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      Australian ‘antisemitism’ – the Royal Conflation Commission is in session

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Manu Samoa preparing for their match against World Cup debutants Chile
Australia

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Indonesia

IFJ condemns Indonesia over bribery, harassment attempt on RNZ journalist

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Fiji Parliament passes a motion to establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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Fijian lawmakers vote for truth-telling body to ‘heal coup pains, scars’

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September 15, 2023
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Pacific election promises in NZ
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NZ election 2023: Growing Pasifika population equals greater electoral power

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September 14, 2023
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New Caledonia's Assembly President Roch Wamytan talking to news media in Baku
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‘Ambitious’ French political document presented to New Caledonian parties

APR editor -
September 14, 2023
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Clarifications or not, PNG Prime Minister James Marape has left a lingering impression that Papua New Guinea’s foreign policy is for sale
Analysis

PNG’s Marape makes foreign policy gaffes over Israel, West Papua

Pacific Media Watch -
September 14, 2023
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Homeless Raymond Green and his worldly possessions
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Being homeless in PNG is a ‘death sentence’, says Moresby’s Raymond

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September 13, 2023
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MC Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury (left) opens the Taxpayers' Union Northland election debate at Kerikeri
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NZ election 2023: Raucous Northland debate crowd rails at covid, te...

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September 13, 2023
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Climate crisis . . . time to speak of “legally binding obligations'
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Pacific, small island states slam ‘endless’ climate talks at landmark maritime...

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September 13, 2023
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The controversial photo of Milne Bay Governor Gordon Wesley (red shirt) and gang leader Eugene Pakailasi (blue shirt)
Crime

Milne Bay governor explains secret meeting with notorious PNG gang

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September 12, 2023
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NZ's Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins
Democracy

NZ election 2023: Better ways than taxation to bring down living...

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September 12, 2023
0
Pacific community members parade through Oamaru
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NZ election 2023: Pay parity an electoral issue among South Island...

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September 12, 2023
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UPNG's Professor Frank Griffin with protesting medical students
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‘I hear your cry’, UPNG chief tells protesting medical students

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September 12, 2023
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Stuff media group and AI
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Stuff joins global media groups curbing Open AI from using news...

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September 11, 2023
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Since becoming established in Fiji in 2014, the South Korean-founded cult Grace Road has expanded
Crime

Korean doomsday sect Grace Road saga deepens with leader in...

Pacific Media Watch -
September 11, 2023
0
Paiute-speaking First Nations language advocate Christina Dawa Kutsmana Thomas
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Te reo Māori inspires Native American to save her own indigenous...

APR editor -
September 11, 2023
0
PNG Prime Minister James Marape at the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) summit in Port Vila
Decolonisation

PNG leader Marape denies Papua human rights comments were his

Pacific Media Watch -
September 11, 2023
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Fiji's Semi Radradra and Waisea Nayacalevu with Nick Tompkins of Wales
Fiji

RWC23: Fiji rue missed opportunities against Wales

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September 11, 2023
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Fiji police officers Corporal Gerry McGoon (on left) and PC Sevania Manulevu on foot patrol along Victoria Parade in Suva
Crime

The Fiji Times: We need to work together in the war...

Pacific Media Watch -
September 10, 2023
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The NZ Council of Trade Unions' controversial front page advocacy ad in The New Zealand Herald
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NZ election 2023: Political advocacy angst as campaign begins – officially

Pacific Media Watch -
September 10, 2023
0
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Fiji

RWC2023: Fiji names strongest possible side for Wales clash

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September 9, 2023
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Fiji Immigration Minister Pio Tikoduadua (left) and Grace Road group Fiji president Daniel Kim
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Fiji immigration officials detain Grace Road cult leader Daniel Kim

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September 8, 2023
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Pacific Climate Warriors
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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent
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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

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Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

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