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‘New Zealand, get me off this island,’ pleads 9-year Iran refugee on Nauru

January 21, 2023

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist A second group of refugees detained in offshore Australian detention camps have arrived in New Zealand. Four people touched down on a flight yesterday. “I’m happy for them that they can get their freedom,” a friend of the recent arrivals who is still detained on Nauru, Hamid, said. Their ... <a title="‘New Zealand, get me off this island,’ pleads 9-year Iran refugee on Nauru" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/21/new-zealand-get-me-off-this-island-pleads-9-year-iran-refugee-on-nauru/" aria-label="Read more about ‘New Zealand, get me off this island,’ pleads 9-year Iran refugee on Nauru">Read more</a>

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Ukraine war: Green Party says NZ’s $5m funding better for ‘saving lives’

March 22, 2022

By Craig McCulloch, RNZ News deputy political editor The Green Party says New Zealand has put its relationship with the NATO security alliance ahead of saving lives in Ukraine. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern yesterday announced $5 million would go to a NATO fund for the purchase of “non-lethal military assistance” such as fuel, rations and ... <a title="Ukraine war: Green Party says NZ’s $5m funding better for ‘saving lives’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/22/ukraine-war-green-party-says-nzs-5m-funding-better-for-saving-lives/" aria-label="Read more about Ukraine war: Green Party says NZ’s $5m funding better for ‘saving lives’">Read more</a>