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PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) held bilateral discussions with the United Nations Secretary-General
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
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Former NZ politician Aupito Tofae Su'a William Sio
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Filipino media "influencers" complicit in Israeli propaganda programme
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How two Filipino ‘journalists’ took part in Israeli whitewashing of genocide

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Thousands of Bougainvilleans flocked to the polls on 23 November 2019 to vote in the referendum on independence from Papua New Guinea
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Bougainville 2025 election: What’s at stake?

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Samoa's Electoral Commissioner Toleafoa Tuiafelolo Alexander Stanley briefing the media on election day
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Indonesian security forces clash with West Papuan protesters in Manokwari, Sorong, today
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Wenda accuses Indonesia of killing West Papuans for ‘independence’ day

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More than 100,000 registered voters are heading to the polls to decide Samoa's next government.
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Polls open in Samoa’s 2025 general election with one seat declared

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Going . . . going . . . the dual French and Kanaky flags on New Caledonian driving licences
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French Overseas Minister pushes ahead with Bougival deal despite FLNKS snub

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New Zealand protesters over the Israeli killings of Palestinian journalists in Gaza carry symbolic bodies
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RNZ’s diminishing linear radio audience has to be understood in context
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Sydney journalist Antony Loewenstein, author of The Palestine Laboratory
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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
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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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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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