026
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Australia's Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal
Analysis

The Segal State – the public office Australia never voted for

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August 10, 2026
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Producer Victor Mambor of the documentary Pesta Babi (Pig Feast): Colonialism in Our Time accepts the award on behalf of the production team
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Pesta Babi documentary wins both Udin and Tasrif awards for ‘injustice’...

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August 10, 2026
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The Free Palestine Party
Asia Report

Free Palestine Party becomes latest political party in Aotearoa

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August 10, 2026
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An Iranian naval speedboat patrolling the Strait of Hormuz
Asia Report

The key Hormuz question that everybody is avoiding

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August 10, 2026
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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale
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Solomon Islands PM urges ‘no more secrecy’ over treaties with other...

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August 10, 2026
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Fiji has been an independent nation since 1970 and a republic since 1987
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Ashneel Jaynesh Prasad: Fiji’s flag – a conversation we must have

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August 10, 2026
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Some Americans are fighting every day to save the babies of Cuba
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Why US sanctions are deadlier for children than Tomahawk cruise missiles

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August 9, 2026
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ABC people get replaced by non-ABC people - and sooner rather than later we have Sinophobic news specials
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The ABC’s intellectual and moral decline comes at the worst possible...

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August 9, 2026
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Iranian Kiwi Seyed Derhany
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‘Triple tap’ in Gaza, Iran and the Hind Rajab atrocities condemned...

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August 8, 2026
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A Rising Tide climate protest with a Newcastle Port blockade
Australia

Australia, world leader in arresting climate protesters, drops 130 charges

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August 8, 2026
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Pacific Islands Forum Foreign Ministers Meeting 2026 in Suva
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Pacific Islands Forum fails to reach consensus on anti-missile statement against...

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August 8, 2026
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Counsel Assisting before Commissioner Virginia Bell
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Australia’s Royal Commission into antisemitism a ‘$131 million whinge’

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August 7, 2026
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The Democrat voters chose Dr Abdul El-Sayed because he’s a fighter
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El-Sayed’s Michigan primary win against tyranny a good omen for a...

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August 7, 2026
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Pacific Islands Forum member flags
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Pacific foreign ministers to discuss Solomons’ idea for regional security treaty

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August 7, 2026
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International justice advocate Craig Mokhiber
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Self defence action by Iran ‘first truly consequential action’ by state,...

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August 7, 2026
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112 members of two Palestinian families - Al-Hasayneh and Abu Sharia - have been buried in Gaza
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Gaza genocide: Mourning the 112 victims of two families of Israeli...

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August 6, 2026
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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale
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Manasseh Sogavare unleashes on Solomon Islands government over US agreement

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August 6, 2026
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In the face of a denunciation by the Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte, the NUJP recalls that the Philippine media has borne the attacks of Duterte-era leadership
Asia Report

NUJP slams Sara Duterte for disparaging news groups, touting social media

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August 6, 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
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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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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
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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"
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
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APJS NEWSFILE

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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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

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Jacinda Ardern
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Taiwan Day event in Suva
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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

GLOBAL REPORTAGE

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The University of Sydney
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Crowds gather in Tehran on March 9 to celebrate the appointment of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei
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Six months on, Iran is still standing but survival is becoming...

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"Gaza is not for sale" . . . the spray painted slogan at President Trump’s Turnberry golf resort

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The University of Sydney

Alumni revolt over Israel: 450 Sydney Uni staff, graduates accuse university...

August 28, 2026
Crowds gather in Tehran on March 9 to celebrate the appointment of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyed Mojtaba Khamenei

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

August 28, 2026
A PNG Parliament press gallery monitor shows Opposition Leader James Nomane speaking during debate following the tabling of the Bougainville referendum result

PNG’s parliament Bougainville vote still many months away

August 28, 2026
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