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Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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Professor Brij Lal: A champion of democracy and Fiji’s finest scholar

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PNG police manhunt for Rai gang cult stalls without chopper

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NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta
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December 26, 2021
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Beatings survivor Gathy Peter
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Meri Kirihimete! Merry Christmas – and all the best for 2022

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Covid data analyst Rawiri Taonui
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Suva lawyer and media commentator Richard Naidu
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Consumer demand should be driving TV to digital platform – ‘not...

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PNG police "gang busters"
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NZ Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay
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Omicron may force more changes to NZ’s covid contact tracing system

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December 23, 2021
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PNG police search for the notorious “Het Wara” gang
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PNG church workers plead for more police help to end gang...

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December 22, 2021
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Fiji human rights activist concerned over ‘dead bodies, missing people’

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December 22, 2021
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Oro Governor Gary Juffa
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Table ‘transparent’ PNG medicine procurement proposal, says Juffa

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December 22, 2021
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Former American priest Richard Daschbach
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Former priest, 82, jailed for 12 years over Timor-Leste child abuse

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December 22, 2021
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Professor Nick Wilson
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December 21, 2021
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Pacific distinguished professor Ratuva breaks down socio-political hurdles

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December 21, 2021
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Palika pro-independence activist Aile Tikoure
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‘France still doesn’t understand us Kanaks after 30 years of dialogue’

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December 20, 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
Analysis

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
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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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“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
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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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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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Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

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Israelis mislead Australia’s Royal Commission into Antisemitism

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Israelis mislead Australia’s Royal Commission into Antisemitism

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