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PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) and French President Emmanuel Macron
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Decoding PNG leader Marape’s talks with French President Macron

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Thai advocate and Miss Earth Thailand, Baitong Jareerat, calls for ocean protection
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‘Be brave’ warning to nations against deepsea mining from UNOC

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NZ Palestinian advocate Dr Adnan Ali (right) speaking at yesterday's Henderson peace rally
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A Merkava tank in Gaza pictured at the moment a Hamas resistance fighter emerged from a tunnel to plant an explosive device
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Fiji media specialist Kelepi Abariga
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Fijian in Abu Dhabi worried about Pacific communities in Middle East

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How Iran's PressTV channel reported the Israeli attack
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Eugene Doyle: Team Genocide and the West’s war on Iran

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Proof of the failure of Western media came this week with the coverage of Israel’s brazen act of piracy against a UK-flagged ship, the Madleen
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Greta Thunberg tried to shame Western leaders – and found they...

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Explosions have been reported across Tehran after the Israeli air force conducted air strikes
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Papua New Guineans accused of sorcery are frequently beaten, tortured, and murdered
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Greenpeace activists aboard Rainbow Warrior disrupt Pacific industrial fishing operation

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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
Coronavirus

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

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