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PNG police search for the notorious “Het Wara” gang
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PNG church workers plead for more police help to end gang...

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Wailea crime scene
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Oro Governor Gary Juffa
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Table ‘transparent’ PNG medicine procurement proposal, says Juffa

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December 22, 2021
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Former American priest Richard Daschbach
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Former priest, 82, jailed for 12 years over Timor-Leste child abuse

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December 22, 2021
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Professor Nick Wilson
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NZ may need to tighten borders further to keep omicron at...

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December 21, 2021
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December 21, 2021
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Wenda slams Jakarta over Papuan student arrests, seeks support

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December 21, 2021
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NZ vaccine rollout
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Waitangi Tribunal rules NZ covid-19 response ‘put Māori at risk’

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December 21, 2021
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Many female journalists in prison
China

Global jailed journalists surge by 20% to 488 – 60 of...

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December 21, 2021
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Distinguished professor Steven Ratuva
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Pacific distinguished professor Ratuva breaks down socio-political hurdles

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December 21, 2021
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Palika pro-independence activist Aile Tikoure
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‘France still doesn’t understand us Kanaks after 30 years of dialogue’

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December 20, 2021
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Fiji police check covid-19 protocols
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Fijians urged to take omicron virus variant seriously amid global spread

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December 20, 2021
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Eight million covid vaccine doses given in NZ – Māori rate...

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December 19, 2021
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Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Teuku Faizasyah
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Jakarta lashes out at UN annual report, denies intimidation of rights...

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December 19, 2021
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Pro-Macron presidential election committee formed in New Caledonia

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December 19, 2021
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Unexploded bomb in West Papua
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60,000 flee as West Papua conflict deepens, poses questions for region

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December 18, 2021
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The University of Fiji at Lautoka
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University of Fiji academic chief rejects allegations of corruption, nepotism

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2014 Paniai massacre burial
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Families of victims reject Jakarta 2014 Paniai massacre investigation

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December 18, 2021
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Professor Steven Ratuva
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Steven Ratuva becomes world’s first Pacific distinguished professor

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December 18, 2021
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NZ Hospital statistics
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Majority of NZ delta covid outbreak hospital patients Māori and Pacific

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December 17, 2021
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Human rights lawyer Veronica Koman
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UN warns Indonesia to stop reprisals against human rights defender

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December 17, 2021
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Covid-19 news day in NZ 16-12-21
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Omicron in NZ, covid-19 vaccine milestones and mandate protest

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December 16, 2021
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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
Analysis

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

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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
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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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Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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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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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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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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Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
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Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

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