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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV began his first homily with words in English instead of his fluent Italian and Spanish during mass in the Sistine Chapel with the College of Cardinals
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Gordon Campbell's Scoop column on the Pope and the Israeli Institute
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The Encampments
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Paula Whetu Jones (right) on finally completing her feature length documentary about the Auckland cardiac surgeon Dr Allan Kerr.
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The Kiwi heart surgeon, his wife and the film maker in...

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Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican
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University of the South Pacific student journalists and guests
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Some of the 100 PNG Defence Force personnel who deployed to Australia to help fight bushfires in January 2020
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Post-Courier's senior political editor Gorethy Kenneth
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Mai TV's Stanley Simpson
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New Zealand protesters for Palestine delivering PSNA's open letter to Foreign Minister Winston Peters
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NZ Māori Council, PSNA appeal for urgent action over Gaza starvation

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Sixteen Centaur armoured vehicles have been deployed by French security forces in advance of the anniversary of last year's rioting on May 13
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New Zealand protesters outside the headquarters of Television New Zealand
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New Zealand journalist and author David Robie talks to Greenpeace activists last month about the Rainbow Warrior bombing and Rongelap voyage
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Media education in Samoa
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Indonesia - "A true silent retreat . . . especially for journalists"
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Hundreds of people peacefully rallied at sea to protect the ocean from seabed activities in August 2024
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Fiji Media Association secretary Stanley Simpson
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"News Corp and its media bedfellows rely on snark, shrillness and outrage gimmickry
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PINA president Kalafi Moala
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Forums such as the Pacific Media Summit are critical
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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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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
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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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

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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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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

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Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
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