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New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens was photographed with his rebel captors in Indonesia's Papua region
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Tribal fight at Warumanda in Enga province
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FLNKS permanent representative at the UN Magalie Tingal-Lémé
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UN told France has ‘robbed’ Kanaks of New Caledonian independence

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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
Democracy

Fiji PM Rabuka downplays ‘loyalist’ nepotism allegations

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June 15, 2023
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Indonesia's coordinator of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Fatia Maulidiyanti
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The RNZ situation is the more serious of the two episodes
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Gavin Ellis: Proof our newsrooms need a ‘second pair of eyes’

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New Zealand's public broadcaster RNZ is launching a review into wire news edits
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RNZ appoints panel to investigate inappropriate editing of online stories

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June 14, 2023
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About 50 people held a protest at Brisbane's immigration detention centre
Australia

‘Mental torture’: Protesters seek freedom for detained Iran refugee

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June 13, 2023
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Democracy

Pacific councillors offer passionate defence of Auckland city’s assets in budget...

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June 13, 2023
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PNG former prime minister Peter O'Neill speaks to media
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PNG chief secretary’s complaint prompted arrest of former PM O’Neill

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June 13, 2023
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RNZ board chairman Dr Jim Mather
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PNG former prime minister Peter O'Neill outside Boroko Police Station
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New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens was photographed with his rebel captors in Indonesia's Papua region
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RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson
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One of the kidnapped Papua New Guinean schoolgirls talks about her ordeal
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PNG gunmen ‘kidnapped, raped’ 17 schoolgirls before freeing them

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PNG police . . . another reported kidnapping in the Mt Bosavi area
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RNZ and "Russian propaganda" claims
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One of the 15 online articles that have been the subject of RNZ's audit
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New NZ theatre production highlights Fiji Girmityas’ struggles

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Expert witness Dr Robert Masreng testifies during the treason trial of three Papuan students
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Papuan students accused of ‘treason’ over raising Morning Star flags

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Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown
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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
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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

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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

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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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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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