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French President Emmanuel Macron speaking in Noumea today
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Deputy Prime Minister John Rosso
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1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay
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Suva lawyer Richard Naidu
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Former Fiji prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama
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Police officers in high-vis vests have today re-entered the high-rise Auckland central building
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Author Antony Loewenstein speaking about his new book, The Palestine Laboratory, in Auckland last night
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Oppenheimer . . . a wait-and-see approach from the Japanese film industry
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Yes, Oppenheimer isn’t opening in Japan this week – but the...

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Papua Voices chair Harun Rumbarar, VI Papua Film Festival Committee chair Iren Fatagur, and Markus Wayeni during a media conference at the Papuan Voices secretariat on Monday
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Papua Film Festival back to Jayapura – focus on cultural stories,...

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RNZ steps up its multilingual media coverage for Asian migrant communities to add to its long-established Te Ao Māori and Pacific sections
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Suspended Papua Governor Lukas Enembe at the Gatot Subroto Army Central Hospital 16 July 2023
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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
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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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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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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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