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Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins
Coronavirus

Stays in MIQ to be halved under NZ’s new system –...

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Bintang Mountains refugees
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West Papuans flee from ‘liberation’ conflict into remote PNG region

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October 28, 2021
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Indonesian armaments
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Baby killed by Indonesian military as Papuans flee to PNG, claims...

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October 28, 2021
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Bali opens up for tourism
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As Asia ‘lives with covid-19’, media may need to be less...

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October 28, 2021
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Captured - Dairo Antonio Úsuga ("Otoniel")
Crime

Colombian drug lord’s capture a reminder of Tonga’s cartel links

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October 27, 2021
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Te Hana checkpoint
Coronavirus

Kaitiaki block ‘particularly dangerous’ anti-vax protesters at Auckland border

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October 27, 2021
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French security forces in Noumea
Elections

France deploys big force to secure New Caledonia referendum

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October 27, 2021
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Port Moresby
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Port Moresby backs off ‘total’ lockdown in city, says Governor Parkop

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October 27, 2021
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The Independent on USP
Education

Bainimarama’s Fiji faces investigative PR crisis on eve of climate COP26

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October 27, 2021
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The Dementia Report 2020
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Dementia tsunami by 2050 ‘likely to hit Pasifika, Māori, Asian communities’

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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Coronavirus

NZ to mandate covid vaccination for workplaces requiring entry certificates

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October 26, 2021
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Pangu Pati president Erigere Singin
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PNG’s Pangu Pati entangled in new legal row over female president

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October 26, 2021
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NZ covid-19 delta variant
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79 new community covid cases in NZ – 75 in...

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October 26, 2021
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Ramada Hotel in Port Vila
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Two covid cases arrive from New Caledonia at border in Vanuatu

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October 26, 2021
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USS San Francisco
Australia

PANG condemns Australia policy for ‘abandoning’ Pacific nuclear-free pact

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October 25, 2021
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NZ covid-19 delta variant
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NZ reports 109 new community covid cases – another rise

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October 25, 2021
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October 25, 2021
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A student protest in central Jakarta
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The Fiji covid vaccine rollout was recently extended to the 15-17 age bracket
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Fiji vaccination of teens going strong after adult rollout success

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October 24, 2021
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Rev James Bhagwan
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October 23, 2021
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Tonga's Cardinal Mafi
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Cardinal’s message for COP26 climate conference: ‘Listen to the Pacific’

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October 23, 2021
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Pacific verdict on COP29
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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"
Asia Report

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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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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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...

Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016
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Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

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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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"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"

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May 5, 2026
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May 4, 2026
PINA president Kalafi Moala addresses the Media Council of Papua New Guinea

Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index

May 4, 2026
Kidnapped protesters Saif Abu Keshek and Thiago Ávila

Gaza flotilla organisers subjected to ‘extreme brutality’ in illegal Israeli detention

May 4, 2026
Fiji journalists at the FMA's annual general meeting in March

FMA praises Fiji media workers for press freedom climb but warns...

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