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Arrested ship crew deny ‘bunkering’, other marine charges in PNG court
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Three crew members of an unnamed foreign ship intercepted by a Papua New Guinea Navy vessel near Kavieng, New...
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Fiji academic calls for more action to reverse Suva foreshore pollution
By Sheldon Chanel in Suva
Fiji's Suva foreshore has been under "enormous" pressure from decades of destructive practices with little to no public awareness about...
Labour and National leaders contest debate ‘draw’ but sharply different
ANALYSIS: By The Conversation
Prime Minister and Labour leader Jacinda Ardern and National Party leader Judith Collins met tonight for the first televised debate of...
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Bougainville president-elect Ishmael Toroama – rebel, peacemaker, farmer
ANALYSIS: By Keith Jackson
Ishmael Toroama built his reputation as a bold fighter and later a commander in the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) in its...
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Four Chinese citizen journalists still missing after investigating covid-19
France 24 Focus report on the Chinese citizen journalists still missing after investigating Covid-19 in Wuhan.
By France 24
Since coming to power in 2012, Chinese...
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NZ detains three German yachties in Bay of Islands for defying...
By RNZ News
Three German yachtsmen have been detained after arriving in the Bay of Islands, in breach of New Zealand's covid-19 border restrictions.
Despite being...
USP staff slam Fiji’s freezing of F$28m grant as holding university...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Staff of the regional University of the South Pacific have condemned the Fiji government’s “dictatorial" action in freezing a $28 million...
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NZ detains three German yachties in Bay of Islands for defying...
By RNZ News
Three German yachtsmen have been detained after arriving in the Bay of Islands, in breach of New Zealand's covid-19 border restrictions.
Despite being...
USP staff slam Fiji’s freezing of F$28m grant as holding university...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Staff of the regional University of the South Pacific have condemned the Fiji government’s “dictatorial" action in freezing a $28 million...
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Crispin Maslog: Remembering Martial Law – courageous journalism lessons
REWIND: By Crispin Maslog
Filipinos under 48 today were not yet born when Martial Law was imposed on the Philippines by the late and unlamented...
Graham Davis: Why Bainimarama has slammed me in the Fiji ‘state’...
COMMENTARY: By Graham Davis
Stung by successive Grubsheet articles revealing how the military wants changes to the Fiji government and also revealing the name of...
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NZ detains three German yachties in Bay of Islands for defying...
By RNZ News
Three German yachtsmen have been detained after arriving in the Bay of Islands, in breach of New Zealand's covid-19 border restrictions.
Despite being...
Australian officials admit Pacific ‘grand compact’ idea probe – NZ deal...
By Kaniva News
Senior officials from Australia’s Foreign Affairs Department have admitted they are investigating the concept of a “grand compact” with some small Pacific...
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1.2m Indonesian workers laid off as coronavirus crushes economy
By Made Anthony Iswara in Jakarta
The Covid-19 pandemic, which is spreading like wildfire in Indonesia, has taken not just lives but also the...
Brexit referendum asked the wrong questions, says AUT academic
By Anya Imandin
The right answer to the wrong question over the Brexit referendum is still the wrong answer, says an Auckland University of Technology...
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The genocide next door – West Papuan band spreading message of freedom
By Moale James
“West Papuans are being denied their basic human rights … Human beings have a right to freedom. Freedom to be treated fairly...
Tagata Pasifika: Youth lead indigenous storytelling at Moana Loloto
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Young Pasifika performers and artists came together last week for Moana Loloto, a night of indigenous storytelling to explore four pressing...
Outrage, opposition to Cook Islands Rocketman ban
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A prominent Cook Islands lawyer intends to take a court challenge against the censor’s impending ban of the film Rocketman, reports the...
Cook Islands to follow Samoa and ban Rocketman
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The movie Rocketman is likely to be banned in the Cook Islands, despite having already been in the cinema for a...
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Common enemy overcomes fragile Pacific regional unity – climate change
By Sri Krishnamurthi, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre
Six years on from being appointed head of the Pacific Community, Director-General Collin Tukuitonga, a boy...
NZ’s cyber security centre warns more attacks likely after stock market...
ANALYSIS: By Dave Parry, Auckland University of Technology
The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) has issued a warning to all New Zealand businesses to be...
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Loimata – a poignant family-to-family story of the revival of waka...
An interview with filmmaker Anna Marbrook on the making of Loimata. Video: Tagata Pasifika/Sunpix
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