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A free, thriving, and diverse Pacific press
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A free press in Fiji at last
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Tahiti disaster expected to be called after Teahupo’o village flooded

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A Fiji news media conference
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Journalist José Belovideo
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Timor-Leste makes top ten in 2023 World Press Freedom Index

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Mereana Reid Arbelot
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Brotherson’s new cabinet for Tahiti expected to be mainly women

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RSF's World Press Freedom Index 2023 launching today
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President-to-be Moetai Brotherson
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Tahiti’s pro-independence ‘blue wave’ back at helm with decisive win

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Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni
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Professor Michael Baker
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The Montevideo Maru
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Anzac ceremony to recall those who died on torpedoed Japanese freighter

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April 29, 2023
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Pacific Youth delegate Tamatoa Tepuhiarii from Tahiti
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‘I feel empowered’, says Pacific youth delegate after nuclear summit

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Pacific verdict on COP29
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COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm
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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors
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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent
Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate
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Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
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NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.
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