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The Fiji covid vaccine rollout was recently extended to the 15-17 age bracket
Coronavirus

Fiji vaccination of teens going strong after adult rollout success

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Rev James Bhagwan
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Glasgow showdown: Pacific Islands demand global leaders bring action, not excuses,...

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October 23, 2021
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Tonga's Cardinal Mafi
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Cardinal’s message for COP26 climate conference: ‘Listen to the Pacific’

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October 23, 2021
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Port Moresby General Hospital in crisis
Coronavirus

PNG’s capital Port Moresby reaches crisis point over covid surge

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October 22, 2021
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Let's Talanoa seriesvideo
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129 new covid cases in NZ community – Pacific talanoa series...

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October 22, 2021
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Middlemore Hospital triage tent
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NZ government unveals its ‘traffic light’ covid-19 protection framework

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October 22, 2021
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Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes 22102021
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FLNKS pleads for delay in ‘unfair’ New Caledonia covid independence vote

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October 22, 2021
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Deforestation in Central Kalimantan
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Western Province Premier David Gina
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Gina calls for return of death sentence after brutal killing...

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October 22, 2021
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"Visas for vaccinations"
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Dr Collin Tukuitonga
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Early easing of covid restrictions ‘could be lethal for Māori/Pasifika’

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Papua New Guinea has about 51,957 illegally and unlicensed firearms
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News media comment on three positive covid-19 cases absconding from an Auckland managed isolation facility
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NZ public interest journalism
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Perceptions over NZ’s public interest journalism project – saint or sinner?

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NZ Associate Health Minister Peeni Henare
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October 19, 2021
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Professor Michael Baker
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Risk of ‘unequal outbreak’ hurting Māori, Pasifika, says top NZ epidemiologist

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October 18, 2021
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Pacific Aftershocks
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Aftershocks of covid-19 threaten to undo gains across Pacific, says report

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October 18, 2021
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Goroka Provincial Hospital
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‘Ground Zero’ in Goroka where the gloom of death hangs in...

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October 18, 2021
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Julian Willcox Vaxathon
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Super Saturday vaccine dose numbers rise to 130,002 – 51 new...

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CLIMATE AND COVID

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
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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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"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...

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

USP and AUT journalism collaboration
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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...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)
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