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Moana Pasifika captain hopeful their final whistle hasn’t blown yet

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Moana Pasifika head coach Tana Umaga sings and dances along to a cultural song after Saturday's Super Rugby Pacific Round 15 match
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New Zealand . . . steadily pushing Pacific regional defence co-operation on a number of fronts
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Pacific media in action .
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Tonga police are investigating the armed threat against a female journalist at the Kele’a Voice newsroom
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PINA president Kalafi Moala addresses the Media Council of Papua New Guinea
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Invoking the Pacific's Biketawa Declaration
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Pacific Forum responds to current global fuel and energy challenges

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Iran attacked two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz
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AJ+ senior presenter/producer Dena Takruri
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US President Donald Trump
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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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