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    • No adversary has damaged Western civilisation as profoundly as Israel
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      Iran never made the West abandon its own principles. Israel did.

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Gallery: Vanuatu ‘welcomes all’ to rebuilt traditional chiefs’ nakamal meeting house

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NZ's major print media and radio company NZME
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Union wary of Canadian billionaire Jim Grenon’s NZ media influence

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March 6, 2025
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Protesting for Palestine in Australia
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Australian university workers: ‘We will not be silenced over Palestine’

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March 6, 2025
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Cook Islands Christian Movement interim secretary William Framhein believes that the country should be declared a "Christian nation"
Cook Islands

Churches push for Cook Islands to be declared a Christian nation...

APR editor -
March 6, 2025
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The Marshall Islands suffered 67 known atmospheric nuclear tests between 1946 and 1958
Decolonisation

Seven decades on, Marshall Islands still reeling from nuclear testing legacy

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March 5, 2025
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The historic signing of the nuclear-free pact, also known as the Treaty of Rarotonga, took place in Majuro during the observance of the Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day on 3 March 2025
Cook Islands

Marshall Islands signs treaty banning nuclear weapons in the South Pacific

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March 5, 2025
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Community leaders and residents discuss priorities at the first Manurewa Pan-Pacific strategy workshop
Democracy

Manurewa’s first Pan-Pacific strategy aims to amplify Pasifika voices

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March 5, 2025
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Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt
Decolonisation

RSF slams ‘horrific conditions’ for journalists in Gaza in wake of...

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March 5, 2025
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New Zealand protesters scale Christchurch arms company building accused over supplying sniper scopes
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NZ arms company building linked to Gaza genocide, claim peace activists

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March 4, 2025
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No Other Land . . . Oscar winning film for best documentary
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‘Our film won an Oscar. But here in West Bank’s Masafer...

Pacific Media Watch -
March 4, 2025
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A "No Nuclear Winter" placard at a pro-Palestine rally in Auckland at the weekend
Asia Report

‘Back off AUKUS’, Greens MP Tuiono warns NZ in wake of...

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March 4, 2025
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New Zealand peace protesters target a local company branch of an Australian armaments manufacturer
Asia Report

NZ must protest Israel’s latest ‘weasel out’ war crime cutting humanitarian...

APR editor -
March 3, 2025
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French Overseas Territories Minister Manuel Valls
Decolonisation

French minister wraps up key talks in New Caledonia, returning late...

APR editor -
March 3, 2025
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Papua New Guinea is reeling after the separate killings of two women
Crime

Nine more arrested in PNG for brutal kidnap, rape and murder...

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March 3, 2025
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Ultimately, the chaos Trump 2.0 has unleashed
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In siding with Russia over Ukraine, Trump is not putting America...

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March 3, 2025
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Development Policy Centre research fellow Dr Terence Wood
Climate

Political analyst hopes NZ, Australia will ‘step up’ over USAID cuts...

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March 3, 2025
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Civil Society

Activists scale NZ building in protest against global weapons company

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March 3, 2025
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A New Zealand protester holds a poster for the "Trump Gaza" ethnic cleansing plan for a tourism development
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Hamas accuses Israel of ‘blackmail’ over aid, demands end of US...

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March 3, 2025
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An Israeli tank in an intimidating move in the occupied West Bank
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Israel’s genocide is expanding into the West Bank – but Western...

Pacific Media Watch -
March 2, 2025
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The aftermath of Indonesian forces burning temporary shelters in the Star Mountains, West Papua
Asia Report

Indonesia’s bullion banks, new mining policies pose threat to West Papuan...

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March 2, 2025
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An Israeli soldiers "not welcome" placard at the Palestine solidarity rally and march in the heart of New Zealand's largest city Auckland today
Asia Report

Palestine asks ICJ for advisory opinion on illegal occupier Israel’s obligations

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March 1, 2025
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Rongelap Islanders on board the Rainbow Warrior bound for Mejatto in May 1985
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Four decades after Rongelap evacuation, Greenpeace makes new plea for nuclear...

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March 1, 2025
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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

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

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

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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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Iran never made the West abandon its own principles. Israel did.

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Māngere voters left ‘wanting more’ as local candidates pitch for support

October 14, 2026
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October 13, 2026
Masked Kumul 23 elite police tactical force members

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What is happening to Palestine is the tip of the spear...

October 12, 2026
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