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Former Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano
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Tuvalu general election: Half of new Parliament are newcomers

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French Pacific Regiment marine
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January 28, 2024
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High-level Israeli officials are currently accusing the ICJ
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Caitlin Johnstone: Israel accuses the ICJ of (you guessed it) antisemitism

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South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa
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January 27, 2024
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South African International Relations Minister Dr Naledi Pandor
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January 27, 2024
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Liberal democracy was not the form of government Britain established in Aotearoa
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January 26, 2024
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PNG riot police and Defence Force officers on duty
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PNG’s police chief David Manning reinstated after Black Wednesday riots

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DeshBesh Enterprises group operations manager Mohammad Chan Mia
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January 25, 2024
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NZ Defence Minister Judith Collins
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January 25, 2024
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Some of the European MPs supporting West Papua
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Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine nominates cabinet ministers
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ABC's new chair Kim Williams
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Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza from Gaza
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Former Pacific Peoples Minister Aupito William Sio
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape and ministers
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"Censored" . . . the cover image on In-Depth Solomons' revelations
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January 23, 2024
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Freak waves cause damage at US army base at Roi-Namur, shut...

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January 22, 2024
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
Education

Rabuka stands firm on sacking decision – coalition at risk

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January 22, 2024
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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
Analysis

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
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
Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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BEARING WITNESS

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
Asia Report

Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
Analysis

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
Analysis

Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"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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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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