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Cook Islands detects first positive covid-19 case – man on holiday

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Gallery: Palestine, migrants and Tiananmen
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June 6, 2021
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A Hongkonger's t-shirt on June 4, 2021.
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Remembering Tiananmen in Hong Kong: An increasingly risky act of resistance

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June 5, 2021
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Three senior Fiji Ministry of Health staff contract covid-19 – 35...

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NZ Herald journalist Vaimoana Tapaleao
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Samoan Language Week: A reminder of what it means to be...

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Commander Viliame Naupoto
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June 4, 2021
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Tuilaepa Dr Sa'ilele Malielegaoi
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Samoa Observer: For Tuilaepa, the truth hurts

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June 4, 2021
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Voreqe Bainimarama
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June 4, 2021
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June 4, 2021
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Horror torture in Hela
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PNG woman tortured and killed in horrifying video over ‘sorcery’

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June 4, 2021
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Nasser Abu Bakr
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June 4, 2021
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Papuan resistance slams Indonesian internet gag amid leader crackdown

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June 4, 2021
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June 3, 2021
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June 3, 2021
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June 3, 2021
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Ali'imalemanu Alofa Tuuau
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June 2, 2021
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June 2, 2021
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June 2, 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
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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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CORONAVIRUS

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
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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
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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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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

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Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

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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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