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Indonesian military and police personnel surround a helicopter in Kenyam district, Nduga regency, Papua Highlands, in February
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West Papuan rebels claim 9 soldiers killed in Jakarta bid to...

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Professor Michael Baker's covid-19 fourth wave warning
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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
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‘Historic’ Cook Islands parliament vote to decriminalise homosexuality

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April 15, 2023
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Fresh fish at a wet market
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How Fukushima wastewater into Pacific will disrupt seafood trade

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April 15, 2023
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Asia Pacific Media Network chair Dr Heather Devere presents a bouquet to Tuwhera's Donna Coventry
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Asia Pacific media network plans wider community brief

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Coconet TV creator Lisa Taouma
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April 15, 2023
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Wenda accuses Indonesia of imposing ‘martial law’ abuses on West Papua

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April 14, 2023
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The funeral for former PNG prime minister Sir Rabbie Namaliu in Kokopo yesterday
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The pro-independence Kanak delegates (top left) and the anti-independence delegates (bottom left) met French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne in Paris
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France holds future pact talks with New Caledonia’s rival groups

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Broadcasting Minister Willie Jackson
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Mt Hagen's new rules
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US President Joe Biden (centre) participates in a trilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (right) and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
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Nour Odeh, political analyst and former spokeswoman for the Palestinian National Authority, on Al Jazeera's Inside Story
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John Minto: Israeli attacks on Al Aqsa mosque – and the...

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Twin flags of Kanaky and France
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New Caledonia, France need a new plan to break sovereignty stalemate

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April 11, 2023
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Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman meets Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown in Washington
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Pacific Islands Forum chair ‘reassured’ over AUKUS nuclear submarine deal

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April 11, 2023
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Fiji's Vatis Communications
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NZ pilot Philip Mehrtens held hostage by West Papuan rebels
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More than 800 Fiji villages are now on a government climate risk list
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Rise in NZ disinformation, conspiracy theories prompts calls for election protections

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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
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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
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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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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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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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Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

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