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Pacific flags . . . advancing advance discussions on the the Blue Pacific
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Pacific Islands Forum leaders advance discussions on regional reforms

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Fiji solidarity group condemns Rabuka plans for embassy in Jerusalem

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March 25, 2025
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Participants at a Pacific Islands Festival in Europe show their support for the Free West Papua campaign
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Activist group praises Pacific support for West Papua but slams NZ

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French aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle and its Strike Group
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Face to face . . . a pro-Palestinian and human rights protester up close with police at the Christchurch Town Hall
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Pro-Palestinian protesters challenge Peters at state of the nation speech

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Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick
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Some of the 1000 protesters who took part in a demonstration in the heart of New Zeland's largest city Auckland today
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Israel’s former chief justice Aharon Barak fears state risks ‘civil war’

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NZ's Foreign Minister Winston Peters now more optimistic
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US might not cut pledged Pacific aid, says NZ foreign minister

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PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) and Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama (right)
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Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick
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Swarbrick pleads for NZ cross-party support for sanctions on Israel

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"Silence is complicity" . . . a placard on a sign at the protest outside the Israeli Embassy in Wellington today
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‘Declare your city genocide free’ – lessons from NZ’s nuclear-free movement

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Netanyahu commits a new ‘bloodbath in Gaza’ to save himself

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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"
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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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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

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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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BEARING WITNESS

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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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
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The ruling is “a big win for everyone who cares about the right to protest”
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‘Unconstitutional’ – NSW court strikes down Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws

The Marshalls Energy Company and its power plant has faced a near doubling of its diesel fuel costs since the US/Israel attacked Iran on February 28
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US President Donald Trump (left) and Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei
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The ruling is “a big win for everyone who cares about the right to protest”

‘Unconstitutional’ – NSW court strikes down Minns’ draconian anti-protest laws

April 17, 2026
The Marshalls Energy Company and its power plant has faced a near doubling of its diesel fuel costs since the US/Israel attacked Iran on February 28

Marshall Islands government shuts down at 3pm daily amid fuel crisis

April 17, 2026
US President Donald Trump (left) and Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei

Iran hasn’t survived decades of hostile sanctions, assassinations and sabotage by...

April 17, 2026
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Caitlin Johnstone: I hope the US loses and the empire collapses

April 16, 2026
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