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Signing the Pukpuk Treaty
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Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama announces the caretaker Bougainville Executive Council (BEC)
Papua New Guinea

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Polling was scheduled to begin yesterday but was pushed back a day to allow time to dispatch ballot papers
Papua New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea

UN chief to address PNG parliament today during ‘historic’ visit

Thousands of Bougainvilleans flocked to the polls on 23 November 2019 to vote in the referendum on independence from Papua New Guinea
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Bougainville 2025 election: What’s at stake?

Incumbent Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama
Papua New Guinea

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Rival flags of influence in the Pacific - Israel and Palestine
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Senior ministers from Australia and Vanuatu initialled the Nakamal Agreement at the top of Mount Yasur. (ABC News: Lillyrose Welwel) Photo: ABC News / Lillyrose Welwel
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New Australia-Vanuatu deal won’t replicate Falepili-style pact, says analyst

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August 18, 2025
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Bougainville woman politician Elizabeth Tako Palin
Papua New Guinea

‘I believe I can’: Elizabeth Palin runs for Bougainville North women’s...

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August 15, 2025
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New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (right), with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape
Papua New Guinea

NZ announces support package, new High Commission building in PNG

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August 7, 2025
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The tsunami waves, caused by a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia, have now rolled on southeastward toward South America
Papua New Guinea

Pacific avoids major damage after powerful quake off Russia

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July 31, 2025
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Iora Open MP Theonila Roka Matbob in central Bougainville
Papua New Guinea

Bougainville woman Cabinet minister battling nine men to hold her seat

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July 27, 2025
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Former PNG national Parliament regional representative for Bougainville Joe Lera . . . "We will try to make big changes in addressing sustainable development"
Papua New Guinea

Veteran Bougainville politician wants new approach to independence and development

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July 23, 2025
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Incumbent Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama
Papua New Guinea

Bougainville election: More than 400 candidates vie for parliament

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July 16, 2025
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ABG House Speaker Simon Pentanu will has issued the writs for the fifth general elections in September
Papua New Guinea

Bougainville election process begins as writs issued for September poll

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July 8, 2025
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New Zealand Army and Republic of Fiji Military Forces soldiers cooperate in the Nausori Highlands during Exercise Cartwheel 23
Papua New Guinea

NZDF not considering recruiting personnel from Pacific nations

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July 7, 2025
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Rabaul's Archbishop Rochus Tatamai
Papua New Guinea

Catholic Church warns against PNG declaring itself a ‘Christian country’

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July 3, 2025
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Fiji protesters in support of a "Free West Papua"
Papua New Guinea

Fiji human rights coalition challenges Rabuka over decolonisation ‘unfinished business’

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June 30, 2025
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The Autonomous Bougainville Government President Ishmael Toroama (left) and PNG Prime Minister James Marape
Papua New Guinea

Talks result in PNG and Bougainville signing ‘Melanesian Agreement’

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June 28, 2025
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
Papua New Guinea

‘Don’t surrender’ to Indonesian pressure over West Papua, Bomanak warns MSG

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June 26, 2025
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A West Papuan Morning Star flag of independence among a sea of Palestinian flags
Papua New Guinea

Why most Pacific governments stand with Israel in spite of UN...

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June 26, 2025
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Chief Superintendent Clement Dala . . . PNG's courts and prisons are "completely overrun"
Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea police blame overrun system for prison breakouts

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June 26, 2025
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
Papua New Guinea

Fiji advocacy group slams Indonesian role in MSG as a ‘disgrace’

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June 25, 2025
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NCD Governor Powes Parkop with a West Papua flag
Papua New Guinea

Pro-independence advocates urge MSG to elevate West Papua membership

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June 23, 2025
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) and French President Emmanuel Macron
Papua New Guinea

Decoding PNG leader Marape’s talks with French President Macron

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June 17, 2025
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Papua New Guineans accused of sorcery are frequently beaten, tortured, and murdered
Papua New Guinea

Bougainville legal dept looking towards sorcery violence policy

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June 13, 2025
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Bougainville President Ishamel Toroama speaking at the launch of the Bougainville Digital Democracy Project earlier this year
Papua New Guinea

Progress reported out of Bougainville independence talks at Burnham

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June 12, 2025
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CLIMATE AND COVID

Pacific verdict on COP29
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A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
Asia Report

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Pacific Climate Warriors
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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent
Papua New Guinea

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
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Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate
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Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
Asia Report

27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

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Analysis

Netanyahu claims ceasefire ‘success’ but Israeli public sees him as obstacle

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Misleading ‘justification’ column on Peters and Palestine panned

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Al Jazeera senior analyst Marwan Bishara warns that beyond a Gaza ceasefire, the Trump plan eyes hegemonic peace that favors Israel

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October 9, 2025
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