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PNG businessman Peter Nupiri
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Businessman Nupiri arrested, charged over PNG election violence at Mendi

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USP journalism head Dr Shailendra Singh
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West Papuan activist Leonie Tanggahma
Human Rights

Papuans mourn sudden loss of ‘one of their brightest stars’

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Lobbying begins for new coalition government in Vanuatu after vote

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National Federation Party leader Professor Biman Prasad
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Flashback to the Ponsonby People's Union
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Honouring the people’s fight against hardship, repression and racism

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Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa
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Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa
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Labour list MP Soraya Peke-Mason
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Fiji Methodist Church conference in Suva
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Vanuatu Electoral Commission Chair Edward Kaltamat
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Philippine press freedom
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How Philippine ‘press freedom’ has been abandoned under ‘Bongbong’ Marcos

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October 11, 2022
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When will enough be enough? Port Moresby’s struggle with ethnic war

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The PNG goverment lockout over rents
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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
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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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
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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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BEARING WITNESS

“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
Analysis

Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

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

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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
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27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

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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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Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

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