Freelance journalist. Previously at ABC and Schwartz Media.
Joined June 2022
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Hugo Hodge retweeted
There's a massive bottleneck of bodies at 🇵🇬 Port Moresby’s morgue and cemetery as families are forced to abandon loved ones. @BelindaKora1 and @HugoNHodge investigates ⬇️
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Such a wonderful day today at the 🇻🇺 market doing interviews and capturing videos with #MojoKits funded thru @dfat.
Through @ABCPacific ID Pacific Climate Media & Traditional Knowledge project, I’m grateful to join fellow Pacific Islanders abc.net.au/abc-international…
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Updates on Kanaky New Caledonia are still simmering. President Macron is there to try find a solution. We spoke with frustrated Kanak youth who’ve been out amidst the unrest.
Big shift from our team @gabby_marchant @seanmantesso @alicelolohea @HugoNHodge
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Hear from the people on the ground caught up in New Caledonia's deadly riots and understand a bit more about how it's come to this. Thx to @MaclellanNic for his excellent analysis, and catch The Pacific's whole ep on ABC iView.
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Check out the mythical story about the lost island of Teonimenu which has been told for generations in central Solomon Islands. Scientists now believe they’ve pinpointed the exact location of Teonimenu. @HugoNHodge more 🙌🏽⬇️
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It’s difficult to grasp the scale of suffering Timor-Leste endured in its fight for independence.
21 years of freedom is cause for celebration.
But the anger and pain in Armanda’s eyes as she remembers that time shows it came at a great cost. abc.net.au/news/2023-05-20/t…
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In 1978, James Burke made this perfectly timed shot on television and is widely considered "The Greatest Shot In Television History"
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Tribal fighting has long been a persistent and devastating part of life in the PNG highlands.
ABC presenter @wayne_hilda recently visited the highlands and spoke to those affected by the violence.
She heard horrible stories of devastation - but also glimmers of hope.
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Check out my latest story for ABC’s new television program, The Pacific!
We ask trailblazing women in Pacific politics what needs to change so more women can make it in the ‘boys’ club’.
Their perspectives are inspiring 🙌🏼
Women are significantly under-represented in parliamentary politics in the Pacific Islands.
But some like @GloriaJuliaKing, @lenoraqfj, and Fiame Naomi Mata'afa are leading the change.
abc.net.au/pacific/programs/…
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Samoan Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa has warned that China and other outside powers could cite the need to protect their infrastructure projects in the Pacific as a front for establishing a security presence in the region.
Read more: ab.co/4061k7i
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What do @spriggamekmusic, @JustnWellington, @kaiitmusic and Lani Alo all have in common?🎤❤️🔥
The incredible artists brought their music and soul to the Melbourne stage last weekend for the Pasifix Festival.🎵💃🕺🎶
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Climate scientists have issued what one expert says is a "final warning" before global warming exceeds 1.5 degrees Celsius.
It comes as a bloc of Pacific nations plan to phase out fossil fuels and push for global non-proliferation treaty.
Read: ab.co/3yPcIZr
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An ongoing rift in the Pacific Islands Forum has ceremoniously been healed in Suva at the Special Leaders Retreat.
A key outcome was the formal welcome of Kiribati back into the diplomatic body after the country had stepped away following a dispute over its leadership.
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ABC Pacific went along to a new Pacific culture festival in Melbourne's west over the weekend 🌺🙌
The vibes were high at Nesian Rise with plenty of dancing, laughing and delicious food 💃🏽🎶
We even got to meet a former personal chef to Princess Pilolevu of Tonga 👑
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WHAT A MAGICAL MOMENT 🌟✨
See Danielle’s reaction to finding out she won Pacific Break 2022.
Listen to the full interview at ab.co/3Y6ppuk
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Netflix's popular new series Ancient Apocalypse has been criticised by experts on Pacific history who say it is founded on "racist" and "white supremacist" ideologies and promotes pseudoscience, reports @HugoNHodge for @abcnews. buff.ly/3VJfBEP
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"We certainly know now why he and Prime Minister Albanese thought they couldn't wait another eight months to tell us the true state of the Australian economy."
@PaulBongiorno on Jim Chalmers' first budget:
#Budget2023 #AusPol
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Pacific Break, the Pacific's biggest music competition, is back and we're looking for the best original and unsigned talent from the Pacific.
Win a trip to perform at the WOMADelaide, Australia's largest international music festival.
Find out more: ab.co/3EESeGI
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A lovely mix of archival and current audio here from @HugoNHodge. @iamprianka marks @ABCPacific coverage of Queen Elizabeth's death on #Radio Australia.
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