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      Culture

      Girmitiya ancestry the inspiration behind Fiji writer’s debut novel

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Fiji's Professor Biman Prasad
Australia

Prasad criticises NZ, Australia over not addressing ‘democratic deficit’ in Pacific...

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PNG national election 2022 extension
Democracy

PNG extends election returns date by two weeks to avoid ‘failed...

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July 26, 2022
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Caretaker Prime Minister James Marape
Crime

Moresby police chief rejects call for capital curfew after election violence

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July 26, 2022
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Port Moresby Governor Powes Parkop (left)
Elections

Commonwealth observers call for ‘urgent review’ of PNG electoral process

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July 26, 2022
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China

‘Stay vigilant’, Guam governor warns over China’s Pacific intrusion

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July 26, 2022
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Covid-19 and tolerance
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Covid and reality: Do we care enough about the common good?

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July 26, 2022
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Papua New Guinea Defence Force troops out on the streets of the capital Port Moresby in support of the police
Crime

PNG police arrest 18 suspects following election attacks in Port Moresby

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July 25, 2022
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K’aute Pasifika's Mareta Matenga
Civil Society

Pasifika wāhine launching new Waikato Pan Pacific health hub

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July 25, 2022
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Armed PNG election supporters cause chaos in capital, attack bystanders

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July 25, 2022
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President of the Congress of New Caledonia Roch Wamytan
Democracy

Pro-independence Kanaks sign pact with West Papuan movement

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July 25, 2022
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Post-Courier: Our capital Port Moresby our last stand for peace

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July 25, 2022
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Philippine police inspect the assassination crime scene at the Ateneo de Manila University
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Three killed, including former mayor, in Manila university campus shooting

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July 25, 2022
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NZ's outgoing Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield
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‘You’ve got to be tenacious in public health,’ says NZ’s departing...

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July 24, 2022
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Professor Pal Ahluwalia
Education

USP unions slam Fiji’s Sayed-Khaiyum for ‘damaging’ Pacific university

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July 24, 2022
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Dr Siouxsie Wiles
Coronavirus

Siouxsie Wiles mini-doco funding criticism does vanishing act online

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July 24, 2022
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Researchers warn of growing potential for mass killings in Papua region

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President-elect Nikenike Vurobaravu of Vanuatu
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Vanuatu elects new president after eight rounds of voting

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July 23, 2022
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Green Party co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson
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July 23, 2022
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Te Maruata chair Bonita Bigham
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July 23, 2022
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Porgera valley villagers
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Porgera villagers helpless, unsafe in their homes as ‘warlords’ kill freely

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July 22, 2022
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Fiji Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem
Elections

Fiji elections chief tells local media to ‘upskill’ overseas reporters

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July 22, 2022
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Pacific verdict on COP29
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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
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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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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"
Analysis

Saige England: Bearing witness – we are seeing a rise of...

West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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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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Eyewitness account of Rainbow Warrior voyage – new Eyes of Fire...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016
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Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

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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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