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An illegally parked protest vehicle blocking central Wellington streets
Coronavirus

NZ Parliament occupation: Protesters’ vehicle blockade remains on 10th day

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The "no mandates" protest at New Zealand's Parliament
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Māori iwi leaders call for an end to NZ’s protest in...

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A Methodist church in Fiji
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11 Fiji church ministers refuse to be vaccinated against covid –...

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Kaipara District Councillor Victoria del la Varis-Woodcock
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Mayor slams Kaipara councillor’s protest role as ‘health risk’

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February 17, 2022
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A New Zealand covid-19 vaccination centre
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Pasifika make up half of cases in NZ’s omicron variant surge...

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February 16, 2022
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Police act against NZ protester vehicles but admit towies unwilling to...

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Anti-vaxx mandate protesters of Convoy 2020 at Parliament in Wellington
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Gavin Ellis column
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Gavin Ellis: Copycat media abuse from ragtag bag of protesters

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RSF condemns ‘unacceptable political meddling’ over PNG news chief suspension

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Guarding Panguna mine
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Panguna share value doubles overnight after landowners opt to reopen mine

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Sir David Skegg
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Omicron spread: ‘Crazy’ shortfall in booster numbers worries top NZ covid-19...

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West Papua on Google
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How Google moulds public opinion on West Papua, disrupts education

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February 15, 2022
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Human rights abuses against Palestinians and the people of West Papua
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John Minto: The hypocrisy of NZ’s silence in calling out Israeli,...

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February 15, 2022
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NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Coronavirus

NZ parliament covid protesters ‘not interested in engaging’, says Ardern

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February 14, 2022
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A Pacific protester blows a conch shell horn at the anti-mandate occupation atNZ Parliament
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NZ protest at Parliament enters sixth day – covid cases almost...

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February 13, 2022
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) with Fiji's acting PM Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
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US announces deeper engagement strategy to match China in the Pacific

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February 13, 2022
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Anti-mandate protesters perform a haka on Parliament grounds
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Stronger police barriers, heavy rain, covid ads don’t dampen NZ protest

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February 12, 2022
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Deputy PM Grant Robertson on the right to protest
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Right to protest lost for those who ‘threaten, harass and disrupt’,...

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TI Pacific corruption report
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Transparency watchdog seeks US help to tackle Pacific corruption

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February 12, 2022
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The protest at NZ's Parliament
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Covid-19 outbreak: Misinformation spreading among NZ’s parliament protesters, say police

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February 11, 2022
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Police put up more barriers at Parliament protest
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Covid-19 outbreak: NZ police brace for fourth day of protest at...

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February 11, 2022
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PNG Police Sergeant Justus Baupo
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Piracy a growing threat along PNG coasts, warns water police chief

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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
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Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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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...

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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)
APJS newsfile

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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A focus on information-sharing between countries, which, on Fiji's part, requires a reform programme "to address fragmentation"
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