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The 1 May 2025 report by Talamua Online that led to the criminal libel case
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Pacific children as young as 6 adopted, made to work as house slaves

A training session for the UN Pacific peacekeepers cohort
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Australia launches ‘landmark’ UN police peacekeeping course for Pacific region

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Samoan nun tells of ‘like a blur’ awesome meeting with Pope...

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UAS footage of RNZN divers surveying the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the Southern Coast of Upulo as part of Operation Resolution
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Naked Samoan group comedian Oscar Kightley
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Luamanuvao Winnie Laban and her husband Dr Peter Swain
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The historic signing of the nuclear-free pact, also known as the Treaty of Rarotonga, took place in Majuro during the observance of the Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day on 3 March 2025
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Marshall Islands signs treaty banning nuclear weapons in the South Pacific

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Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa
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Samoan Prime Minister Fiame survives in resounding no-confidence vote

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Miss Pacific Islands 2025, Litara Ieremia-Allan (left)
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Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa
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With 27 votes needed for a majority in Samoa's 53-seat Parliament, the path to stable leadership depends on careful negotiation and alliances
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Samoan political saga: Challenge to FAST party by ‘ousted’ MPs reported

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January 19, 2025
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Samoan cabinet ministers at this week's swearing-in ceremony for the new ministers
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Samoa Observer: For the people or for themselves?

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January 19, 2025
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Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa
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Samoa’s political future hangs in balance with Fiame leadership challenge

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Solomon Islands tops passport index for region’s global rankings

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A protest over a controversial and widely condemned series of heavily armed nationwide Te Urewera raids
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Pacific police chiefs open Australian base for regional rapid deployment force

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"USP leadership in crisis" banner at an earlier staff protest against the regional Pacific university's management
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John Taukave (left) from the Micronesian Center for Sustainable Transport and Miss Samoa Litara Ieremia-Allan (second from left) at COP29
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COP29: Pacific takes stock of ‘baby steps’ global climate summit

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November 30, 2024
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Commonwealth takes bold step to protect freedom of expression

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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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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016
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"On top of her bold activism, Hilda LINI was also a mother to us."

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Activists call for Pacific nuclear justice, global unity and victim support

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