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Papuan and human rights defender Carmel Budiardjo dies at 96

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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...

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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
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Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

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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

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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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“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
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Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
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Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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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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