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    • President Trump boasts of having the greatest military in the world
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Capitol protester
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‘They’re trying to tear down the country’, says US expat in...

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Breaking news - Capitol stormed
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Saki landslide
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PNG Prime Minister Marape visits Saki landslide disaster site

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January 7, 2021
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Wansolwara
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USP Journalism dedicates awards to media ‘champion’ David Robie

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Julian Assange
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Assange wins. The cost. The crushing of press freedom

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January 6, 2021
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Port Moresby housing
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Free Assange
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China enters 2021 a stronger, more influential power — and Australia...

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Bio hazard
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ICC, The Hague
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Waikeria Prison protesters surrender to NZ authorities after 6-day siege

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January 3, 2021
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Waikeria Prison
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Amnesty calls for caution in ending NZ’s Waikeria prison protest

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January 3, 2021
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Mata'afu Keni Lesa
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Award-winning editor of Samoa Observer resigns after 22 years

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Carmela Fonbuena
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Former Rappler reporter Carmela Fonbuena is new head of PCIJ

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James Marape
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Scott Waide: Open letter to PM James Marape: Treat our people fairly

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Matilda Koma
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January 2, 2021
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Nduga internal refugees
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Saki disaster
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At the heart of the Goilala landslide disaster – prayers for the...

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January 2, 2021
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RSF Roundup 2020
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RSF’s 2020 Round-up: 50 journalists killed, two-thirds in countries ‘at peace’

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January 1, 2021
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'Battling Laavasa'
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New Year’s Honours: Former boxing champion among 13 Pacific recipients

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January 1, 2021
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CLIMATE AND COVID

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
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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
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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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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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Why can’t Democrats outshine a dangerous, unstable, delusional, egomaniacal Trump?

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NZ elections: Where are much-needed party policies on media?

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