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Rousing farewell for Kiwi doctors flying out to Gaza aid flotilla

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Voters in New Zealand's last election “were not sensitised to policy changes
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The three volunteer doctors going to Gaza with the Freedom Flotilla humanitarian aid project
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Solomon Islands Chief Electoral Officer Jasper Anisi told RNZ Pacific all elections materials have been distributed and the country is ready to go to the polls
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Let the games begin – coalition negotiations underway in Honiara

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The closure of NZ's last current affairs television programme, Sunday, and Newshub
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"Nameless, faceless Palestinians" - a NZ newspaper editorial comment: Refaat Alareer
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Indonesian military’s crimes in West Papua and the democratic solution

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Ultimately Newshub's demise is a story of ruthless transnational interests
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COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

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In the Eye of the Storm
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Pacific Climate Warriors
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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
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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
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Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
Coronavirus

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Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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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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May 18, 2026
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