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NZ announces support package, new High Commission building in PNG

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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
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Iora Open MP Theonila Roka Matbob in central Bougainville
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Incumbent Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama
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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

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Rabaul's Archbishop Rochus Tatamai
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Catholic Church warns against PNG declaring itself a ‘Christian country’

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Fiji protesters in support of a "Free West Papua"
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Fiji human rights coalition challenges Rabuka over decolonisation ‘unfinished business’

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The Autonomous Bougainville Government President Ishmael Toroama (left) and PNG Prime Minister James Marape
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
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‘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
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Fiji advocacy group slams Indonesian role in MSG as a ‘disgrace’

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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
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Decoding PNG leader Marape’s talks with French President Macron

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Papua New Guineans accused of sorcery are frequently beaten, tortured, and murdered
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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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A PNG soldier guarding Bougainville's Panguna mine in 1989
Papua New Guinea

Bougainville wants independence. China’s support for a controversial mine could pave...

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June 7, 2025
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How the Lae edition of the PNG Post-Courier reported the crisis
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Internal tensions throw PNG anti-corruption body into crisis

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June 5, 2025
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Coverage of decolonisation in the Pacific, the lack of women's representation in parliaments
Papua New Guinea

Independent Pacific media face reckoning after US aid cuts

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June 5, 2025
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Taeri MP and former journalist Ingrid Leary
Papua New Guinea

Fiji coup culture and political meddling in media education given airing

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Culture and Tourism Minister Belden Namah
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PNG’s Namah calls for tighter bio controls, patrols on Indonesian border

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June 3, 2025
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The implications of greylisting are far-reaching for PNG
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PNG faces deadline for fixing issues with money laundering and terrorist...

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June 1, 2025
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NBC managing director Kora Nou
Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea seeks ‘fast track’ advice on resurrecting shortwave radio

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May 28, 2025
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A logging ship, Turubu Bay, East Sepik
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Plea for UN intervention over illegal PNG loggers ‘stealing forests’

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May 28, 2025
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New Zealand's Governor-General, Dame Cindy Kiro, with journalist and educator Dr David Robie at the investiture ceremony
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Asia Pacific Report editor honoured for contribution to Pacific journalism

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May 26, 2025
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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
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