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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele
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The Commander of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces, Major-General Jone Kalouniwai,
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Invoking the Pacific's Biketawa Declaration
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The Marshalls Energy Company and its power plant has faced a near doubling of its diesel fuel costs since the US/Israel attacked Iran on February 28
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Marshall Islands government shuts down at 3pm daily amid fuel crisis

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The High Court ruled the fund's policy documents and procedures were "unreasonable and unlawful"
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The landslide occurred on Sunday in Gazelle district in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain province
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Deadly landslide claims 10 lives in PNG’s East New Britain, reports...

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Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele
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The RFMF has assured the Fiji public that "there is no threat to public safety"
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Fiji military puts public ‘on notice’ citing national security threats

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Breakaway A Fano Tia members, led by Tematai Le Gayic, appear dressed in white
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French Polynesia’s legislature shows new shape, more divisions

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Cyclone Maila damage in Papua New Guinea
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Ten dead in Bougainville amid Cyclone Maila aftermath

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Flooding near Whitianga cuts off a state highway.
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Cyclone Vaianu: Damaging winds, heavy rain hit NZ’s North Island

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Stood down PNG Defence Minister Dr Billy Joseph
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PNG defence minister steps aside amid army recruitment controversy

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NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Nicola Willis
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Mass Easter resignations within Tahiti’s pro-independence ruling party

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Suara Papua and the Human Rights Monitor group allege Indonesian security forces have indiscriminately opened fire in a series of villages in Moanemani
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At least five Papuans reported dead as violence explodes in Dogiyai

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Pro-independence advocate Emmanuel Tjibaou, one of the two MPs representing New Caledonia at the Assembly
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French National Assembly rejects New Caledonia’s constitutional reform

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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters
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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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