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      Analysis

      West Papua: The Pacific’s new test of Indonesia’s sovereignty narrative

      Stanford Daily editor-in-chief George Porteous
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NZ's Chris Hipkins
Australia

Australia announces pathway to citizenship for New Zealanders

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(left) and UNICEF team leader Luisa Popo
American Samoa

American Samoa confirms a case of measles – day care centres...

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April 22, 2023
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Change of tactics . . . while the Indonesian military have increased their crackdown in West Papua
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Indonesian security crackdown in West Papua – ‘traumatising raids, torture’

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April 21, 2023
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A Papuan Lives Matter protest in London
Human Rights

UK minister grilled on West Papua human rights in House of...

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April 21, 2023
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Police Commander Anthony Wagambie Jr
Crime

Senior PNG police officer calls for mandatory drug tests for all...

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April 21, 2023
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Fiji health sector faces strain
Fiji

Surgeon warns Fiji nurses exodus will put strain on health sector

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April 21, 2023
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French Polynesia's President Édouard Fritch
Elections

Tahiti’s Fritch warns against ‘chaos’ if his anti-independence party loses

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April 21, 2023
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Census NZ 2023
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South Auckland’s poor census turnout could cost it $130m in NZ...

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April 21, 2023
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
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Fiji’s economic summit addresses ‘daunting’ challenges, says Rabuka

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NZ Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni
Education

NZ pledges almost $36m to USP — signs 10 year partnership

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April 20, 2023
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A lone protester raises the Morning Star flag of West Papua
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Indonesia upgrades NZ pilot operation in West Papua to ‘combat ready’

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The Kanaky delegation in Paris
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Unfinished business over New Caledonian decolonisation – new challenges after ‘stolen’...

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April 19, 2023
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Today's PNG Post-Courier front page featuring the final farewell to the late former prime minister Sir Rabbie Namaliu
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News Corp among Namaliu’s farewell messages – for ‘free, fearless media’

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April 19, 2023
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The Mek family in Jiwaka Province, Papua New Guinea
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Papua New Guinea: ‘My education journey from Jiwaka to UPNG’

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April 19, 2023
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The Post Fiji building in Suva
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Australia-based logistics company owes Post Fiji $9.6m

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April 19, 2023
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Tavini Huira'atira leader Oscar Temaru
Democracy

Tahiti’s pro-independence party tops vote — another winning streak?

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April 18, 2023
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The captive NZ pilot Philip Mehrtens
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Jakarta should ‘learn from the Aceh, Philippines experience’ and talk to...

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April 18, 2023
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Tavini Huiraatira leader Oscar Temaru
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Temaru’s pro-independence party wins round one of French Polynesia’s elections

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April 18, 2023
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TPNPB-OPM Jeffrey Bomanak
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April 18, 2023
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The Kanaky delegation in Paris
Democracy

Both sides ‘satisfied’ with Paris talks on New Caledonia’s political future

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April 17, 2023
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NZ Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni
Climate

NZ boosts support for ‘grassroots’ climate action in Solomon Islands

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April 17, 2023
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Indonesian military and police personnel surround a helicopter in Kenyam district, Nduga regency, Papua Highlands, in February
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West Papuan rebels claim 9 soldiers killed in Jakarta bid to...

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April 17, 2023
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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
Analysis

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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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
Analysis

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
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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

"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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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

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
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Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)
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