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The PNG Correctional Service headquarters where the alleged assault took place
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PNG Media Council calls for police probe into alleged assault over...

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If the US can install another puppet in Tehran as obedient as the Shah after the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s refineries will once again be at the mercy of US oil companies
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Gordon Campbell: Why the US has no credible reason or credible...

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Iran's Ambassador Reza Nazar Ahari
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‘Explicit aggression’ against Iran needs clear condemnation, envoy tells NZ

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March 2, 2026
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The first satellite image of the bombing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound in Tehran on the opening day of the surprise and illegal US-Israeli attack on Iran
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Neither preemptive nor legal, US-Israeli strikes on Iran have blown up...

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March 2, 2026
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"The terrible news that the Americans and Israelis had killed more than 150 children this week"
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Minab school massacre – hands off the children of Iran, Donald...

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March 2, 2026
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NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon
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Luxon defends NZ’s position on Iran attacks – same as Australia

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March 2, 2026
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The Iranian Red Crescent reports US and Israeli attacks on areas close to medical and humanitarian facilities
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Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu issue advisories amid US-Israeli strikes on Iran

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March 2, 2026
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A sports hall in Lamerd, southern Iran, where dozens of teenage girls were attending training sessions
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After a sports hall in Iran was bombed, witnesses describe chaos...

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March 2, 2026
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Iranian politician, author, and lawyer Mohammad Mossadegh
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Critics say weak NZ response over US-Israel attacks on Iran a...

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March 1, 2026
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Trump and Netanyahu claim the Iranian Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has been killed
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Trump starts major ‘regime-change’ war with Iran, serving neoconservatism and Israel

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March 1, 2026
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Carlos Latuff on the US-Israel dual attacks on Iran
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Marilyn Garson: Waking up to terror in this new world of...

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Pesta Babi (Pig Feast) . . . Indonesian colonialism in West Papua
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Pesta Babi – ‘Pig Feast’ . . . a vivid new...

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Physicist and peace advocate Dr Peter Wills
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Filipino photojournalist Alex Baluyut
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Israel and US stage joint attacks on Tehran
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Solidarity author Eugene Doyle with Cuban Ambassador Luis Ernesto Morejón Rodríguez
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Cuban ambassador denounces US aggression and violations of international law

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New UK Green Party member Hannah Spencer
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Expanding the Israeli illegal settlement of Ma’ale Adumim
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Former Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte
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Port Moresby's Bomana Correctional Facility . . . nine inmates injured in an confrontation with jail guards. Image: RNZ/Johnny Blades
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Inmates in critical condition after alleged attack by PNG corrections officers

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Sports consultant and journalist Charlie Charters
Democracy

Fiji critic’s whistleblower case escalates anti-corruption crisis

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February 26, 2026
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Preparations for the FLNKS "National Unity" list for the local elections due in New Caledonia
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French Senate vote endorses New Caledonia’s future status

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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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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
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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
Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
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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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NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
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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
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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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Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

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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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