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NZ President Louis Mapou
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Middlemore Hospital
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NZ health officials investigate mystery hospital covid ‘short stay’ case

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Maybrat military clash
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Activists call on Canberra to protest over human rights abuses in...

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Sitiveni Rabuka
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Noumea swab tests for covid-19
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A View From Afar podcastvideo
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Middlemore Hospital emergency department
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Middlemore Hospital patient tests covid positive – new cases drop to...

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Noumea covid-19 lockdown
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France declares covid-19 emergency in New Caledonia as cases surge to...

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The K2.7 million PNG hole-in-ground
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K2.7 million hole, other failed PNG projects land contractors in court

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CWM Hospital in Suva
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Migrant Action condemns NZ nation-building course idea as ‘discriminating’

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Covid vaccine research
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Jo Spratt: ‘Free’ covid jabs are making the mega-rich richer

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Māori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
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Seymour’s sabotage of Māori priority vaccine code ‘unbelievably cruel’

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Maybrat, West Papua, refugees
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Women journalists now scarce in Kabul
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Fewer than 100 of Kabul’s 700 women journalists still working, says...

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Burmese People's Defence Force (PDF) troops
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Burma’s National Unity Government ‘declares war’ on military regime

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NFP's Professor Biman Prasad
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Mass equity vaccination
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Vaccination clinics prioritising Māori ‘swamped by Pākehā’

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September 7, 2021
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Noumea's Tontouta International Airport
Coronavirus

New Caledonia begins two-week lockdown in new covid-19 outbreak

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September 7, 2021
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Mt Eden Prison
Justice

NZ Corrections found attacker ‘increasingly hostile and abusive’

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September 7, 2021
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Noumea hospital
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Three delta cases of covid detected in New Caledonia – schools...

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September 6, 2021
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NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
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New Zealand, except Auckland, to move to covid alert level ‘delta...

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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
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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"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"
Analysis

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
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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
APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Professor David Robievideo
Asia Report

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

USP and AUT journalism collaboration
Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

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APJS NEWSFILE

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.
APJS newsfile

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...

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