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Solomon Star's editor Alfred Sasako adamant that the newspaper has maintained its editorial independence
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Razed office buildings and boarding houses in West Papua's Dogiyai Regency, Central Papua Province, which caught fire on Monday 31 July 2023
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Papuan police investigate spate of fires razing offices, houses in Dogiyai

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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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Cabinet Minister David Parker has thrown a real spanner in the works for Prime Minister Chris Hipkins
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Bougainville' President Ishmael Toroama
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The Solomon Star office in Honiara
China

Solomon Star promised to ‘promote China’ in return for funding

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FCOSS chief executive officer Vani Catanasiga
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Huge rallies across West Papua region in support of MSG membership
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Fiji Navy officers perform a meke during the Fiji Navy Day celebrations at Stanley Brown Naval Base in Walu Bay, Suva, on 27 July 2023
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Resigned new RNZ board member Jason Ake on his key message
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Mediawatch: Kiri Allan’s resignation sparks another ‘on principle’ at RNZ

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There are still about 12,500 nuclear warheads on the planet
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Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken hold a media conference in Wellington
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Macron keen on Varirata forest lookout for bilateral talks with PNG

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July 28, 2023
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The beginning of a journey to resolve the land issue in Vanuatu’s Southern region
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France, Vanuatu agree to sort out ‘southern land’ border dispute

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July 28, 2023
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"Activism is not terrorism" in the Philippines
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French President Emmanuel Macron with the New Caledonia territorial President Louis Mapou
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Mangrove forest conservation is crucial for global strategies on climate change mitigation
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PNG police arrest 101 men in two-city crackdown after local killings

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July 26, 2023
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French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with a traditional Kanak dancer
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July 26, 2023
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French President Emmanuel Macron visits Kanak villagers yesterday in an area near Tuoho
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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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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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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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"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"
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