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    • US envoy to UN Tammy Bruce
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US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry (left) and Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr
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Palau’s Our Ocean conference commitments top US$16 billion

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The Russian super yacht at Lautoka, Fiji
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Fiji ‘making mockery of UN’, says Rabuka on Russian ship Amadea

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Fiji's Professor Biman Prasad
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Labour MP Louisa Wall
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April 14, 2022
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The Fiji and West Papuan panel speakers at the Whānau Community Hub yesterday
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The Russian super yacht Amadea in Lautoka
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New Zealand's orange setting is relaxing mask requirements for schools
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Chantal Bakersmith
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Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) interim chairman Thomas Eluh
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Papuan student advocate Laurens Ikinia
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Former Fiji Health Minister Dr Neil Sharma
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April 12, 2022
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape
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‘Don’t vote for money, relatives or cargo,’ warns PNG’s Marape

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NZ Defence Force personnel boarding a Hercules plane.
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Papuan protesters
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The great drawback of democracy
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PNG Police Commissioner David Manning
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April 10, 2022
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Vaccine-resistant people tend to hold strong views
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April 9, 2022
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April 8, 2022
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President Emmanuel Macron in New Caledonia
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French Pacific readies for presidential election as Macron seeks second term

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April 8, 2022
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CLIMATE AND COVID

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
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.”
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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...

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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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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