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    • From Jabotinsky to Netanyahu, Israeli leaders built a doctrine of psychological dominance
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      Curse of Gold
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New Zealand's new energy fund initiative underpins the government’s aspirational goal of having 100 percent of electricity generated by renewable sources by 2035
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10 smart ways NZ can be strategic about addressing climate change...

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Best Pacific Female Artist and Best Pacific Language award winner Olivia Foa'i
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Funki Uin waiting in vain for a pension pay out
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Firefighters battle to put out a Port Moresby fire
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PNG firefighters battle to stop Port Moresby blaze

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Papua Regional Police Chief Inspector General Mathius Fakhiri
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Hipkins urges release of NZ hostage six months after Papua kidnapping

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Melanesian solidarity with West Papua on display at the MACFEST 23
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Grade 12 students from the Waigani Christian College in Port Moresby
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Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant
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Fiji-born journalist Sri Krishnamurthi
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The Press front page RNZ story
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Author Byron Clark Clark believes Pacific nations are “less susceptible to climate change disinformation
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Filmmaker Kristo Langker nervously introduces his documentary with one of the Indonesian attack bombs that failed to explodevideo
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New documentary, human rights report allege Indonesian atrocities in West Papua

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Fukushima Daichi nuclear power station
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Anti-nuclear group condemns Fiji PM Rabuka’s Fukushima wastewater stance

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PNG police get even tougher . . . this week settlers who had allegedly been evicted opened fire at police officers with a stray bullet wounding a female reporter
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The wounded NBC journalist near Port Moresby 2 August 2023
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PNG woman journalist hit by stray bullet during Moitaka shootout

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RNZ board chair Dr Jim Mather
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Southern Highlands police headquarters, Mendi
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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
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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
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
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
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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"
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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
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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
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David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration
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APJS NEWSFILE

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

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.
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Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

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