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    • Producer Victor Mambor (left) and director Dandhy Dwi Laksono of Pesta Babi (Pig Feast)
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France's Socialist Party sealed a deal to join the French Left's first broad coalition pact in 20 years
Australia

Australian Labor isn’t alone. Parties of the Left are making a...

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MRP Chair Timotius Murib
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Indonesian official admits new Papua provinces are to ‘counter OPM, exploit...

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West Papuan independence leader Benny Wenda
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Vanuatu offers warm welcome to Papuan independence campaigner

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July 7, 2022
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Central Province voters in the PNG elections
Elections

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July 7, 2022
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Today's front page banner headline in the PNG Post-Courier
Elections

Post-Courier: The incompetency of PNG’s Electoral Commission must stop

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July 7, 2022
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Assassinated broadcaster Federico "Ding" Gempesaw
Asia Report

Assassins gun down Philippine broadcaster outside home

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July 7, 2022
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The K1.3 million stashed in a suitcase on a plane from Port Moresby bound for Komo
Elections

Six charged with money laundering over K1.3 million in suitcase as...

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July 6, 2022
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Polling officials check details from two ballot boxes arriving in Tari
Elections

Disgruntled PNG voters destroy ballot boxes, set fire to voting papers

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July 6, 2022
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NZ Pacific People's Minister Aupito William Sio
Climate

Aupito to attend Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji instead of Mahuta

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July 6, 2022
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The PNG Post-Courier's front page picture on Monday of the money in a suitcase
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PNG leader Marape confirms son arrested over money in suitcase

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July 6, 2022
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Pro-independence French Polynesian MP Moetai Brotherson
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Tahitian pro-independence MP slams ‘bad signal’ for French Pacific

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July 5, 2022
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Voters looking for their names as Papua New Guinea went to the polls
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July 5, 2022
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PNG Defence Force soldiers arrive in Kavieng for the elections
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PNG Defence Force arrive in New Ireland for election duties

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July 5, 2022
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New Caledonia's Southern Province president Sonia Backès
Elections

New Caledonia’s Backès joins French government in citizenship post

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July 5, 2022
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The People's National Congress (PNC) campaigning ahead of the PNG general election
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PNG elections and the economy: Marape vs O’Neill

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July 5, 2022
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Thousands take part in the peaceful nuclear-free rally in the Tahitian capital Pape'ete
Environment

Thousands in Pape’ete mark 56th anniversary of first Moruroa test

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July 4, 2022
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Last minute PNG pre-election clean-up at the weekend
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Papua New Guinea voters head to the polls to choose from...

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July 4, 2022
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The detained "cash" man
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PNG security detain man with K1.56m in suitcase as elections begin

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July 4, 2022
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Flashback to West Papua 1971
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OPM day – celebrating the 1971 Papuan ‘independence proklamasi’

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July 4, 2022
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The question for pro-choice supporters
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Controversial Roe v Wade ruling triggers intense NZ media reaction

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July 3, 2022
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The PNG general election 2022
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Turuki Healthcare CEO Te Puea Winiata
Health and Fitness

Māori authority welcomes NZ health system reform as important first step

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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
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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BEARING WITNESS

"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
Bearing Witness

Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016
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Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

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Asia Report

David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration
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Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
APJS newsfile

Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.
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Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
APJS newsfile

Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

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The mainstream media is doing what it always does in wartime: manufacturing consent, sanitizing atrocities and platforming war criminals

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