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Her Royal Highness Princess Latufuipeka

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No women elected in Tonga: time to change the story

November 20, 2021

Kanaky's Louis Mapou (left) talks to Vanuatu President Bob Loughman

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Vanuatu backs Kanak call to delay vote on independence in New...

November 20, 2021

Grubsheet Feejee

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Graham Davis: Fiji’s draconian media law and a gag on truth

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November 20, 2021

Zhang Zang

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Chinese, Palestinian journalists and Pegasus Project win free press awards

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November 20, 2021

New Zealand's ICU preparedness questioned

Coronavirus

Warning bells from NZ health experts, National over coping with covid...

November 19, 2021

The national Commission for Women hold Jayapura conference

Gender

‘Protect Papuan women and children – not kill them’, security forces...

November 19, 2021

Tonga's Office of the Electoral Commission

Elections

Tonga’s Democrats ‘dig their own grave’ in key election losses

November 19, 2021

Sex currency of bribes

Democracy

‘Sextortion’ problem for Pacific states – but lower for Fiji, says...

November 18, 2021

Voters from Vava'u queue

Elections

Three new noble MPs elected in Tonga as preliminary results trickle...

November 18, 2021

Emergency care

Coronavirus

NZ medical specialist describes ‘a health system overwhelmed’

November 18, 2021

Kokopo Business College students

Education

PNG police throw out Kokopo business students after drunken parties

November 18, 2021

Toeolesulusulu Dr Damon Salesa

Education

‘Transform lives’ with education, new vice-chancellor for AUT tells Pasifika

November 18, 2021

PNG Power linesmen

Business

Power theft, meter tampering, outages cost PNG provider K25m a month

November 17, 2021

Lavetanalagi Seru

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Pacific civil society disappointed over ‘big let down’ COP26 climate summit

November 17, 2021

TI Pacific corruption report

Democracy

Corruption in Pacific big problem – and it’s getting worse, says...

November 16, 2021

Tina Stege, Climate Change Envoy of the Marshall Islands

Climate

COP26 climate trip branded ‘junket’ – Prasad slams 36-strong Fiji team

November 16, 2021

NZ covid-19 delta variant

Coronavirus

Record 222 new community cases of covid-19, one death in NZ

November 16, 2021

NZ health workers vaccine deadline

Coronavirus

Hundreds of NZ health workers unvaccinated facing deadline

November 16, 2021

Vindictive abuse

Coronavirus

Northland principal faces ‘vindictive’ abuse for backing vaccine mandate

November 15, 2021

Toeolesulusulu Dr Damon Salesa

Education

Pacific scholar Dr Damon Salesa named AUT’s next vice-chancellor

November 15, 2021

COP26 "failure"

Analysis

The ultimate guide to why the COP26 summit ended in failure...

November 15, 2021

Covid-testing in Rotorua

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NZ reports new covid case high of 207 as ‘clock ticking’...

November 14, 2021

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"The fact that you can sling around libel without evidence in the largest newspapers in Australia gives us a window into how discussion of basic Palestinian rights is shut down"

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