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“This partnership will unravel: not strengthen, that weave.
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Senior journalist Salveen Chand, now with the Cook Islands News
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Delphina Soti. the general manager of Vinnies Tāmaki Makaurau
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Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo (from left), PNG Prime Minister James Marape, Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr, and Tonga Prime Minister Lord Fatafehi Fakafanua
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French Polynesia territorial President Moetai Brotherson
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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Matthew Wale
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Fiji's Ratu Tevita Uluilakeba Mara
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A Fijian media kava sit down at Wasawasa
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Pacific media summit to set direction for next decade of Pacific...

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"Affirmed, noted, endorsed" at the 55th Pacific Islands Forum leaders summit media conference in Koror
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Pacific Islands Forum leaders in Koror – heavy on reaffirming but...

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September 11, 2026
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
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Rabuka calls on Fijians to use freedom of expression ‘responsibly’

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KNPB international spokesperson Victor Yeimo
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West Papuan group urges Jakarta to put words into action on...

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PNG's Women in Media founder Belinda Kora
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A Chinese strategic nuclear submarine launched a warhead-carrying missile in July
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Pacific Islands Forum winds up by condemning China nuclear test

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September 4, 2026
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September 3, 2026
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President Surangel Whipps talking over the chairmanship of the PIF, making his remarks at the opening of the 55th PIFLM in Palau
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Pacific leaders urged to be united behind 2050 climate action vision

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September 2, 2026
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Palestinian-American home owner Loui Ridi at Ben Gurion Airport . . . "I appreciate Mike Huckabee condemned it, called them terrorists. But I’ve been in contact with the embassy, that nothing has been done on the ground."
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August 22, 2026
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Caretaker Prime Minister and Cook Islands Party leader Mark Brown with supporters on election night
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August 17, 2026
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Fiji has been an independent nation since 1970 and a republic since 1987
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The Malvatumauri National Council of Chiefs
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Fiji Women’s Crisis Centre blasts ‘misogynistic attack’ over MSG leadership

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Fiji Minister of Information Lynda Tabuya
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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent
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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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