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Dr Sitiveni Halapua
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Tongan politician, democracy reformer and scholar Dr Sitiveni Halapua dies

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NZ's Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni
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Sepuloni’s ‘historic’ appointment symbolic for NZ, say Pacific leaders

NZ's Deputy PM Carmel Sepuloni
Tonga

Carmel Sepuloni makes history as Pasifika’s first deputy PM in Aotearoa

NZ's new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins
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Chris Hipkins becomes NZ’s new prime minister – there are two ways it can go from here

Monsignor Vicar Lutoviko Finau
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Churches grateful for ‘miracle’ on anniversary of Tonga eruption

Survivor Tevita 'Amaka
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Tonga eruption: ‘The tsunami came, taking down electric poles, trees’

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Tonga's violent eruption was caused by a volcano that lies under hundreds of metres of seawater
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A year on, we know why the Tongan eruption was so...

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Association of South Pacific Airlines (ASPA) president George Faktaufon
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Fiji ‘bully of the region’ under former government, claims airlines chief

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Hunga-Ha’apai and Hunga-Tonga erupting in Tonga
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Tonga volcano eruption: PM reflects ahead of one-year anniversary of disaster

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January 14, 2023
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Fijians in the capital Suva celebrate the end of 16 years of authoritarian rule - eight years of military dictatorship followed by a rigid "democracy".
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David Robie: 2022 Pacific political upheavals eclipse Tongan volcano

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Fiji’s weather bureau predicts up to seven cyclones this season

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NZ/Tongan sports champion and role model Dame Valerie Adams
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Dame Valerie Adams sets record straight in a new documentary

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Award-winning Wansolwara student editor Sera Tikotikoivatu-Sefeti
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Pacific climate stories need to be ‘heard and told’, says USP...

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The late Queen Elizabeth on her first visit to Fiji in December 1953
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Flags at half mast across the Pacific as leaders pay tribute...

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The late Ratu Epeli Nailatikau (rear) during Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip’s visit to Fiji in 1977
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‘Fijian hearts are heavy’ says PM as Pacific mourns Queen Elizabeth...

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September 9, 2022
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The Sunday Graphic's 1953 Royal Tour Picture Album
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Late Queen Elizabeth’s 1953 Pacific royal tour teaches us much about...

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September 9, 2022
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Otāhuhu College
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Tongan Language Week helping empower NZ’s Tongan youth

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Fatal shooting with unlicensed .22 ammunition in Tonga
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Seven-year-old boy shot dead by younger brother, say Tonga police

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September 7, 2022
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Multichannel approach by ABC
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The ABC’s role in Australia’s Pacific reset – valued and highly...

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No Tongan government investigation for three years
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Tonga stays on US watch list for not doing enough on...

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August 15, 2022
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Pacific Music Awards 2022
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Back on stage – Pacific Music Awards gig banishes covid blues

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August 5, 2022
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Rampant misinformation has undermined the covid-19 relief effort in Pacific countries such as Fiji
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Digital toolbox needed to counter Pacific ‘hotspot of misinformation’

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July 19, 2022
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US Vice-President Kamala Harris
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US tells Pacific leaders it will ‘deepen commitment’ to the region

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July 13, 2022
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A Greenpeace protest against deep seabed mining
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Greenpeace condemns NZ silence on Pacific deep sea mining risks

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July 1, 2022
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Kiwis defeat Mate Ma'a Tonga 26
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Police investigate fans outrage incident at Kiwi-Mate Ma’a Tonga game

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June 26, 2022
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Dr Collin Tukuitonga
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‘Calm’ health advocate among 18 Pasifika recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours

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June 6, 2022
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Showing how it's done in Dili - Wang Yi media conference
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In the Eye of the Storm
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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

Stephanie Sageo-Tapunguvideo
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How covid priorities have ‘shelved’ PNG climate change action

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Common enemy overcomes fragile Pacific regional unity – climate change

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Covid-19: NZ ‘assessing health risk’ after Australia announces China traveller testing

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The covid-19 pandemic's enduring impact
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Long covid, long tail – long summer of infection concerns in...

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No appeal against ruling in NZ baby blood case, surgery to...

Cook Islands drive through vaccination community event in Auckland
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NZ covid inquiry must look at response to specific communities, Pasifika...

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NZ announces Royal Commission into government’s covid-19 response

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