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following the World Cup final in Otara, South Auckland
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China's ambassador to Samoa Fei Mingxing (left) hands over a ceremonial cheque for US$200,000 to SPREP director of legal services and governing bodies Aumua Clark Peteru in Apia
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Samoa's Vaiusu Bay
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Prime Minister James Marape presenting a traditional eagle wood spear with totems to French President Emmanuel Macron
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Fiji Airways Airbus A330 cabin
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, who is currently in Apia for the 27th Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), was bestowed with a Samoan matai title
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Samoan PM La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt
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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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Fiji suspension move against USP chief ‘nonsense’, says Samoan deputy PM

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Samoa parliament formally dissolved after months of uncertainty

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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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Pacific avoids major damage after powerful quake off Russia

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July 31, 2025
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RNZN divers surveying the area around HMNZS Manawanui
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October 19, 2025
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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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Alumni group slams USP’s failure to release council meeting outcomes

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December 7, 2024
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American Samoa tuna cannery closure prompts fisheries gifts to Tokelau

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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
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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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