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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
China

US worried about losing out in South Pacific to Chinese influence

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Papuan students taking part in the global virtual meeting
Education

Papuan students form umbrella body, reaffirm campaign for education rights

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Cleaning up Tonga's volcano ashfall
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Rebuilding post-eruption Tonga: 4 key lessons from Fiji after Cyclone Winston

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NZ's record 243 covid community cases
Coronavirus

New Zealand posts record 243 new daily covid cases in community

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News Corp, has long criticised university journalism education
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February 4, 2022
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Chaos at Nadzab Airport in Lae, PNG
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on a hospital visit in January
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NZ deserves far more respect for keeping covid deaths so low

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A Te Ranga Tupua iwi collective mobile team
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Afghan women challenge pregnant NZ journalist’s ‘reality under the Taliban’

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PNG Chief Censor Jim Abani
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Three PNG government agencies have power to censor Facebook

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
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Covid-19: Border to reopen for New Zealanders end of February

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Covering Tonga’s volcano eruption – without communications

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"World condemns Israel's apartheid state"
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Cartoons: Malcolm Evans – World condemns apartheid state

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February 3, 2022
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A #VForVaccinated banner in Tonga
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Three new covid-19 cases in Tonga as kingdom enters lockdown

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NZ Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield
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NZ shortens vaccine booster interval to 3 months for omicron ‘head...

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Omicron is a “double-edged sword”.
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February 2, 2022
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Tonga to enter lockdown after port workers test positive for covid-19

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Media coverage of pregnant NZ journalist Charlotte Bellis' plight
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February 1, 2022
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Papuan students appeal for meeting with President Jokowi to air grievances

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Vanuatu Prme Minister Bob Loughman
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NCD Governor Powes Parkop
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PNG interim restraining order over eviction of homeless Morata settlers

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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
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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

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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
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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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