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Cook Islands PM Mark Brown
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Another Palestinian journalist killed in Gaza as Israel ‘suffocates the truth’

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The Philippine Supreme Court in Padre Faura, Manila
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka in Auckland with the Fijian community for Fiji Day festivities
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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West Papuan activist Filep Karma while imprisoned in the Abepura jail
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Filep Karma: A political prisoner who fought racism in West Papua

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November 1, 2024
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Newly elected President of Fiji Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu
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Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu elected as Fiji’s new president

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PNG Foreign Minister Justin Tkatchenko
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Gaza press flak jackets
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Forum troika’s visit highlights value of regionalism for New Caledonia

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Pacific Islands Forum "troika-plus" leaders have visited Kanaky New Caledonia on a fact-finding mission
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Israel's UNRWA ban stirs worldwide condemnation as attacks on Gaza branded as "ethnic cleansing"
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‘Outrageous’, ‘intolerable’, ‘dangerous precedent’ – world condemns Israel’s UNRWA ban

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More than 100 New Zealand police - half of them Samoan
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Gaza . . . in the wake of the destructive war
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The Pacific Islands Forum troika delegation visits New Caledonia’s Congress President Veylma Falaéo
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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
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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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Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
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Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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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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

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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

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Himalayan Tsunami . . . Kirti Tamang, 5, was in her classroom in Betrawati on the morning when the flood arrived with a roar

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September 4, 2026
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Sacked Solomon Islands finance minister says Cabinet revolt is imminent

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