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Tonga's Permanent Representative to the UN Viliami Va'inga Tōnē (left)
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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 concerns about militarisation – and NZ’s role as part of...

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May 22, 2026
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Pacific media in action .
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Tongan media faces new type of challenge, following threat

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May 13, 2026
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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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Tongan police are investigating the threat against a Kele'a journalist incident on April 23
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PINA president Kalafi Moala
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PINA president Kalafi Moala addresses the Media Council of Papua New Guinea
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Fiji jumps, Samoa plunges in World Press Freedom Index

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May 4, 2026
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Reporters Without Borders says for the first time in the Index's history, more than half of the world's countries now fall into the "difficult" or "very serious" categories for press freedom
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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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How Israel won the Pacific – and its backing at the...

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February 17, 2026
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US President Donald Trump
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January 26, 2026
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Fiji Airways Airbus A330 cabin
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January 17, 2026
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The Civicus "civic freedoms" in the Pacific report
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November 26, 2025
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November 24, 2025
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Newly elected Tongan noble Lord Ma'afu
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November 20, 2025
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Pacific People's Mission to Kanaky
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For Pacific’s women, the toll of runaway temperature increase will be heavy
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November 7, 2025
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October 31, 2025
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Matangi Tonga publisher Pesi Siale Fonua
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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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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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