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    • KNPB spokesperson Ogram Wanimbo
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Instagram posting of Dinar Candy protest
Asia Report

Indonesian artist charged under ‘pornography’ law for bikini protest faces 10...

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twin catastrophic threats of climate change and a pandemic
Australia

Australians are 3 times more worried about climate change than covid....

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Fiji sevens captain Jerry Tuwai's family
Fiji

Family happy with Fiji PM’s pledge of $1m package for sevens...

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Covid-19 training for PNG Defence Force
Coronavirus

Madang nurse tests positive as PNG covid delta fears rise after...

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Incoming Pacific Islands Forum chair Voreqe Bainimarama 2021
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‘We’re sorry,’ Pacific Forum chair tells Micronesia over SG post

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August 6, 2021
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Suva's drive through vaccination centre
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Girl, 15, among 11 dead as 968 new covid cases confirmed...

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August 6, 2021
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Watung border post
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Indonesia, PNG hold talks over possible reopening of border

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August 6, 2021
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Former SODELPA MP Niko Nawaikula
Democracy

Fiji’s climate of fear deepens in time of covid pandemic crisis

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August 5, 2021
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Former Fiji prime minister Sitiveni Rabuka
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‘No need to agitate’, warns Rabuka against instability over Fiji lands...

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Fiji's Fijian sevens team
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Vaccinations in Karubaga Regional Hospital in Tolikara Regency, Papua
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Papuan local governments push covid vaccine in spite of hoaxes, distrust

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August 5, 2021
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Mother of child sold for sex interviewed
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PNG woman accused of selling her cousin, 12, for sex faces...

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August 5, 2021
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Fiji staff nurse Komal Nand
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Health specialists warn against mutating delta variant in Fiji

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PNG police rescue girl, 15, ‘sold’ for sex by her cousin...

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Ongoing health checks in Fiji
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August 4, 2021
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"Once a Panther, Always a Panther"
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August 4, 2021
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Open season again for Indonesian military trolls and ‘fake news’ campaign...

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NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta
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August 3, 2021
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Takubar School destroyed by fire
Education

PNG teacher helpless as vandals fire ravages Takubar classrooms

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August 3, 2021
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Tuila’epa supporters demonstrate over ‘disintegration’ of Samoa constitution

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August 2, 2021
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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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BEARING WITNESS

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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
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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APJS NEWSFILE

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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