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PNG Police Commissioner David Manning
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PNG police hunt for 15 Enga election suspects over ‘gun threats’

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August 2, 2022
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Prime Minister of Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Climate

NZ to provide $15m to support Samoa over climate change action

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August 2, 2022
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Te Reo Māori
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Celebrating 35 years of te reo Māori as an official language,...

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August 1, 2022
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PNG election defeats
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Pruaitch joins growing list of PNG’s major election upsets

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August 1, 2022
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VARS project for Vanuatu squatters
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World Bank grant to boost Vanuatu reforms for squatter settlements

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August 1, 2022
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Shortage of healthcare workers
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Despite what political leaders say, New Zealand’s health workforce is in...

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August 1, 2022
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Marjorie Tua’inekore Crocombe
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Marjorie Tua’inekore Crocombe – An exceptional Pacific life

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August 1, 2022
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Dr Ashley Bloomfield
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Nick Rockel: ‘Over and out from me’ – Dr Ashley Bloomfield

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August 1, 2022
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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
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Cook Islanders get ready to go to the polls – choice...

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July 31, 2022
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July 31, 2022
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Covid-19 in Niue
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Former Chief Justice Sir Arnold Amet
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July 30, 2022
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Kiribati dropped a bombshell at the Pacific Islands Forum
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July 30, 2022
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Dr Ashley Bloomfield montage
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NZ’s Ashley Bloomfield bows out – a look at his key...

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July 30, 2022
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Fiji - freedom of the press
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Police release 9 ‘innocent’ suspects in Port Moresby machete attack

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People’s Alliance leader Sitiveni Rabuka
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July 29, 2022
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July 29, 2022
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FSM President David Panuelo
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Micronesia to reopen borders despite covid community spread

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July 29, 2022
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July 29, 2022
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Police are considering NZ bomb threats may be from overseas
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July 28, 2022
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France pays out US$16m on nearly 100 Tahiti nuclear compensation claims

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July 28, 2022
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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
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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
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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
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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.”
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Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
Asia Report

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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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...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)
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