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The Vanuatu ferry MV Matui
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Vanuatu ferry disaster: ‘It’s a miracle anyone survived,’ says rescuer

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September 14, 2026
"Affirmed, noted, endorsed" at the 55th Pacific Islands Forum leaders summit media conference in Koror
Vanuatu

Pacific Islands Forum leaders in Koror – heavy on reaffirming but light on tasking

TSIMA reporting from Palau - today's story in the Torres News
Vanuatu

Australia snubs Torres Strait in Melanesian Spearhead Group bid

The coastline on Futuna Island in southern Vanuatu
Vanuatu

Two small Pacific islands creating one big stink with France over ownership

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters in Palau for the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting
Vanuatu

Peters blasts Solomon Islands cabinet ministers for move against PM Wale

"Alii - welcome to Palau"
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Missing leaders won’t derail Pacific Islands Forum outcomes, says secretariat

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August 31, 2026
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Vanuatu Special Envoy on Decolonisation and Maritime Boundaries Delimitation Joe Natuman
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Vanuatu special envoy calls for PIF to ‘reopen’ issue of Pacific...

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August 31, 2026
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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale
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Notable absences loom ahead of PIF leaders’ meeting in Palau

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August 31, 2026
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape
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Papua New Guinea seeks dialogue over new hefty $20,000 US visa...

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August 11, 2026
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Switzerland is meeting its Paris obligations and improving the lives of tens of thousands of people in the process
Vanuatu

The price of international citizenship – Switzerland showing NZ the climate...

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July 30, 2026
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Dr Anna Naupa
Vanuatu

Vanuatu govt blasts chiefs’ demand to replace first female MSG head...

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July 24, 2026
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The Malvatumauri National Council of Chiefs
Vanuatu

Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre blasts ‘misogynistic attack’ over MSG leadership

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July 23, 2026
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An AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile supplied by the Australian Defence Force drops from an RNZ Air Force Poseidon patrol aicraft during a love fire exercise
Vanuatu

Jeremy Rose: New Zealand joins the arms race to climate calamity

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July 16, 2026
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Disputed Hunter Island
Vanuatu

Vanuatu to take decades-long dispute with France to international court

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July 15, 2026
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Cook Islands says bulk-buying and stockpiling places pressure on supply for everyone and is not necessary
Vanuatu

A timeline of how the fuel crisis impacted on the Pacific

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June 25, 2026
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Vanuatu's Anna Naupa (left) has been appointed as the new Melanesian Spearhead Group Director-General
Vanuatu

Vanuatu’s Anna Naupa becomes first woman to lead MSG Secretariat

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June 18, 2026
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Tanna's Chief Peter Marcel
Vanuatu

Ben Bohane: Umaenupne and Umaeneg – isles of the Resting God

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June 11, 2026
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The New Caledonian freighter MV Karaka
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New Caledonian freight vessel begins service to Vanuatu despite diplomatic row

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May 12, 2026
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The French Ambassador to Vanuatu, Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, with Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat in March last year
Vanuatu

French ambassador’s social media diplomacy lands poorly in Vanuatu

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May 9, 2026
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Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat (right) and FLNKS president Christian Téin during a meeting in Port Vila
Vanuatu

New Caledonia suspends trade cooperation with Vanuatu in row over FLNKS...

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May 6, 2026
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An ATR-72 aircraft from Air Calédonie
Vanuatu

New Caledonia’s domestic airline AirCal files for bankruptcy

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March 29, 2026
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Former Vanuatu Daily Post media director Dan McGarry
Vanuatu

Former Vanuatu Daily Post media director Dan McGarry leaves legacy

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March 26, 2026
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Vanuatu investigative journalist and editor Dan McGarry
Vanuatu

‘He will never be replaced’ – tributes flow for ‘fearless’ Vanuatu...

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March 26, 2026
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Iran attacked two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz
Vanuatu

Pacific governments warn against panic buying as war on Iran threatens...

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March 17, 2026
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Vanuatu national women's football team playing Fiji last week in the FIFA 2027 World Cup Oceania Qualifiers
Vanuatu

Vanuatu newspaper faces football coverage ban after ‘lesbianism’ headline

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March 16, 2026
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Pacific Island fuel prices are generally high and volatile
Vanuatu

‘A global energy crisis’ – Fuel price hike looms for Pacific...

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March 4, 2026
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The Iranian Red Crescent reports US and Israeli attacks on areas close to medical and humanitarian facilities
Vanuatu

Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu issue advisories amid US-Israeli strikes on Iran

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March 2, 2026
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Pacific verdict on COP29
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A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
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COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm
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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
Coronavirus

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

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate
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Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
Coronavirus

NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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“Anything’s possible. Don’t give up hope.”
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Caitlin Johnstone: Assange returns to public commentary . . . ...

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
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Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

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"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"
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