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Papuan Governor, Lukas Enembe
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Parliament protest and anti-vaxxer Jamie Patrick Mansfield
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Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield
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One third of NZ covid cases in children and teens, says...

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Lae's Metropolitan Superintendent Chris Kunyanban
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Lae police chief calls on state agencies, NGOs to tackle illegal...

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Covid alert - there were good things too
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Nick Rockel: Memories of the two-year covid safety struggle –...

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Suburban housing in Dunedin
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The coming storm for New Zealand’s future retirees: still renting and...

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Solomon Islands police officers being trained by China
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Solomon Islands police complete combat drill with Chinese trainers

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Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay
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NZ public health chief encouraged in spite of 34 covid deaths...

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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare
China

Sogavare denies ‘insulting’ claim on Chinese military base for Solomons

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A covid-19 vaccination site in Northern Marianas
American Samoa

Covid trends around the Pacific – deaths, lockdown and easing rules

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March 29, 2022
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NZ local media have had to slash to survive
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NZ’s Public Interest Media Fund not media bribe but deal of...

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Support for President Francisco "Lú-Olo" Guterres
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Timor-Leste government parties back Lú-Olo’s return as president

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NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
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PM says Honiara’s growing China relationship is ‘gravely concerning’

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March 28, 2022
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Fewer deaths than usual in New Zealand
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Hundreds more may die in NZ’s first omicron wave, covid modeller...

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March 28, 2022
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Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono
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Ukraine example cited in call to extend visas for abandoned Papuan...

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March 28, 2022
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Solomon Islands opposition leader Matthew Wale
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March 28, 2022
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TPNPB-OPM spokesperson Sebby Sambom (seated centre) and TPN commander Major-General Terrianus Satto.
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OPM rejects Papuan peace talks with Jakarta unless mediated by UN

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March 27, 2022
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Covid-19 modeller says NZ’s omicron death rate ‘comparable’ to other countries

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March 27, 2022
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The West Papua students who had their tertiary scholarships terminated by the Indonesian government have turned to New Zealanders for help.video
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Papuan students caught by Indonesian grants cutback plead for NZ help

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March 26, 2022
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Solomon Islands' Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare with Chinese President Xi Jinping
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Saying China ‘bought’ a military base in the Solomons is simplistic...

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March 25, 2022
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Pacific Media Institute formed
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New media freedom advocacy institute formed in Marshall Islands

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Royal Solomon Islands Police Force officers train with replica guns supplied by the Chinese government
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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"
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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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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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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
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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...

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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
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The opening of the 2026 session of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (C-24) meeting
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Renewed UN calls for decolonisation action on New Caledonia, French Polynesia,...

Despite the presence of many well-known pro-Palestinian activists, there was no security in the room
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