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The last voyage of the Rainbow Warrior – Rongelap podcast series

ABC Radio Australia and RNZ You probably know about the last moments of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior in 1985. But what do you know about the environmental campaign ship’s last...

Caitlin Johnstone: Biden’s legacy is genocide, war, and nuclear brinkmanship

COMMENTARY: By Caitlin Johnstone Biden’s legacy is genocide, war, and nuclear brinkmanship. That’s all anyone should talk about when...

Rising Tide climate crisis ‘Protestival’ to go ahead despite court ruling

The NSW Supreme Court has issued orders prohibiting a major climate protest that would blockade ships entering the...

Behind settler colonial NZ’s paranoia about dissident ‘persons of interest’

COMMENTARY: By Robert Reid The Enemy Within, by Maire Leadbeater is many things. It is: • A family history • A...

Kamala Harris’s support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza ‘betrayal of true feminism’

Democracy Now! AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN...

Archive: Journalists face grisly threats in Philippines

On average seven journalists have been killed every year in the Philippines since Cory Aquino came to power. David Robie reports on a record...

Archive: How PNG’s Mista Grasruts became Mr Clean

Mista Grasruts (Grassroots), the funniest cartoon character in the South Pacific, is cutting down on his beer, drinking fruit juice and setting a moral...

Archive: Fiji 1987: ‘Sit down everybody. This is a takeover!’

Fiji: Countdown to a coup ANALYSIS: By David Robie in New Outlook Sakeasi Butadroka fingers his trademark blood-red bow-tie and laughs: "This represents the blood of...

Archive: Challenging Goliath – New Internationalist 1986

When Aotearoa (NZ) banned nuclear warships from its ports it was seen as David standing up to Washington's Goliath. But behind Prime Minister David...

Archive: Tahiti: Caricature of the leader

By David Robie One political cartoon depicted President Gaston Flosse as a vampire. A potted "species" note in the opposition newspaper Te Teo o Te...

David Robie – Qantas awards and Media Peace Prize 1985-89

Auckland Star The Rainbow Warrior, New Zealand's future military role in the Pacific and a history of peacemaking were the winning topics in this year's...