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    • The French Ambassador to Vanuatu, Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, with Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat in March last year
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Israel destroys the last of Gaza's universities
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Bougainville's Attorney-General Ezekiel Massat
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Closure of Al Jazeera in Israel
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World Press Freedom Day and climate crisis
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The AUKUS controversy
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Part of the crowd at the New Zealand rally in Auckland today honouring the Palestinian journalists
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Auckland Palestine rally honours Gaza journalists for freedom award

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Part of the crowd paying tribute to the Gazan journalists who have been awarded the 2024 Guillermo Cano Media Freedom Award
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NZ's University of Auckland
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Auckland University staff appeal over Gaza protest in solidarity with students

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A group of NZ academics have voiced concerns
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Auckland academics call out university stance over pro-Palestine protest

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"Press freedom in New Caledonia"
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New Caledonia’s women sit-in to support smeared Kanak journalist

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International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan
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ICC demands end to threats against court amid Gaza war probe

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Voreqe Bainimarama, prime minister of Fiji until December 2022
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Fiji’s media freedom ranking jumps, Papua New Guinea’s plummets

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Freelance Gaza journalist Moussa Al Zaanoun
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Professor Pal Ahluwalia
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USP Council votes to bring controversial VC back to Fiji

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Vanuatu's resigned opposition leader Ishmael Kalsakau
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Vanuatu’s Kalsakau resigns, calls for delay on constitutional referendum

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May 3, 2024
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An unknown Papuan artist's depiction of the graphic torture videos
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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters
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New Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele
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The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force has issued a statement saying Parliament will be closed to the public for the election of the prime minister.
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May 2, 2024
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Ngāti Kahungunu support for Gaza
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May 1, 2024
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Black Wednesday
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PNG businesses want grants, not loans over Black Wednesday riots

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Pacific verdict on COP29
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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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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
Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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BEARING WITNESS

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

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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‘Money problems’ the real threat to Pacific press freedom, says Iroga

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