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    • Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the streets of Tehran
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Former Fiji Times editor-in-chief Netani Rika
Analysis

Lice Movono: Hopes for the return of press freedom in Fiji

Pacific Media Watch -
February 10, 2023
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Former Vanuatu Prime Minister Joe Natuman
Culture

Accepting Indonesia into MSG ‘a mistake’, admits Natuman

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Mt Roskill flood-damaged belongings
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Auckland’s Great Flood: ‘If you think it was bad before, it’s...

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February 10, 2023
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PNG's Justice Secretary Dr Eric Kwa
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PNG government’s top legal adviser charged over ‘dangerous’ road death

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February 9, 2023
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Rescue mission underway for NZ pilot held hostage in Papua, say...

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February 9, 2023
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Pro-independence fighters from the Highlands-based Defence Region Command of the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB). Image: TPNPB/RNZ Pacific
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Human rights researcher pleads for West Papuan rebels to free NZ...

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February 9, 2023
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Senior Commander Benny Prabowo
Aviation

Indonesian security forces ‘have no idea’ where NZ pilot hostage is

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February 9, 2023
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A Fiji Meteorological Service media liaison officer
Climate

Climate data from Pacific has deteriorated, says new report

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February 9, 2023
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Former Fiji Times editor-in-chief Netani Rika
Fiji

‘No Fiji TV broadcast tonight due to censorship’ – Rika recalls...

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February 9, 2023
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Indonesian human rights advocate and researcher Andreas Harsono
Crime

Indonesian rights researcher slams kidnapping – efforts to free NZ pilot

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February 8, 2023
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Out goes NZ's public media entity policy
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Mediawatch: NZ’s public media policy put out of its misery

Pacific Media Watch -
February 8, 2023
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A Susi Air Cessna similar to the one seized in Nduga pictured preparing for takeoff
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NZ Papua hostage: Pilots warned to take precautions in ‘danger’ zone

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February 8, 2023
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Pro-independence Papuan rebels fighters take a NZ pilot hostage
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Papuan rebels seize NZ pilot hostage, set local plane on fire,...

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February 7, 2023
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FBC board chair Ajay Amrit (left) and sacked chief executive Riyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
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Former FBC head’s pay package – ‘We have proof’, says Amrit

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February 7, 2023
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Major-General Mark Goina
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PNG military ‘won’t sit back’ after soldiers ambushed, warns chief

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February 7, 2023
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The Oosterman greenway proposal property
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February 7, 2023
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Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe
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Yamin Kogoya: The fate of Papua’s governor Enembe – where is...

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February 6, 2023
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Prime Minister Hipkins welcomes less politics, more commemoration on Waitangi Day

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February 6, 2023
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Members of the Vanuatu Free West Papua Association with exiled Papuan leader Benny Wenda
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Kalsakau wants Melanesian staff to work at MSG secretariat

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February 6, 2023
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Dr Sitiveni Halapua
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Tongan politician, democracy reformer and scholar Dr Sitiveni Halapua dies

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New Zealand’s first official flag was the flag of the United Tribes. It was selected on 20 March 1834 by 25 chiefs from the Far North which had gathered at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands
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Sodelpa’s negotiation team chair, Anare Jale, announcing the result of the votes for a coalition government in 2022
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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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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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"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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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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Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

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David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration
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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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