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ABG House Speaker Simon Pentanu will has issued the writs for the fifth general elections in September
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Bougainville election process begins as writs issued for September poll

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Australia

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The Castle Bravo test was 1000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima
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The Rainbow Warrior saga. Part 2: Nuclear refugees in the Pacific...

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West Papua human rights advocate and independence leader Octo Mote
Civil Society

Legends of a Nuclear-Free and Independent Pacific – Octo Mote

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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

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Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Russel Norman
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Greenpeace chief recalls New Zealand’s nuclear free exploits, seeks ‘peace’ voice...

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Protesters picketing a Rocket Lab manufacturing site in Warkworth
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Palestine protesters target NZ businesses ‘complicit’ with Israel’s Gaza genocide

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July 4, 2025
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Guam

Guam nuclear radiation survivors ‘heartbroken’ over exclusion from compensation bill

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July 4, 2025
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Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
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Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

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UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese
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UN expert calls on world to end trade with Israel’s ‘economy...

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July 4, 2025
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PSNA co-chairs John Minto and Maher Nazzal said the referral “carefully outlines a case that six NZ individuals should be investigated”
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Palestine solidarity group lawyers refer NZ prime minister Luxon, 3 ministers...

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The bombed Rainbow Warrior next morning
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Rabaul's Archbishop Rochus Tatamai
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Catholic Church warns against PNG declaring itself a ‘Christian country’

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Investigative journalist Richard Baker's SBS "Fallout" podcast on the Rainbow Warrior and the Norfolk Island connection
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Since the data breach, the Tongan government has said "a small amount" of information from the attack was published online. This included confidential information,
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July 2, 2025
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Activist minister Reverend Mua Strickson-Pua brandishes the petition against the AUKUS military pact at the launch
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July 2, 2025
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The Bradbury Group's presenter Martyn Bradbury talks Gaza to Palestinian journalist Dr Yousef Aljamal
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The Bradbury Group features Palestinian journalist Yousef Aljamal, Middle East report...

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Starved for Peace - Mr Fish
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Flags from most of the Micronesian islands participating in the regional summit this week fly outside the International Conference Center
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Fiji protesters in support of a "Free West Papua"
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Fiji human rights coalition challenges Rabuka over decolonisation ‘unfinished business’

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Fiji Finance Minister and DPM Dr Biman Prasad
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Te Mareikura Whakataka Brightwell
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Tahiti prepares for its first Matari’i public holiday

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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
Analysis

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

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
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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
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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

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US expected to announce major fuel security deal at Pacific Islands...

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