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      Analysis

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Ramada Hotel in Port Vila
Coronavirus

Two covid cases arrive from New Caledonia at border in Vanuatu

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October 26, 2021
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USS San Francisco
Australia

PANG condemns Australia policy for ‘abandoning’ Pacific nuclear-free pact

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October 25, 2021
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NZ covid-19 delta variant
Coronavirus

NZ reports 109 new community covid cases – another rise

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October 25, 2021
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Red Cross assistance
Human Rights

Red Cross gives emergency supplies to Tanna volcano refugee eviction victims

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October 25, 2021
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A student protest in central Jakarta
Asia Report

Student protests in Indonesia slam 7th year of Jokowi’s administration

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October 24, 2021
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Middlemore Hospital triage tent
Coronavirus

NZ reports 80 community covid cases – a drop over previous...

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October 24, 2021
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The Fiji covid vaccine rollout was recently extended to the 15-17 age bracket
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Fiji vaccination of teens going strong after adult rollout success

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October 24, 2021
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Rev James Bhagwan
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Glasgow showdown: Pacific Islands demand global leaders bring action, not excuses,...

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October 23, 2021
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Tonga's Cardinal Mafi
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Cardinal’s message for COP26 climate conference: ‘Listen to the Pacific’

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October 23, 2021
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Port Moresby General Hospital in crisis
Coronavirus

PNG’s capital Port Moresby reaches crisis point over covid surge

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October 22, 2021
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Let's Talanoa seriesvideo
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129 new covid cases in NZ community – Pacific talanoa series...

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October 22, 2021
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Middlemore Hospital triage tent
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NZ government unveals its ‘traffic light’ covid-19 protection framework

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October 22, 2021
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Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes 22102021
Coronavirus

FLNKS pleads for delay in ‘unfair’ New Caledonia covid independence vote

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October 22, 2021
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Deforestation in Central Kalimantan
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NZ dairy industry linked to illegal Indonesian plantations, says report

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October 22, 2021
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Western Province Premier David Gina
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Gina calls for return of death sentence after brutal killing...

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October 22, 2021
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"Visas for vaccinations"
Coronavirus

Vax for visas: ‘Overstayers would come out of woodwork’, say Pacific...

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October 21, 2021
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Dr Collin Tukuitonga
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Early easing of covid restrictions ‘could be lethal for Māori/Pasifika’

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October 21, 2021
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Papua New Guinea has about 51,957 illegally and unlicensed firearms
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October 20, 2021
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News media comment on three positive covid-19 cases absconding from an Auckland managed isolation facility
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October 20, 2021
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Kanaky referendum flags
Coronavirus

Backes rejects delaying New Caledonia independence referendum

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October 20, 2021
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NZ public interest journalism
Analysis

Perceptions over NZ’s public interest journalism project – saint or sinner?

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October 20, 2021
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NZ Associate Health Minister Peeni Henare
Coronavirus

‘Covid-19 is on the doorstep of your houses,’ warns Henare...

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October 19, 2021
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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

"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

Professor David Robievideo
Asia Report

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

USP and AUT journalism collaboration
Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

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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.
APJS newsfile

Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
APJS newsfile

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)
APJS newsfile

Surviving harassment in journalism – how Felix Chaudhary kept on top

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