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The council president is not merely a passive moderator but a pacesetter, agenda-shaper, balance-keeper
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Indonesia’s human rights law being revised under a global spotlight

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"While New Zealand was formally invited to join the Board -- and chose to decline -- Fiji was not invited at all"
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Troops without a seat – the Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ and...

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Taiātea Symposium at Waitangi 2026
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US President Donald Trump
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Pacific news reporting is becoming increasingly complex and contentious
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Every time a Fiji student misses school because the river that she crosses is flooded or at risk of flooding, that student is denied the full enjoyment of this right
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Climate change and human rights demands telling our Pacific stories with...

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New Zealand author David Robie
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Journalism Students' Association of USP . . . "The JSA is especially concerned that these attacks are eroding youth confidence in the [journalism] profession"
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Australian mentor Bob Howarth with journalists in Timor-Leste
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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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