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Papuan students succeed in NZ – ‘the golden generation from Papua’

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Poverty
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The Great Divider: Covid-19 reflects global racism, not equality

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December 23, 2020
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Vandalised KNPB secretariat
Human Rights

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Efeso Collins
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December 21, 2020
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Professor David Robie
David Robie

Pacific Media Centre founder takes on new social justice journalism role

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December 21, 2020
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Coronavirus

Covid-19 vaccine roll out starts in parts of the Pacific

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December 20, 2020
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Cyclone Yasa
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Fiji declares state of disaster as TC Yasa wreaks havoc in...

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Bainimarama and Xi
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Lady Ann Salem
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RSF protests over arrest of Filipina journalist for ‘planted firearms’

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Echoes of the Rainbow Warrior – have the lessons been learned?

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Global

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December 13, 2020
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Jimmy Lai
Hong Kong

Hong Kong police charge Apple Daily founder Lai with ‘foreign collusion’

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Jakarta Post
Human Rights

Rights group records 40 violations in Papua in 2020 – cases...

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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"
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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

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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...

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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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GLOBAL REPORTAGE

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NZ Media and Communications Minister Minister Dr Paul Goldsmith

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Brazilian humanitarian aid activist Thiago Ávila

UN commissioner condemns Israeli kidnapping, detention of Brazilian flotilla activist

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New Caledonia suspends trade cooperation with Vanuatu in row over FLNKS...

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