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Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson
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Bike assailant ‘identity known’, says Green Party co-leader

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March 30, 2023
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PNG's Communication Minister Timothy Masiu
Democracy

PNG’s Masiu denies ‘control of media’ but calls for ‘accountability’

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The Fiji Times
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Fiji to scrap ‘dead in water’ media law with pledge to...

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March 29, 2023
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Solomon Islands University vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau
Democracy

‘Big picture vision’ conversations missing in Pacific, says Aqorau

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March 29, 2023
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Indonesian security forces' assault on West Papuan rebels triggers counter-attack
Human Rights

Indonesian security forces attack West Papuan rebels holding NZ pilot

APR editor -
March 28, 2023
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Security firms largest employer in Papua New Guinea
Crime

Private security companies ‘holding PNG together’, claims minister

APR editor -
March 28, 2023
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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
Australia

Aukus ‘going against’ Pacific nuclear free treaty – Cook Islands leader

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March 28, 2023
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Indonesian police quell a demonstration in the Papuan region
Human Rights

West Papua Liberation Army fighter shot dead, claims Indonesia

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March 27, 2023
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Fijian media stakeholders at the public consultation on the Media Ownership and Regulation Bill 2023 in Suva
Democracy

Repeal ‘draconian’ MIDA Act, urge Fiji media and journalism stakeholders

Pacific Media Watch -
March 27, 2023
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Police allege 52kg methamphetamine was located on a "black flight" from PNG to Australia
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PNG a key transit point for ‘Pacific drug highway’ to Australia

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March 27, 2023
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Nga Ratonga Ao Māori head Maika Te Amo
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Keeping the flow – the use of te reo Māori at...

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March 27, 2023
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British gender activist Posie Parker in Auckland
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Posie Parker departs NZ – JK Rowling blasts protest as ‘repellent’

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March 26, 2023
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Ramadan in Gaza
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Palestinians uphold traditional Ramadan rituals – despite the Israeli Occupation

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March 25, 2023
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News media ‘not an enemy or nuisance’, Fiji editor tells...

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Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika looking for 80min performances

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When 12 Filipino senators made the historic decision to vote "no" to the US in Subic Bay
Australia

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Communications Fiji Ltd (CFL) chair William Parkinson
Democracy

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Former attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
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March 24, 2023
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Papua New Guinean David Goli in his "chained" Port Moresby protest as he appeared on the front page of the Post-Courier in 2015
Education

PNG contractors plead for government to pay up after 12-year wait

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March 23, 2023
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Aid after Vanuatu's cyclones Judy and Kelvin
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Vanuatu minister says harvests will take time to recover after cyclones

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March 23, 2023
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A ni-Vanuatu family at the Blacksands community in Port Vila on Efate Island in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Kevin
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As Pacific islanders, we bear the brunt of the climate crisis....

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March 23, 2023
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Papua New Guinea's Dame Meg Taylor
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Pacific verdict on COP29
Climate

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
Analysis

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

Pacific Climate Warriors
Analysis

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
Analysis

NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
Coronavirus

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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Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
Asia Report

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

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
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Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide
Analysis

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"
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Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
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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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