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    • US envoy to UN Tammy Bruce
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Thousands of indigenous Papuans protest in Wamena March 2022
Culture

Pacific Elders call on Indonesia to allow UN visit to Papua...

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April 22, 2022
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Did Xi shoot the Sheriff?
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Dan McGarry: How to do something about Australia’s Pacific ‘stuff up’

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April 21, 2022
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Masi president Georgina Kekea
Democracy

‘Respect’ work of journalists and media, Masi tells Solomons police

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April 21, 2022
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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare
China

Sogavare adamant deal with China won’t undermine regional security

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April 21, 2022
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The Russian oligarch's super yacht Amadea in Lautoka port
Fiji

Fiji court orders oligarch’s super yacht to remain as US files...

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April 21, 2022
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KPK Deputy Chair Lili Pintauli Siregar
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Indonesia’s defensive response to US human rights report bodes ill for...

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April 21, 2022
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Solomon Islands MP Peter Kenilorea Jr
China

MP warns Solomons-China security pact could ‘inflame tensions’

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April 20, 2022
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A PNG rally over against violence on women
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Sorcery accusation-related violence still plagues Papua New Guinea

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April 20, 2022
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NCD Governor Powes Parkop
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Port Moresby public’s cry for safe public transport finally answered

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April 20, 2022
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Playgrounds buzzing on the first day of the New Zealand's school holidays in the covid orange alert setting
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‘You feel a little bit less cautious’ – families adjusting to...

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April 20, 2022
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NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meets with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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New Zealand and Singapore add climate to partnership priorities

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April 19, 2022
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Elections

PNG’s political system ‘being hijacked’ by leaders, warns analyst over election

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April 19, 2022
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We in New Zealand see shapeless body bags
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Gavin Ellis: Show us the full horror of war in Ukraine

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April 19, 2022
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A Marshall Islands repatriation group arrives in Majuro
Coronavirus

Marshall Islands gets largest number of covid border cases in Kwajalein

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April 19, 2022
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Former Justice Minister Bryan Kramer
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Outspoken Kramer stripped of justice portfolio just before PNG elections

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April 18, 2022
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Fiji’s political ‘power game’ – Ratuva says how rival MoU pact...

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April 18, 2022
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New Zealand's covid-19 case numbers declines
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Eleven more covid deaths reported as Air NZ flooded with travel...

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April 18, 2022
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Jacinda Ardern and Christopher Luxon
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Gordon Campbell: On gendered perceptions in Aotearoa politics

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April 18, 2022
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Fiji

Fiji Customs issue breaches notice to skipper of Russian vessel Amadea

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April 17, 2022
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Auckland’s case numbers peaked in the omicron outbreak almost six weeks ago
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Auckland’s new covid-19 case numbers not highest in NZ for first...

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April 17, 2022
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The Russian super yacht Amadea
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Fate of Russian super yacht Amadea still unknown – docked at...

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April 17, 2022
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National Federation Party leader Dr Biman Prasad
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Fiji’s Biman Prasad calls out ‘dire straits’ Bainimarama government

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April 16, 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
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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BEARING WITNESS

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

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
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"
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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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APJS NEWSFILE

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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