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The back yard of Samoan community advocate Paul Mark's home in Mangere
Disasters

One month after Auckland floods Pasifika people still in temp housing

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PNG's draft national media development policy
Democracy

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Police and protestors clash at the conclusion of the 2022 occupation at NZ's Parliament grounds
Documentaries

RNZ documentary Boiling Point – spotlight on final day of an...

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March 2, 2023
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Internal Security Minister Peter Tsiamalili Jr
Crime

K100,000 ransom paid for release of PNG hostages clarified as ‘third...

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March 2, 2023
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Reverend Benny Giai (left) and Reverend Rev. Socratez Sofyan Yoman at the Papuan Church Council
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Papuan churches plea to rebel leader Egianus Kogoya to free NZ...

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"Thousands of casual academic staff were laid off during covid-19 pandemic closures
Australia

‘Shameful wage stealing’ endemic at Australian universities, says report

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March 1, 2023
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Flooded properties in Hawke's Bay.
Disasters

Cyclone Gabrielle: Insurer says 20,000 NZ homes at risk of severe...

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Ni-Vanuatu RSE workers helping unload donations after Cyclone Gabrielle
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Vanuatu RSE workers ‘safe and cared for’, say officials

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March 1, 2023
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Protesters against the Rotorua Lakes Council's proposed representation bill
Democracy

Rotorua council’s scrapped Māori ward representation bill ‘done and dusted’

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February 28, 2023
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Ousted Te Whatu Ora Health NZ chair Rob Campbell
Democracy

Health NZ chair fired over ‘political’ post, but says govt ‘overreacted’

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February 28, 2023
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Nauru's Baron Divavesi Waqa
Development

Barbara Dreaver: Pacific leaders’ poor choice for top Forum job an...

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February 28, 2023
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Democracy

The National welcomes government claim of no plan to control media

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PNG's founding father Sir Michael Somare
History

UPNG monument plan for ‘inspired leader’ Sir Michael Somare

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PNG Post-Courier newsroom
Fiji

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PNG Prime Minister James Marape
Crime

Marape clarifies kidnappers were paid K100,000 for freeing PNG hostages

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February 27, 2023
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Police Commissioner David Manning (right) escorts the the three last hostages to be released by the gunmen
Crime

Nightmare over for final 3 PNG freed hostages – police hunt...

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February 27, 2023
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Fiji's Distinguished Professor Steven Ratuva
Education

Canterbury appoints Ratuva as first Te Amorangi in Pacific leadership team

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February 27, 2023
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Papua New Guinea's draft national media policy
Democracy

PNG’s proposed policy could lead to government control of the press

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February 27, 2023
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Enga Governor Sir Peter Ipatas
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February 27, 2023
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Fijian Drua replacement Taniela Rakuro dives over to score the match winning try
Fiji

Halftime chat fires up Fiji Drua to thrilling win over Moana...

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February 27, 2023
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NZ pilot Philip Mehrtens with some of his West Papuan rebel captors
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape shared this photo on Facebook of Professor Bryce Barker and one of his research colleagues after their release
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CLIMATE AND COVID

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
Analysis

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors
Analysis

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
Analysis

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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BEARING WITNESS

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
Analysis

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
Analysis

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"
Analysis

Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
Bearing Witness

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
APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

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APJS NEWSFILE

Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
APJS newsfile

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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Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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Still stealing the generations – the abduction of Indigenous Australian children...

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Taiwan Day event in Suva
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Chinese diplomatic gatecrash incident alleged at Taiwan event in Suva

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