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Port Moresby General Hospital in crisis
Coronavirus

PNG’s capital Port Moresby reaches crisis point over covid surge

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Let's Talanoa seriesvideo
Coronavirus

129 new covid cases in NZ community – Pacific talanoa series...

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October 22, 2021
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Middlemore Hospital triage tent
Coronavirus

NZ government unveals its ‘traffic light’ covid-19 protection framework

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October 22, 2021
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Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes 22102021
Coronavirus

FLNKS pleads for delay in ‘unfair’ New Caledonia covid independence vote

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October 22, 2021
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Deforestation in Central Kalimantan
Environment

NZ dairy industry linked to illegal Indonesian plantations, says report

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October 22, 2021
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Western Province Premier David Gina
Crime

Gina calls for return of death sentence after brutal killing...

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October 22, 2021
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"Visas for vaccinations"
Coronavirus

Vax for visas: ‘Overstayers would come out of woodwork’, say Pacific...

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October 21, 2021
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Dr Collin Tukuitonga
Coronavirus

Early easing of covid restrictions ‘could be lethal for Māori/Pasifika’

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October 21, 2021
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Papua New Guinea has about 51,957 illegally and unlicensed firearms
Crime

More than 50,000 illegal firearms in PNG, but general denies...

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October 20, 2021
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News media comment on three positive covid-19 cases absconding from an Auckland managed isolation facility
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NZ reports 60 new community covid cases – three positives ‘escape’...

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October 20, 2021
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Kanaky referendum flags
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Backes rejects delaying New Caledonia independence referendum

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October 20, 2021
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NZ public interest journalism
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Perceptions over NZ’s public interest journalism project – saint or sinner?

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NZ Associate Health Minister Peeni Henare
Coronavirus

‘Covid-19 is on the doorstep of your houses,’ warns Henare...

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October 19, 2021
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Arrested Papuan activists protest 30-09-2021
Human Rights

Sharp rise in Papuan mass arrests during military operations, says ICP

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October 19, 2021
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Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General Henry Puna
Climate

Pacific Forum welcomes NZ climate aid boost, urges collective action

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October 19, 2021
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Professor Michael Baker
Coronavirus

Risk of ‘unequal outbreak’ hurting Māori, Pasifika, says top NZ epidemiologist

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October 18, 2021
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Pacific Aftershocks
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Aftershocks of covid-19 threaten to undo gains across Pacific, says report

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October 18, 2021
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Goroka Provincial Hospital
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‘Ground Zero’ in Goroka where the gloom of death hangs in...

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October 18, 2021
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Julian Willcox Vaxathon
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Super Saturday vaccine dose numbers rise to 130,002 – 51 new...

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October 17, 2021
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Fiji vaccine rollout
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October 17, 2021
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape being vaccinated
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Only half of PNG’s MPs vaccinated against covid, reveals Post-Courier

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October 16, 2021
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Super Saturday Vaxathon on Māori Television
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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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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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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...

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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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...

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"Without cartoonists, power goes unchecked"

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May 5, 2026
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After Israel’s brutal attack on Kiwis the NZ government does nothing

May 4, 2026
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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

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