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PNG's Oro Governor Gary Juffa
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Australian covid-19 testing decision
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Fijians in the capital Suva celebrate the end of 16 years of authoritarian rule - eight years of military dictatorship followed by a rigid "democracy".
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David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano

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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
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Fiji Home Affairs Minister Pio Tikoduadua
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Tikoduadua asks Fiji’s police chief to resign over ‘matters of confidence’

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Bikini Atoll descendant Sosylina Jibas-Maddison
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Fiji Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Lynda Tabuya and her assistant minister Sashi Kiran
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Women ministers spell out their plan to ‘rebuild Fiji as it...

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Port Moresby governor Parkop stable and recovering after cardiac scare

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Fiji lawyer Imrana Jalal
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December 28, 2022
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A hīkoi in Dargaville was held amid the stoush between Kaipara Mayor Craig Jepson and Māori ward councillor Pera Paniora
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Helen Clark condemns Taliban ban on female foreign aid workers

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December 27, 2022
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Deputy Prime Minister Professor Biman Prasad
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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"
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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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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
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Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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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

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