A new analysis shows Accident Compensation Corporation or ACC is biased against women, Maori and Pasifika; Pasifika journalists share their experiences about working in mainstream media, following the week the New Zealand government is expected to deliver a formal apology for the Dawn Raids; Vanuatu is to have a literary first this month with the launch of an anthology of women's writing. Sista, Stanap Strong! features work from three generations of women spanning from just 20 to an octogenarian; Fiji was once first in line for a travel bubble with New Zealand and Australia, but now the Pacific island nation is grappling with an escalating Covid-19 crisis; Political tensions are rising in New Caledonia. The decolonisation process under the 1998 Noumea Accord is nearing its conclusion, with a third referendum on independence from France planned in December; The Economist Intelligence Unit has ranked Port Moresby near the bottom in an index of international cities, but the governor of the Papua New Guinea capital has described this as harsh; 'Pacific Studies' proposed to be taught in NZ high schools.

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