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AWPA condemns arrest of 41 West Papua activists in Jayapura

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Mainstream NZ media takes pasting at multicultural summit

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April 30, 2016
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Four human rights groups call for Indonesian ‘truth-seeking’ inquiry, apology

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April 30, 2016
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Marap indigenous group claims back 3 oil palm plantations in Papua

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April 30, 2016
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Agnes Masoe: Accounting and the Pacific advantage

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Powerful quake strikes Vanuatu but tsunami alert dropped

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April 29, 2016
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MSG leaders summit postponed but big West Papua rally goes ahead

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April 29, 2016
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Australia

Manus Island detention centre to close following PNG court ruling

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April 28, 2016
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Australia

Nauru earns ‘worst’ Pacific black mark as world media freedom declines

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Bearing Witness

Daku has a climate message for the world: ‘Tell them to...

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Rick Wayman: We stand with the Marshall Islands

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Climate

Six Pacific Island nations ratify Paris Accord on climate change

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April 27, 2016
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Australia

PNG Supreme Court rules detention of asylum seekers illegal

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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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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
Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
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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
Coronavirus

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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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Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
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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
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Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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Eyes of Fire: The Last Voyage and Legacy of the Rainbow Warrior
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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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Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index

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Kidnapped protesters Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila

Gaza flotilla organisers subjected to ‘extreme brutality’ in illegal Israeli detention

May 4, 2026
Fiji journalists at the FMA's annual general meeting in March

FMA praises Fiji media workers for press freedom climb but warns...

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