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Phil Twyford: Legends of the Pacific: Stories of a Nuclear-Free Moana 1975-1995

MP Phil Twyford's speech while opening the Legends of the Pacific: Stories of a Nuclear-Free Moana 1975-1995 exhibition at the Ellen Melville Centre today. By Phil Twyford Kia ora tatou. I...

The Rainbow Warrior saga. Part 2: Nuclear refugees in the Pacific – the evacuation of Rongelap

COMMENTARY:  By Eugene Doyle On the last voyage of the Rainbow Warrior prior to its sinking by French secret...

Greenpeace chief recalls New Zealand’s nuclear free exploits, seeks ‘peace’ voice for Gaza

By David Robie Greenpeace Aotearoa executive director Russel Norman today recalled New Zealand’s heyday as a Pacific nuclear free...

Caitlin Johnstone: The Empire has accidentally caused the rebirth of real counterculture in the West

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Everyone’s still talking about Bob Vylan, and rightly so. A crowd full of Westerners happily being...

The Rainbow Warrior saga: 1. French state terrorism and NZ’s end of innocence

COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Immediately after killing Fernando Pereira and blowing up Greenpeace’s flagship the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland...

Caitlin Johnstone: They’re really going to try to lay all the blame for Gaza on Netanyahu

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone They’re really going to try to pin all the blame for the incineration of Gaza on Benjamin Netanyahu so that nothing...

The Elders chair Mary Robinson calls for Biden to stop arming Israel

By Jessica Corbett The Elders chair Mary Robinson has highlighted the unique leverage that the United States has with Israel and called on the Biden...

After the TVNZ and Newshub shocks, what will the future of Pacific news look like?

By Khalia Strong There are questions about what the future of media will look like for Pacific media platforms in the wake of the axing...

Mehdi Hasan on genocide in Gaza and the silencing of Palestinian voices in media

Democracy Now! Acclaimed journalist Mehdi Hasan joins Democracy Now! to discuss US media coverage of the Israeli war on Gaza and how the war is...

‘Food not bombs’ Gaza protesters picket MFAT offices in Auckland

Asia Pacific Report About 20 pro-Palestinian protesters picketed New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) office in Auckland today, demanding a stronger stance...

Gaza hunger: 25 NGOs call for global priority on ceasefire and land-based humanitarian aid

Amnesty International Human rights and humanitarian organisations present on the ground in the Gaza Strip have reiterated since the start of the current war that...