Press Release – Timor-Leste National Parliament

The Gusmao de facto government’s Minister for Finance, Ms Emilia Pires, stated to a parliamentary committee that she would not take any responsibility for budget implementation, blaming other ministries, which failed to spend budget monies for vital social and …
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Dr John Wallace ... international journalism for a better world. Photo: APCJ

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Opinion – By John Wallace

In many parts of the world the options for professional journalism study are really quite limited, with many young people finding their way into journalism without preparation, and with opportunities for in-house training also limited.

This is one of the things the Asia-Pacific Journalism Centre tries to do something about – by providing professional development programmes for working journalists in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in those countries closest to Australia, such as East Timor, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and other southwest Pacific countries.
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Speech – The Maori Party

Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Amendment Bill Tuesday 27 October 2009 Rahui Katene, MP for Te Tai Tonga
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Press Release – Wellington Access Radio

ON AIR HIGHLIGHT: From the Vaults (English) : Sun 9-10pm is an hilarious look back into the history of Wellington Access Radio programming. This week we look back at the programme Pacific Island Variety with Max Young (1994) followed by Polynesian …
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Press Release – Golden Oldies World Festival in Queenstown

Keen netballers from around the world are proving age is no barrier as they line up next week for the Air New Zealand Golden Oldies World Netball Festival in Queenstown.
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Pacific Press Release – New Zealand Government

Prime Minister John Key has announced that there will be a National Memorial Service to commemorate those who lost their lives in the recent tsunami tragedy in Samoa.
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Pacific Press Release – Canon

In the spirit of Canon’s Kyosei corporate philosophy of “Living and working together for the common good,” Canon New Zealand made a $10,000 donation to The Red Cross – Samoan Earthquake and Tsunami Appeal, to assist the work currently taking place …
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Severinus Ampoai (left) with Bougainville President Tanis. Photo: Aloysius Laukai

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By Aloysius Laukai in Panguna

Severinus Ampoai is from Panguna in Bougainville, but he has been living away from his home for more than two decades.
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Pacific Press Release – UNICEF

Apia , 25 October 2009. – The UN Children’s Fund is urgently supporting the return of tsunami-affected children to pre-school in what may be a forgotten chapter of Samoa ’s recent disaster. The devastating tsunami that struck Samoa on 29 September …
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Press Release – New Zealand Government

The sharing of kai – having food together – is a time-honoured tradition across all of the cultures of the Pacific– where boundaries are broken down, where the people come together. Over the last few days there were some special occasions where …
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