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Some of the flags of the 16-nation regional University of the South Pacific
Samoa

USP student body welcomes Fiji’s commitment to settle grant dues

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January 26, 2023
USP's vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia was deported from Fiji in 2021
Samoa

USP’s academic chief welcomes $7m pledge from Fiji out of arrears

NZ's Deputy PM Carmel Sepuloni
Samoa

Carmel Sepuloni makes history as Pasifika’s first deputy PM in Aotearoa

Fijians in the capital Suva celebrate the end of 16 years of authoritarian rule - eight years of military dictatorship followed by a rigid "democracy".
Samoa

David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano

Lisa Taouma
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‘This is for you’ – 24 Pasifika New Year’s honours recipients in NZ

Professor Pal Ahluwalia
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Professor thrilled over USP return – Fiji to pay $90m university...

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December 27, 2022
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Professor Pal Ahluwalia on his deportation flight in 2021
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Exiled USP chief, Dr Lal now free to enter Fiji, says...

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December 26, 2022
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following the World Cup final in Otara, South Auckland
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Lost – but Samoans globally show off their pride in historic...

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November 20, 2022
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Protesters make a point to delegates at COP27 in Egypt
Samoa

COP27 finale: Leaders debate climate damage funding for Pacific nations

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November 19, 2022
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Samoa

Melanesian advocate criticises Pacific languages strategy ‘blunder’

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October 27, 2022
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Pacific cyclones
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Fiji’s weather bureau predicts up to seven cyclones this season

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October 24, 2022
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Multichannel approach by ABC
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The ABC’s role in Australia’s Pacific reset – valued and highly...

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Papua New Guinea's Morea Baru
Samoa

Pacific takes impressive Games haul of 13 medals in Birmingham

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August 9, 2022
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Professor Pal Ahluwalia
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Professor Pal Ahluwalia on the future of USP: ‘I’m here to...

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August 8, 2022
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Pacific Music Awards 2022
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Back on stage – Pacific Music Awards gig banishes covid blues

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August 5, 2022
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Prime Minister of Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
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NZ to provide $15m to support Samoa over climate change action

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August 2, 2022
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Taupulega general manager Asi Pasilio
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Tokelau keen to get its people stuck abroad back home again

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July 27, 2022
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Professor Pal Ahluwalia
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USP unions slam Fiji’s Sayed-Khaiyum for ‘damaging’ Pacific university

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July 24, 2022
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Pacific Islands Forum 2022 in Suva
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Australia and New Zealand’s ‘deafening silence’ on Pacific democracy and human...

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July 21, 2022
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Samoa's Ombudsman Luamanuvao Katalaina Sapolu
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Pandemic effect on human rights ‘catastrophic’, says Samoan report

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July 21, 2022
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Tuvalu Foreign Minister Simon Kofe (left)
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Pacific leaders urged to look at Kiribati president’s concerns for unity

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July 14, 2022
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A Greenpeace protest against deep seabed mining
Samoa

Greenpeace condemns NZ silence on Pacific deep sea mining risks

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July 1, 2022
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Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr
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Fiji, Palau and Samoa call for deep-sea mining moratorium at UN...

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June 30, 2022
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Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naom
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Samoa becomes first Pacific country to host next CHOGM meeting in...

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June 27, 2022
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Kiwis defeat Mate Ma'a Tonga 26
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Police investigate fans outrage incident at Kiwi-Mate Ma’a Tonga game

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June 26, 2022
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Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
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Samoa and China have no plans for military ties, says Fiamē

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June 15, 2022
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Federated States of Micronesia President David Panuelo
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Long term vision clinches Pacific Islands Forum rift deal in Suva

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June 8, 2022
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CLIMATE AND COVID

In the Eye of the Storm
Samoa

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors
Samoa

How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

Stephanie Sageo-Tapunguvideo
Climate

How covid priorities have ‘shelved’ PNG climate change action

Dr Collin Tukuitonga
Analysis

Common enemy overcomes fragile Pacific regional unity – climate change

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Australian covid-19 testing decision
Australia

Covid-19: NZ ‘assessing health risk’ after Australia announces China traveller testing

Christmas Day in NZ
Coronavirus

Thousands to miss Christmas thanks to covid-19 – how to avoid...

The covid-19 pandemic's enduring impact
Coronavirus

Long covid, long tail – long summer of infection concerns in...

Anti-vax placards outside the High Court in Auckland
Coronavirus

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

Cook Islands drive through vaccination community event in Auckland
Coronavirus

NZ covid inquiry must look at response to specific communities, Pasifika...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Covid-19 Response Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall
Coronavirus

NZ announces Royal Commission into government’s covid-19 response

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David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration
Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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Fiji to set up relocation trust fund for villages hit by...

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Banabans climate change student documentary chosen for third festival

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Banabans of Rabi student doco given Tongan film festival premiere

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While PNG promotes APEC big money, youth are building grassroots resilience

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40 luxury Maseratis for PNG, but little effort put into climate...

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Tukuitonga goes into battle on behalf of Pacific for WHO position

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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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Volunteers help residents in Auckland's Mt Roskill to clear up after the flash floods hit the city last weekend
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Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

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Deported Freedom Flotilla activist Mike Treen arrives back in NZ

Taiwan Day event in Suva
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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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Sodelpa’s negotiation team chair, Anare Jale, announcing the result of the votes for a coalition government in 2022

Richard Naidu: It’s your freedom – so speak up and step...

February 5, 2023
Papuan editor and publisher Victor Mambor

Papuan journalist award-winner Victor Mambor targeted for his reports

February 5, 2023
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown (left) fronting a media conference

Gavin Ellis: Communication lessons from the Great Flood

January 31, 2023
Counterspin Media visits Peka Peka

Ian Powell: Sociopaths, psychopaths, the far-right and Jacinda Ardern

January 25, 2023
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NZ Greens back call for rent controls after Auckland flash floods

February 3, 2023
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February 8, 2023
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February 9, 2023
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