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PNG's Communication Minister Timothy Masiu
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PNG’s Masiu denies ‘control of media’ but calls for ‘accountability’

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The Fiji Times
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Fiji to scrap ‘dead in water’ media law with pledge to...

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Solomon Islands University vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau
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‘Big picture vision’ conversations missing in Pacific, says Aqorau

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Indonesian security forces' assault on West Papuan rebels triggers counter-attack
Human Rights

Indonesian security forces attack West Papuan rebels holding NZ pilot

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March 28, 2023
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Security firms largest employer in Papua New Guinea
Crime

Private security companies ‘holding PNG together’, claims minister

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March 28, 2023
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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
Australia

Aukus ‘going against’ Pacific nuclear free treaty – Cook Islands leader

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March 28, 2023
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Indonesian police quell a demonstration in the Papuan region
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West Papua Liberation Army fighter shot dead, claims Indonesia

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March 27, 2023
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Fijian media stakeholders at the public consultation on the Media Ownership and Regulation Bill 2023 in Suva
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Repeal ‘draconian’ MIDA Act, urge Fiji media and journalism stakeholders

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March 27, 2023
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Police allege 52kg methamphetamine was located on a "black flight" from PNG to Australia
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PNG a key transit point for ‘Pacific drug highway’ to Australia

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Nga Ratonga Ao Māori head Maika Te Amo
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Keeping the flow – the use of te reo Māori at...

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British gender activist Posie Parker in Auckland
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Posie Parker departs NZ – JK Rowling blasts protest as ‘repellent’

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Ramadan in Gaza
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Palestinians uphold traditional Ramadan rituals – despite the Israeli Occupation

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Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika looking for 80min performances

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Communications Fiji Ltd (CFL) chair William Parkinson
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Former attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
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Papua New Guinean David Goli in his "chained" Port Moresby protest as he appeared on the front page of the Post-Courier in 2015
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PNG contractors plead for government to pay up after 12-year wait

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Vanuatu minister says harvests will take time to recover after cyclones

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March 23, 2023
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As Pacific islanders, we bear the brunt of the climate crisis....

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Papua New Guinea's Dame Meg Taylor
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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"
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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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
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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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“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
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Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
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Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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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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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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