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The West Papua students who had their tertiary scholarships terminated by the Indonesian government have turned to New Zealanders for help.video
Education

Papuan students caught by Indonesian grants cutback plead for NZ help

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Solomon Islands' Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare with Chinese President Xi Jinping
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Saying China ‘bought’ a military base in the Solomons is simplistic...

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March 25, 2022
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Pacific Media Institute formed
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New media freedom advocacy institute formed in Marshall Islands

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Royal Solomon Islands Police Force officers train with replica guns supplied by the Chinese government
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Leaked draft China-Solomon Islands security pact causes Pacific stir

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March 25, 2022
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Whanganui iwi leader Ken Mair
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Iwi leader warns Māori to take extreme care under ‘dangerous’ new...

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March 24, 2022
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Wamena protesters warned that the provincial expansion plan would "wipe out Papuans"
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How colonial puppeteer Indonesia uses ‘autonomy’ to disempower Papuans

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March 23, 2022
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NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
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NZ’s omicron outbreak: PM Ardern heralds changes to traffic light strategy

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Two key Timor-Leste revolutionary heroes forced to presidency run-off

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March 23, 2022
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Samoan PM Fiame Naomi Mata'afa
Coronavirus

Samoa extends lockdown as spread of covid-19 cases jumps to 467

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March 23, 2022
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Dr Ashley Bloomfield
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NZ’s covid-19 case numbers past their peak in Auckland, says Bloomfield

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Fiji Sun headline 22032022
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History repeats in Fiji?: Police chief warns of election ‘instability’

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Green MP Golriz Ghahraman
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West Papuan students in dire straits in NZ after Indonesia cuts...

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Apia is under Level 3 lockdown
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Samoa’s covid positive cases surge tops 196, report health officials

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Professor Rod Jackson
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Omicron peak not right time to relax public health measures, says...

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Diagnosing past infection
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Auckland health crisis
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Auckland hospitals put most care on hold, incentives fail to fix...

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March 18, 2022
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Newspaper street vendors in Honiara.
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How China is manipulating the information war in the Pacific

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March 17, 2022
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West Papuan masters student Laurens Ikinia
Education

West Papuan students fight to keep scholarships to study in Aotearoa

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March 17, 2022
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Restructuring of Aotearoa New Zealand's public service media
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Gavin Ellis: Fundamental flaws in public media plans call for big...

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March 17, 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.”
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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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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...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)
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