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Human rights researcher pleads for West Papuan rebels to free NZ pilot

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February 9, 2023
Former Fiji Times editor-in-chief Netani Rika
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‘No Fiji TV broadcast tonight due to censorship’ – Rika recalls Fiji media intimidation

Indonesian human rights advocate and researcher Andreas Harsono
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Indonesian rights researcher slams kidnapping – efforts to free NZ pilot

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NZ Papua hostage: Pilots warned to take precautions in ‘danger’ zone

Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe
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Yamin Kogoya: The fate of Papua’s governor Enembe – where is he now?

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Prime Minister Hipkins welcomes less politics, more commemoration on Waitangi Day

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February 6, 2023
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Kalsakau wants Melanesian staff to work at MSG secretariat

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New Zealand’s first official flag was the flag of the United Tribes. It was selected on 20 March 1834 by 25 chiefs from the Far North which had gathered at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands
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NZ’s Waitangi Day 2023 – why Article 3 of the Treaty...

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February 6, 2023
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Sodelpa’s negotiation team chair, Anare Jale, announcing the result of the votes for a coalition government in 2022
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Richard Naidu: It’s your freedom – so speak up and step...

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February 5, 2023
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Red Tsounga with the volunteer team from the Whānau Hub
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Gallery: After Auckland’s flash floods, it’s community clean-up time

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February 5, 2023
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Papuan editor and publisher Victor Mambor
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Papuan journalist award-winner Victor Mambor targeted for his reports

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February 5, 2023
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Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, who was wearing formal attire after meeting with Iwi chairs, rolled up his suit pants to join rangatahi who were waka training at Waitangi on 3 February 2023
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Iwi leaders warn Hipkins not to bow over Three Waters co-governance

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February 4, 2023
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PNG-born student Filipino student Roselyn Alog
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PNG’s Education Minister slams UPNG ‘discrimination’ against Filipino student

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Volunteers help residents in Auckland's Mt Roskill to clear up after the flash floods hit the city last weekend
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NZ Greens back call for rent controls after Auckland flash floods

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February 3, 2023
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Victor Mambor
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Papua’s Jubi chief editor awarded Indonesian Pogau prize for courage

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February 3, 2023
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Myanmar’s military has ‘turned whole country into a prison’

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The flag of Kanaky
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Union Calédonian proposes historic September 24 date for ‘independence accord’

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January 30, 2023
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Former Fiji attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
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Richard Naidu: Rule of law – maybe a time for Aiyaz...

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January 28, 2023
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The coffins of three of the four Papuan civilian victims of the brutal killing in August 2022
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Activists hail life jail sentence for army major over brutal Papuan...

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January 26, 2023
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Fiji's Attorney-General Siromi Turaga (left) challenges his predecessor Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
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Aiyaz ‘trying to mislead the people’ over use of term Fijian,...

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January 26, 2023
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Papuan journalist and editor Victor Mambor
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Papuan journalist Victor Mambor says bomb attack likely due to his...

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Titewhai Harawira, a ‘feisty, staunch, protector’, dies, aged 90

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January 25, 2023
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Police gather evidence near the site of a bomb explosion that took place outside the house of Jubi editor Victor Mambor
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‘Terror’ bomb explodes near Papua journalist Victor Mambor’s home

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January 24, 2023
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Fiji lawyer Richard Naidu's reply to former attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
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‘Claims a serious matter’ – lawyer Richard Naidu responds to Sayed-Khaiyum’s...

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January 23, 2023
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While the Marshall Islands was under US trusteeship, the US government detonated 67 atmospheric and ground weapons over a 12 year period
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Activists call for US apology, ‘justice’ over Marshall Islands nuclear tests

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January 23, 2023
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West Papuan leader Benny Wenda with Vanuatu and Papuan officials
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Wenda calls on Melanesian ‘Good Samaritans’ to help free West Papua

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January 23, 2023
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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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How covid priorities have ‘shelved’ PNG climate change action

Dr Collin Tukuitonga
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Common enemy overcomes fragile Pacific regional unity – climate change

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The covid-19 pandemic's enduring impact
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Long covid, long tail – long summer of infection concerns in...

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No appeal against ruling in NZ baby blood case, surgery to...

Cook Islands drive through vaccination community event in Auckland
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NZ covid inquiry must look at response to specific communities, Pasifika...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Covid-19 Response Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall
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NZ announces Royal Commission into government’s covid-19 response

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Auckland mayor Wayne Brown (left) fronting a media conference

Gavin Ellis: Communication lessons from the Great Flood

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