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President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (right) with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh in Jakarta 2022
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Wenda slams Jakarta’s ‘hypocrisy’ over support for Palestine, but denying West...

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Transparency International PNG chair Peter Aitsi
Democracy

Free media ‘underpins justice’ message to PNG government by united media

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West Papuan leader Benny Wenda (left) and Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
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Indonesia protests over Fiji’s Rabuka backing Papuan independence leader

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PM Kalsakau in cyclone-ravaged Vanuatu declares emergency as new storm bears...

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An important book exposing problems immigrants – especially Muslims – face...

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Pilot hostage Philip Mehrtens with one of his West Papuan rebel captors
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Papuan rebels deny asking for money, weapons to free NZ pilot...

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The back yard of Samoan community advocate Paul Mark's home in Mangere
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PNG's draft national media development policy
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March 2, 2023
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Police and protestors clash at the conclusion of the 2022 occupation at NZ's Parliament grounds
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RNZ documentary Boiling Point – spotlight on final day of an...

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March 2, 2023
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Internal Security Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr
Crime

K100,000 ransom paid for release of PNG hostages clarified as ‘third...

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March 2, 2023
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Papuan churches plea to rebel leader Egianus Kogoya to free NZ...

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"Thousands of casual academic staff were laid off during covid-19 pandemic closures
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‘Shameful wage stealing’ endemic at Australian universities, says report

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March 1, 2023
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Flooded properties in Hawke's Bay.
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Insurer says 20,000 NZ homes at risk of severe...

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Cyclone Gabrielle: Vanuatu RSE workers ‘safe and cared for’, say officials

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March 1, 2023
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Protesters against the Rotorua Lakes Council's proposed representation bill
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Rotorua council’s scrapped Māori ward representation bill ‘done and dusted’

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Ousted Te Whatu Ora Health NZ chair Rob Campbell
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Health NZ chair fired over ‘political’ post, but says govt ‘overreacted’

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Nauru's Baron Divavesi Waqa
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February 28, 2023
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Democracy

The National welcomes government claim of no plan to control media

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February 28, 2023
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PNG's founding father Sir Michael Somare
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UPNG monument plan for ‘inspired leader’ Sir Michael Somare

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February 28, 2023
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PNG Post-Courier newsroom
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape
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Marape clarifies kidnappers were paid K100,000 for freeing PNG hostages

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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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CORONAVIRUS

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

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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Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
Asia Report

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

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

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