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Auckland's flash floods 2023
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Nick Young: NZ’s climate floods expose stark truth – people paying price of corporate greed crisis

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Fijians in the capital Suva celebrate the end of 16 years of authoritarian rule - eight years of military dictatorship followed by a rigid "democracy".
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Indonesian police asked to stop ‘intimidating witnesses’ over football stadium tragedy

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Quake buries three alive in Wau as PNG reports death toll...

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Damage from the weekend earthquake at Birimon primary school in Deyamos LLG district in PNG's Morobe province
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4 killed, fears death toll may rise in massive PNG weekend...

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An earthquake collapsed hillside at Birimon primary school in Deyamos LLG district in PNG's Morobe province
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Two die in heavy floods in West Papuan city Sorong

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