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Former Fiji attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
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A word of caution about opinion polls
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Torrential rain lashes West Auckland
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Tokelau elections
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Tokelau declares 2023 elections result in spite of comms problems

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Fiji Police Commissioner Sitiveni Qiliho
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Fiji’s President suspends police chief Qiliho and prisons boss Kean

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January 27, 2023
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Speaking to the world, but mirroring Australia’s off-again, on-again Pacific engagement

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January 27, 2023
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The coffins of three of the four Papuan civilian victims of the brutal killing in August 2022
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka talking to Tagata Pasifikavideo
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Fiji's Attorney-General Siromi Turaga (left) challenges his predecessor Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
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January 26, 2023
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USP student body welcomes Fiji’s commitment to settle grant dues

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January 26, 2023
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Papuan journalist and editor Victor Mambor
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Prime Minister Chris Hipkins
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Fiji's former attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
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Fiji police suspend questioning of former AG Aiyaz in ‘hatred’ case

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January 25, 2023
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Titewhai Harawira (left) with then Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
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January 25, 2023
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Police gather evidence near the site of a bomb explosion that took place outside the house of Jubi editor Victor Mambor
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‘Terror’ bomb explodes near Papua journalist Victor Mambor’s home

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January 24, 2023
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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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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

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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
Coronavirus

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

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BEARING WITNESS

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
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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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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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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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