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Fiji's Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva
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AJF’s Peter Greste presses for media freedom act to protect journalists

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Flying Fijians' blank jerseys
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July 15, 2021
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Samoa Observer editorial
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Samoa Observer: For Tuila’epa, what follows defeat?

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July 15, 2021
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Indonesian covid surge
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Indonesia records highest increase in covid cases – numbers likely to...

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July 15, 2021
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Bastille Day rehearsal
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France’s Bastille Day parade takes place in shadow of covid pandemic

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July 14, 2021
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Inspector-General Tornagogo Sihombing
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Indonesian police tighten covid entry controls in West Papuan districts

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July 14, 2021
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Hele Christopher-Ikimotu
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Banaba Island: The land that died so others could live

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NZ coal imports
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NZ imported more than a million tonnes of ‘dirty’ coal last...

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July 14, 2021
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BSP banking group
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PNG banking regulator acts against BSP over money-laundering rules

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July 13, 2021
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Delta variant covid-19
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Solomon Islands covid vaccination plan kicks off – delta variant threat

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July 13, 2021
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Viking Bay
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13 more covid positive cases on NZ quarantined fishing vessel Viking...

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July 13, 2021
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Villagers of Nakorowiri
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Fiji’s Nakorowiri villagers turn up in numbers to be vaccinated

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July 13, 2021
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Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi
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Samoa’s HRPP loses more seats as political impasse drags on

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July 13, 2021
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Human rights defender Carmel Budiardjo
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Papuan and human rights defender Carmel Budiardjo dies at 96

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July 13, 2021
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15-year-old girl among latest Fiji covid deaths as virus cases soar...

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New Caledonia elects first pro-independence Kanak president

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July 8, 2021
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July 8, 2021
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Fiji’s field hospital begins covid crisis transition with 791 new cases,...

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July 8, 2021
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July 8, 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
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

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

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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.
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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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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Democracy

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Starkly, in Israel’s case, not only does its actions in Gaza look like genocide, but its leaders have been crystal clear
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