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Since becoming established in Fiji in 2014, the South Korean-founded cult Grace Road has expanded
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PNG leader Marape denies Papua human rights comments were his

Pacific Media Watch -
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Fiji's Semi Radradra and Waisea Nayacalevu with Nick Tompkins of Wales
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RWC23: Fiji rue missed opportunities against Wales

APR editor -
September 11, 2023
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The Fiji Times: We need to work together in the war...

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The NZ Council of Trade Unions' controversial front page advocacy ad in The New Zealand Herald
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NZ election 2023: Political advocacy angst as campaign begins – officially

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RWC2023: Fiji names strongest possible side for Wales clash

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Fiji Immigration Minister Pio Tikoduadua (left) and Grace Road group Fiji president Daniel Kim
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Fiji immigration officials detain Grace Road cult leader Daniel Kim

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PNG Prime Minister James Marape meets Indonesian President Joko Widodo
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Marape claims PNG has ‘no right’ to criticise abuses in West...

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Grace Road cult court order
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Interpol ‘red notices’ against 7 Grace Road cult figures, but court...

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Vanuatu Prime Minister Sato Kilman
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Benny Wenda stands down as head of West Papuan liberation group

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Today's PNG Post-Courier front page report on the latest sorcery allegation-related killing
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Indonesia responds after claim official attempted to bribe RNZ Pacific journalist

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Sato Kilman elected as Vanuatu’s new prime minister for record fifth...

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COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

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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

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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
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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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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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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
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