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Fiji Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama (left) with Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General Henry Puna in Suva
China

Pacific Islands Forum ‘on course’ as China issue casts shadow

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Democracy

Empty seats mark first Pacific Islands Forum summit meeting

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July 12, 2022
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Pacific Islands Forum flags
Democracy

More Pacific Islands Forum summit leaders pull out as crisis grows

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July 12, 2022
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Caretaker PM James Marape (right)
Elections

Marape first politician re-elected in PNG ballot with landslide win

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July 12, 2022
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Founding Kiribati president Sir Ieremia Tabai
Democracy

Kiribati exit from Pacific forum ‘out of order’, says founding president

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July 11, 2022
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Kiribati

Kiribati withdrawal from Pacific Islands Forum a major blow

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July 11, 2022
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France's Socialist Party sealed a deal to join the French Left's first broad coalition pact in 20 years
Australia

Australian Labor isn’t alone. Parties of the Left are making a...

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July 11, 2022
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MRP Chair Timotius Murib
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July 7, 2022
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West Papuan independence leader Benny Wenda
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July 7, 2022
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Central Province voters in the PNG elections
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PNG’s capital residents shocked with second deferral of polling day

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July 7, 2022
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Today's front page banner headline in the PNG Post-Courier
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Post-Courier: The incompetency of PNG’s Electoral Commission must stop

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July 7, 2022
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Assassinated broadcaster Federico "Ding" Gempesaw
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Assassins gun down Philippine broadcaster outside home

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July 7, 2022
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The K1.3 million stashed in a suitcase on a plane from Port Moresby bound for Komo
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Six charged with money laundering over K1.3 million in suitcase as...

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July 6, 2022
0
Polling officials check details from two ballot boxes arriving in Tari
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Disgruntled PNG voters destroy ballot boxes, set fire to voting papers

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July 6, 2022
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NZ Pacific People's Minister Aupito William Sio
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Aupito to attend Pacific Islands Forum in Fiji instead of Mahuta

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July 6, 2022
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The PNG Post-Courier's front page picture on Monday of the money in a suitcase
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PNG leader Marape confirms son arrested over money in suitcase

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July 6, 2022
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Pro-independence French Polynesian MP Moetai Brotherson
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Tahitian pro-independence MP slams ‘bad signal’ for French Pacific

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July 5, 2022
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Voters looking for their names as Papua New Guinea went to the polls
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Papua New Guinea goes to the polls amid controversy over missing...

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PNG Defence Force soldiers arrive in Kavieng for the elections
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PNG Defence Force arrive in New Ireland for election duties

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July 5, 2022
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New Caledonia's Southern Province president Sonia Backès
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New Caledonia’s Backès joins French government in citizenship post

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July 5, 2022
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The People's National Congress (PNC) campaigning ahead of the PNG general election
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PNG elections and the economy: Marape vs O’Neill

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July 5, 2022
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Thousands take part in the peaceful nuclear-free rally in the Tahitian capital Pape'ete
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Thousands in Pape’ete mark 56th anniversary of first Moruroa test

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July 4, 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
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
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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

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Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
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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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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

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
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Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

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