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The planned RNZ/TVNZ merger
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Fiji lawyer Richard Naidu's reply to former attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
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NZ's Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni
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January 23, 2023
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USP's vice-chancellor Professor Pal Ahluwalia was deported from Fiji in 2021
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January 23, 2023
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NZ's incoming Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and deputy Carmel Sepuloni
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January 23, 2023
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While the Marshall Islands was under US trusteeship, the US government detonated 67 atmospheric and ground weapons over a 12 year period
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January 23, 2023
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NZ's Deputy PM Carmel Sepuloni
Democracy

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January 23, 2023
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West Papuan leader Benny Wenda with Vanuatu and Papuan officials
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January 23, 2023
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NZ's new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins
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Fiji jurist Imrana Jalal
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January 22, 2023
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Fiji First MP Hem Chand welcomes former attorney-general and FijiFirst general secretary Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
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Fiji CID special force handling Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum’s ‘race hate’ case

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's supporters
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Former NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark
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Former NZ PM Helen Clark calls for rethink on political debate...

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Outgoing NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
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Operation Stabilising Oro police operation
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January 20, 2023
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Jacunda Ardern . . . nasty personal attacks
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January 20, 2023
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Newly appointed Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) chair Ajay Bhai Amrit (centre)
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Columnist named chair of FBC board and targets $11m grant breakdown

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January 20, 2023
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Former 1987 coup leader and returning Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
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Pacific verdict on COP29
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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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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
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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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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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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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