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Fiji Health Minister Dr Atonio Lalabalavu's HIV warning
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The Panguna mine arson attack
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Two shot, several arrested in clashes after Panguna mine arson

The Panguna mine arson attack
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"Affirmed, noted, endorsed" at the 55th Pacific Islands Forum leaders summit media conference in Koror
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TSIMA reporting from Palau - today's story in the Torres News
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Australia snubs Torres Strait in Melanesian Spearhead Group bid

Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (left) with Naoero's Vice-President Lionel Aingimea in Suva earlier this year
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PNG's Women in Media founder Belinda Kora
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A PNG Parliament press gallery monitor shows Opposition Leader James Nomane speaking during debate following the tabling of the Bougainville referendum result
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PNG’s parliament Bougainville vote still many months away

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Parliament Haus in Port Moresby
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Long time coming: After decades of struggle, is Bougainville on the...

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PNG Prime Minister James Marape (right) and MPs "pray for wisdom"
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A bushfire comes close to a residential area in Hohola, Port Moresby
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PNG’s tinder-dry Central Province and NCD struggle under El Niño

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In late-June, PNG Prime Minister James Marape instructed all provinces
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape
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PSNA flyers supporting Palestine
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Reverend James Bhagwan, general secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches
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Nauru’s government announces plans for embassy in Israel

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One of the capsized boats off the coast of PNG's East New Britain
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Three inmates, who scaled the fence at Baisu Prison, were shot dead
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Dilapidated infrastructure blamed for fatal PNG prison escape attempt

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PNG Prime Minister James Marape
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Bougainville volcano ups gears, as Titan Ridge submarine volcano cools off

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July 1, 2026
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Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama (right)
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Bougainville sets out full three-stage proposal for independence by 2030

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June 25, 2026
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Cook Islands says bulk-buying and stockpiling places pressure on supply for everyone and is not necessary
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A timeline of how the fuel crisis impacted on the Pacific

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Bougainville's Panguna mine . . .
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Bougainville Copper Limited takes stock after Panguna licence setback

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June 23, 2026
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Vanuatu's Anna Naupa (left) has been appointed as the new Melanesian Spearhead Group Director-General
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Vanuatu’s Anna Naupa becomes first woman to lead MSG Secretariat

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PSNA's Anna Lee
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Pro-Palestinian activists plan protest against ‘Israeli pond’ diplomacy push in Pacific

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French President Emmanuel Macron and Papua New Guinea PM James Marape meeting
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PNG prime minister visits France, plans to open Paris embassy

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May 26, 2026
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The documentary Pesta Babi has stirred discussions about Papuan development and the impact of deforestation policies
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Pesta Babi doco stirs West Papuan development debates and ‘crackdown’

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May 24, 2026
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New Zealand . . . steadily pushing Pacific regional defence co-operation on a number of fronts
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Pacific concerns about militarisation – and NZ’s role as part of...

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A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
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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
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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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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
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