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Sacked EMTV news manager Sincha Dimara
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Police arrest 3 NZ anti-vax protesters after push through Beehive barrier

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More than 50 police form a ring around the front of New Zealand's Parliament
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Covid-19: NZ protesters camped at Parliament warned over trespass

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Sacked EMTV news manager Sincha Dimara
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Suspension of EMTV’s news chief sparks PNG journo protests

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Omicron in the Pacific
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Latest covid-19 reports roundup across the Pacific

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Mary Argue: Why have scholarships dried up for Papuan ‘band of...

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NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
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PM Jacinda Ardern says NZ omicron peak could be in late...

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Papuan students in NZ
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Indonesian policy switch cuts off funding for Papuan students in NZ

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NZ health expert reminds people to get tested for covid-19 as...

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Covid-19 vaccinations in Noumea
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New Caledonia covid outbreak now approaching five figures

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Chinese infrastructure assistance for Solomon Islands amid covid-19 pandemic
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Chinese project experts arrive in Solomons amid pandemic surge

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
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US worried about losing out in South Pacific to Chinese influence

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News Corp, has long criticised university journalism education
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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"
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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
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Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent
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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
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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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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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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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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

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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
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Asia Report

NUJP slams Sara Duterte for disparaging news groups, touting social media

An image well illustrating the diversity of today’s Aotearoa New Zealand
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112 members of two Palestinian families - Al-Hasayneh and Abu Sharia - have been buried in Gaza

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August 6, 2026
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NUJP slams Sara Duterte for disparaging news groups, touting social media

August 6, 2026
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